HP ProLiant s6500 Chassis Maintenance and Service Guide

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Diagnostic tools
Troubleshooting resources
The HP ProLiant Gen8 Troubleshooting Guide, Volume I: Troubleshooting provides procedures for resolving
common problems and comprehensive courses of action for fault isolation and identification, issue resolution,
and software maintenance on ProLiant servers and server blades. The HP ProLiant Gen8 Troubleshooting
Guide, Volume II: Error Messages provides a list of error messages and information to assist with interpreting
and resolving error messages on ProLiant servers and server blades. The documents are on the
Documentation CD and on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/proliantgen8/docs).
ProLiant Power Interface Control Utility
HP ProLiant Power Interface Control Utility is a command-line utility performing power display and control
power functions for the chassis. You can use the utility and the embedded Power Management Controller to
set different power levels or chassis power capping.
The utility provides the following:
• Chassis fan controls
• Chassis power control
• Server fans and power through BMC, iLO, and BIOS
• Capability to power up servers based on power capacity
• Power emergency break support
• Capability to set the chassis power level through PPIC utilities with BMC and iLO
For more information or to download the ProLiant Power Interface Control Utility, see the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/support/ppicu_dr).
HP APM overview
HP ProLiant Advanced Power Manager is a single point of contact for HP ProLiant Scalable System
administration.
To install, configure, and access HP ProLiant Advanced Power Manager, see the HP Advanced Power
Manager User Guide (http://www.hp.com/support/APM_UG_en).