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Integrated Management Log, Intelligent Provisioning, HP Insight Diagnostics - gen8

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The data that is collected is managed according to the HP Data Privacy policy. For more information see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/privacy). The Active Health System log, in conjunction with the system monitoring provided by Agentless Management or SNMP Pass-thru, provides continuous monitoring of hardware and configuration changes, system status, and service alerts for various server components. The Agentless Management Service is available in the SPP, which is a disk image (.iso) that you can download from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download). The Active Health System log can be downloaded manually from iLO 4 or HP Intelligent Provisioning and sent to HP. For more information, see the following documents: • HP iLO User Guide on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/docs) • HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/intelligentprovisioning/docs) Integrated Management Log The IML records hundreds of events and stores them in an easy-to-view form. The IML timestamps each event with 1-minute granularity. You can view recorded events in the IML in several ways, including the following: • From within HP SIM • From within operating system-specific IML viewers o For Windows: IML Viewer o For Linux: IML Viewer Application • From within the iLO 4 user interface • From within HP Insight Diagnostics (on page 40) Intelligent Provisioning Several packaging changes have taken place with HP ProLiant Gen8 servers: SmartStart CDs and the Smart Update Firmware DVD will no longer ship with these new servers. For this product, Intelligent Provisioning provides maintenance-related tasks through Perform Maintenance features. • For information on OS installation, see "Installing the operating system (on page 22)." • For more information on Intelligent Provisioning software, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/ilo). • For more information about Intelligent Provisioning drivers, firmware, and SPP, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download). HP Insight Diagnostics HP Insight Diagnostics is a proactive server management tool, available in both offline and online versions, that provides diagnostics and troubleshooting capabilities to assist IT administrators who verify server installations, troubleshoot problems, and perform repair validation. Software and configuration utilities 40

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Software and configuration utilities
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The data that is collected is managed according to the HP Data Privacy policy. For more information see the
HP website (
).
The Active Health System log, in conjunction with the system monitoring provided by Agentless Management
or SNMP Pass-thru, provides continuous monitoring of hardware and configuration changes, system status,
and service alerts for various server components.
The Agentless Management Service is available in the SPP, which is a disk image (.iso) that you can
download from the HP website (
). The Active Health System log can
be downloaded manually from iLO 4 or HP Intelligent Provisioning and sent to HP.
For more information, see the following documents:
•
HP iLO User Guide
on the HP website (
)
•
HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide
on the HP website
(
)
Integrated Management Log
The IML records hundreds of events and stores them in an easy-to-view form. The IML timestamps each event
with 1-minute granularity.
You can view recorded events in the IML in several ways, including the following:
•
From within HP SIM
•
From within operating system-specific IML viewers
o
For Windows: IML Viewer
o
For Linux: IML Viewer Application
•
From within the iLO 4 user interface
•
From within HP Insight Diagnostics (on page
40
)
Intelligent Provisioning
Several packaging changes have taken place with HP ProLiant Gen8 servers: SmartStart CDs and the Smart
Update Firmware DVD will no longer ship with these new servers.
For this product, Intelligent Provisioning provides maintenance-related tasks through Perform Maintenance
features.
•
For information on OS installation, see "Installing the operating system (on page
22
)."
•
For more information on Intelligent Provisioning software, see the HP website
(
).
•
For more information about Intelligent Provisioning drivers, firmware, and SPP, see the HP website
(
).
HP Insight Diagnostics
HP Insight Diagnostics is a proactive server management tool, available in both offline and online versions,
that provides diagnostics and troubleshooting capabilities to assist IT administrators who verify server
installations, troubleshoot problems, and perform repair validation.