HP ProLiant Gen8 Troubleshooting Guide Volume I: Troubleshooting

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• Intelligent Provisioning provides maintenance-related tasks through Perform Maintenance Options
features.
• Intelligent Provisioning provides installation help for Microsoft Windows, Red Hat and SUSE Linux, and
VMware operating systems. For specific OS support, see the HP Intelligent Provisioning Release Notes
on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/intelligentprovisioning/docs).
For more information about Intelligent Provisioning software, see the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/intelligentprovisioning). For Intelligent Provisioning recovery media downloads,
see the Resources tab on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/ilo). For consolidated drive and firmware
update packages, see the HP Systems and Server Software Management page on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/SmartUpdate).
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.
HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition performs various in-depth system and component testing while the OS
is not running. To run this utility, boot the server using Intelligent Provisioning (on page 72).
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition is a web-based application that captures system configuration and
other related data needed for effective server management. Available in Microsoft Windows and Linux
versions, the utility helps to ensure proper system operation.
For more information or to download the utility, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/servers/diags). HP
Insight Diagnostics Online Edition is also available in the SPP ("HP Service Pack for ProLiant" on page 75).
HP Insight Diagnostics survey functionality
HP Insight Diagnostics (on page 73) provides survey functionality that gathers critical hardware and software
information on ProLiant servers.
This functionality supports operating systems that are supported by the server. For operating systems
supported by the server, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/supportos).
If a significant change occurs between data-gathering intervals, the survey function marks the previous
information and overwrites the survey data files to reflect the latest changes in the configuration.
Survey functionality is installed with every Intelligent Provisioning-assisted HP Insight Diagnostics installation,
or it can be installed through the SPP ("HP Service Pack for ProLiant" on page 75).
Erase Utility
CAUTION: Perform a backup before running the Erase Utility. The utility sets the system to its
original factory state, deletes the current hardware configuration information, including array
setup and disk partitioning, and erases all connected hard drives completely. Before using this
utility, see the instructions in the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide.
Use the Erase Utility to erase drives and Active Health System logs, and to reset RBSU settings. Run the Erase
Utility if you must erase the system for the following reasons:
• You want to install a new operating system on a server with an existing operating system.
• You encounter an error when completing the steps of a factory-installed operating system installation.