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HP FDDI/9000 Resources

Using Support Tools Manager

Use HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with the EISA or HSC FDDI

adapter to gather information about the adapter and to diagnose

problems. Refer to the Support Media User’s Manual for more details

about STM.

STM provides the following tools for HP LAN adapters:

• Information Tool provides a quick access to the most useful

information about a particular device, such as slot number, hardware

path, soft physical address, and hard physical address.

• Verify Tool provides a quck veriﬁcation that a particular device is

properly connected and functional.

• Exercise Tool stresses the hardware and can assist in reproducing

intermittent problems.

• Diagnostics Tool tests a particular device and isolates any failures

down to the most suspect ﬁeld replaceable unit (FRU).

The Support Tools Manager can be run in three ways:

• in the X Windows environment by entering the following at the

system prompt: xstm &

• in Command Line Mode by entering the following at the system

prompt: cstm

• in Menu Mode by entering the following at the system prompt: mstm