Compaq ML370 manual Utilities Access, Running Compaq Utilities

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 3-5

Utilities Access

The Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD contains the SmartStart program and many of the Compaq utilities needed to maintain the system, including:

■System Configuration Utility

■Array Configuration Utility

■Array Diagnostic Utility

■ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Utilities

■Compaq Diagnostics

CAUTION: Do not select the Erase Utility when running the SmartStart and Support

Software CD. This will result in data loss to the entire system.

Running Compaq Utilities

Compaq utilities may be accessed from the Compaq System partition on the hard drive, from diskette, or from the Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD.

Running the Utilities on the Compaq System Partition

If the system was installed using SmartStart, the Compaq utilities will automatically be available on the Compaq system partition. The Compaq system partition could also have been created during a manual system installation.

To run the utilities on the Compaq system partition, boot the system and press F10 when you see: “Press F10 for Compaq system partition utilities.” Then select the utilities from the menu.

■The System Configuration Utility is available under the System Configuration menu.

■The Array Configuration Utility is available under the System Configuration menu.

■Compaq Diagnostics (Test and Inspect) are available under the Diagnostics and Utilities menu.

■The ROMPaq Firmware Upgrade Utility is available under the Diagnostics and Utilities menu.