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Diagnostic Tools
This chapter provides an overview of the software and firmware diagnostic tools available for
HP ProLiant DL320 Generation 2 servers.
Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview
The following utilities assist in diagnosing problems, testing hardware, and monitoring and
managing server operations.
Table 3-1: Diagnostic Tools
Tool What it is How to run it
LX32 Enterprise
Diagnostics
A tool to assist testing and/or verifying
operation of hardware. If problems
are found, the diagnostics package
isolates failures down to the
replaceable part, whenever possible.
Diagnostics and utilities must be
accessed when a system
configuration error is detected
during Power-On Self-Test (POST).
For a complete list of POST error
messages, refer to the HP
Servers Troubleshooting Guide.
Diagnostics software is also
available on the SmartStart and
Software Support CD.
Inspect Utility A utility that provides a report
detailing system information.
Run the Inspect Utility from the
Diagnostics program.
Insight Manager A client/server application used to
manage hardware remotely within a
network environment. Insight
Manager reports hardware fault
conditions (both failure and
pre-failure) and collects data for
reporting and graphing.
For more information, refer to the
Management CD and the Insight
Manager User Guide.
More information on viewing and
printing the event list can be found
in the HP ProLiant DL320
Generation 2 Server Setup and
Installation Guide.
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