4 Diagnostic tools

Table 7 Diagnostic tools

Tool

Description

How to run the tool

 

 

 

Array Diagnostics Utility (ADU)

ADU is designed to run on all ProLiant

For a list of HP servers that support ADU,

 

systems that support HP array controllers.

follow the support link on product

 

ADU collects information about the array

website at http://www.hp.com.

 

controllers in the system and generates a

For a complete list of ADU error

 

list of detected problems.

messages, see the HP Servers

 

 

Troubleshooting Guide.

Automatic Server Recovery-2 (ASR-2)

ASR-2 automatically restarts the server

 

after a catastrophic operating system

 

failure.

 

With ASR-2, you have two recovery

 

options:

 

Available Recovery provides

 

software error recovery and

 

environmental recovery.

 

Unattended Recovery logs the error

 

information to the IML, resets the

 

server, and tries to restart the

 

operating system.

Run RBSU and set ASR-2 to enable this tool.

Diagnostics

Diagnostics tests and verifies operation

 

of HP hardware. If Diagnostics finds a

 

hardware failure, it isolates the

 

replaceable part, if possible.

Access Diagnostics when POST detects a system configuration error. For a complete list of POST error messages, see the HP Servers Troubleshooting Guide. Diagnostics can be run from the SmartStart CD or downloaded by following the support link on the product website at http://www.hp.com.

Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)

iLO is a remote management port that

For more information on iLO, see the

 

can be accessed through a dedicated

Integrated Lights-Out user guide on the

 

Lights-Out port on the rear panel of the

Documentation CD.

 

server. Accessed through a standard

 

 

browser from anywhere, the iLO

 

 

capabilities will not require any unique

 

 

software applications to use.

 

 

 

 

Survey utility

The survey utility gathers critical

Install the survey utility from the

 

hardware and software information on

SmartStart CD, the Integration

 

servers running Microsoft® Windows®,

Maintenance Utility, or the Management

 

or Linux operating systems.

CD.

 

If a significant change occurs between

 

 

data-gathering intervals, the survey utility

 

 

marks the previous information and

 

 

overwrites the survey text files to reflect

 

 

the latest changes in the configuration.

 

 

 

 

Integrated Management Log (IML)

The IML is a log of system events such as

The IML requires HP operating system

 

system failures or nonfatal error

management drivers. See the

 

conditions. View events in the IML from

SmartStart CD for instructions on

 

within:

installing the appropriate drivers.

 

Insight Manager 7

 

 

Survey utility

 

Operating system-specific IML utilities

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