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3-2 Compaq ProLiant DL580 Server Maintenance and Service Guide Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview These utilities were developed to assist in diagnosing problems, testing the hardware, and monitoring and managing Compaq server hardware. Tool Compaq Diagnostics Program INSPECT Compaq Insight Manager AND Compaq Insight Manager Agent Compaq Survey Utility Table 3-1 Diagnostic Tools What it is Utility to assist testing and verifying operation of Compaq hardware. If problems are found, Compaq Diagnostics isolates failure(s) down to the replaceable part, whenever possible. INSPECT provides a report detailing system information. A client/server application used to remotely manage Compaq hardware in a network environment. Reports hardware fault conditions (both failure and prefailure) and collects data for reporting and graphing. An online information gathering agent that runs on servers, gathering critical hardware and software information from various sources. A utility for servers running Microsoft Windows NT or Novell NetWare. If a significant change occurs between data gathering intervals, previous information is marked, and the survey text file is overwritten to reflect the latest configuration and changes since last configuration. This allows a historical record of change events for server hardware and software. How to run it Diagnostics and utilities are located on a partition on the hard drive and must be accessed when a system configuration error is detected during Power-On Self-Test (POST). Compaq Diagnostics software is also available on the Compaq SmartStart™ and Support Software CD. A Diagnostics diskette can be created from the SmartStart and Support Software CD, and Diagnostics run from diskette. INSPECT can be run from either the main menu of the System Configuration Utility or the Compaq Diagnostics program. For more information, refer to the Compaq Management CD and the Compaq Insight Manager User Guide. More information on viewing and printing the event list can be found in the "Compaq Insight Manager" section of this chapter. Install the Compaq Integration Maintenance Utility from SmartStart, or from the Compaq Management CD. continued