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  • Compaq ProLiant 8000 | Compaq ProLiant NMI Crash Dump Feature - Page 1
    Dump Button located 10 ProLiant 8000 10 ProLiant 8500 11 Compaq ProLiant Server NMI Crash Dump Feature Abstract: This document provides a description of the Compaq ProLiant Class Computer Systems implementation failures. Both user-initiated and automatic crash dump support is presented.
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    , and Xeon are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. © 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Compaq ProLiant Server NMI
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    Compaq ProLiant Server power cycle the system). Since resetting the system erases any information that would support an analysis of the problem, it is desirable for the system to be able to perform a memory . The dump switch operates even if the health driver is not loaded. The NMI Crash Dump switch
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    Compaq ProLiant Server NMI Crash Dump Feature 4 Compaq Automatic Server Recovery (ASR) ASR provides a means to recover from a lockup caused by either the software or the hardware. The feature consists of a hardware countdown timer and a software driver, which periodically refreshes the countdown
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    to Compaq Servers to create a NMI. a Compaq hardware device that Available on the Compaq ProLiant 8000 and 8500. causes Compaq System Management drivers being installed. The device drivers are distributed with the Compaq Windows NT SSD. Note: Novell support is on the Novel SSD. UnixWare support
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    Compaq ProLiant Server system specific features. or the system management (cpqw) driver is configured to generate a crash boot. If not then there may not be enough information available to perform a detailed analysis of the problem. Additionally, if the swap area is smaller than the physical memory
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    Compaq ProLiant Server NMI Crash Dump Feature 7 3. To enable the automatic generation of a core dump if an ASR event occurs, the Compaq Health (System Management) driver, cpqw, needs to be configured as follows: • The Health (System Management) driver from the Compaq Extended Feature Set (EFS)
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    Service Pack 4.0 or higher. 2. User installs Compaq NT SSD 2.13A or higher. Note: Nearly all Compaq servers support ASR NMI with the exception of the ProLiant 400 and the ProSignia 720. The ProLiant 8500 is supported by Compaq NT SSD 2.13A available with SmartStart 4.30 or higher. The ProLiant 8000
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    Compaq ProLiant Server NMI Crash Dump Feature 9 Compaq Software (subject to change) 1. User installs Compaq NT SSD 5.x (all versions have full support). 2. User sets the Windows NT registry. Enabling ASR NMI Crash Dump: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cpqasm\Parameters\Featur
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    Compaq ProLiant Server NMI Crash Dump Feature 10 Where Is the Crash Dump Button located? Note: The NMI Crash Dump button hardware will generate a PCI SERR under all Operating Systems. Initiating core memory dumps may be attainable under each individual OS. ProLiant 8000 NMI Crash Dump Button
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    Compaq ProLiant Server NMI Crash Dump Feature 11 ProLiant 8500 NMI Crash Dump Button Figure 4: NMI Crash Dump Button Access from the Rear of the ProLiant 8500 Chassis 11N8-0100A-WWEN
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White Paper
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January 2000
11N8-0100A-WWEN
Prepared by:
Industry Standard Server Division
Compaq Computer Corporation
Contents
What Is NMI Crash Dump
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Compaq Automatic Server
Recovery (ASR)
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4
Initiating a NMI Crash Dump
Under NetWare
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6
Initiating a NMI Crash Dump
Under SCO OpenServer 5
and SCO UnixWare 7
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How to Set Up NMI Crash
Dump Under Windows NT 4.0
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Microsoft Software
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7
Compaq Software
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8
How to Set Up NMI Crash
Dump Under Windows 2000
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8
Microsoft Software (subject
to change)
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Compaq Software (subject to
change)
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Where Is the Crash Dump
Button located?
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ProLiant 8000
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ProLiant 8500
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Compaq ProLiant Server NMI
Crash Dump Feature
Abstract:
This document provides a description of the Compaq
ProLiant Class Computer Systems implementation of NMI-based
Crash Dump facilities. This facility can be beneficial to system
administrators in their root cause failure analysis.
NMI Crash Dump allows customers to obtain critical diagnostic
information in the event of system lock-ups and other failures. Both
user-initiated and automatic crash dump support is presented.