Diagnostic Tools

 

Table 3-1: Diagnostic Tools continued

 

 

 

Tool

Description

How to run it

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Firmware

Utility that enables Windows NT 4 and Windows

Latest maintenance ROM executable

 

Update

2000 to efficiently update system and array

file can be downloaded from

 

 

controller ROMs on remote servers from a

www.hp.com/servers/proliant/manage

 

 

central location.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROM-Based Setup

Utility used to configure some hardware

Run RBSU directly from the system

 

Utility (RBSU)

installed in or connected to the server.

ROM by pressing the F9 key when

 

 

Specifically, it can:

prompted during POST.

Resolve resource conflicts in areas such as memory, port addresses, and interrupts (IRQs)

Configure PCI boards automatically

Manage installation of memory, processor upgrades, and mass storage devices such as hard drives, tape drives, and diskette drives

Store configuration information in nonvolatile memory

Configure the platform for an operating system

Automatic Server

A tool that restarts the server automatically after

Recovery (ASR)

a catastrophic operating system failure,

 

including software errors, OS lockups,

 

environmental abnormalities, and some

 

hardware errors.

 

A system failsafe timer, the ASR timer, is

 

started when the Compaq System Management

 

driver, also known as the health driver, is

 

loaded. The Compaq Insight Manager console

 

notifies you in the event of an ASR restart.

 

Disable the ASR from the Compaq Insight

 

Manager console.

This tool is a function of the hardware/software system through RBSU. Verify that this tool is enabled through RBSU. The systems management drive must be loaded to activate ASR.

POST

The POST is a series of diagnostic tests that

 

checks firmware and assemblies to ensure that

 

the server is properly functioning.

POST runs automatically on Compaq servers when the server is powered up.

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