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Anyone know hardware diagnostics tool (online diag)

nataris — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:01:05 GMT

I want to diag hardware DL380. but customer don't want down server. Anyone, know tool which can diag online. Other question, Can I use IML log or any log to verify hardware issue. Anyone know have document about troubleshooting hardware and diag tool of proliant, please help to share me.

Many thanks for your help.

Re: Anyone know hardware diagnostics tool (online diag)

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:48:53 GMT

Shalom,

There is a tool set in the bios of the DL380

There is also a bootable DVD that ships with the server and gives you an option to go into diagnostics.

Its point and click and includes inline help.

SEP

Re: Anyone know hardware diagnostics tool (online diag)

Jimmy Vance — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:18:17 GMT

There are tools in the ProLiant Support Pack to monitor the system and do online diagnostics

www.hp.com/go/proliantsupportpacks

Re: Anyone know hardware diagnostics tool (online diag)

PAVIC Thierry — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:28:17 GMT

Try an utility call cfg2html.sh it gives you a configuration of your server a paragrah is dedictated to the hardware :

Hardware
- Physical Memory
- PCI devices
- IoPorts
- Interrupts
- SCSI Devices
- DMA Devices
- Serial Devices
- Serial ttyS0
- Serial ttyS1
- IDE Disks
- CDROM Drive
- IDE Chipset info

for exemple some information :
---=[ Physical Memory ]=--------------------------------------------------
8310676 kB
---=[ CDROM Drive ]=------------------------------------------------------
CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.20 2003/12/17

drive name: hda
drive speed: 24
drive # of slots: 1
Can close tray: 1
Can open tray: 1
Can lock tray: 1
Can change speed: 1
Can select disk: 0
Can read multisession: 1
Can read MCN: 1
Reports media changed: 1
Can play audio: 1
Can write CD-R: 1
Can write CD-RW: 1
Can read DVD: 1
Can write DVD-R: 0
Can write DVD-RAM: 0
Can read MRW: 1
Can write MRW: 1
Can write RAM: 1

Re: Anyone know hardware diagnostics tool (online diag)

dirk dierickx — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:58:00 GMT

never tried it on a DL, but you can give ipmi a shot, it's an standard interface for monitoring system hardware...

packages should be available as standrd on RH.