HP Smart Array Cluster Storage System

HP Smart Array Cluster Storage System User Guide 4-1
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Configuration and Utilities
Server Utilities
HP utilities provide reporting functions that enable event-focused management and
diagnostics. To install and run these utilities, refer to the server documentation.
• Diagnostics Utility—This utility tests and verifies proper operation of the system
hardware. If problems are found, the utility isolates failure(s) down to the
replaceable part, whenever possible. When an operating system is installed with
SmartStart Version 5.30 or later, the Diagnostics and utilities are installed on a
partition of the hard drive that contains the operating system. (This hard drive
may or may not be located in the storage system.) Always access these utilities
when a system configuration error is detected during POST.
• INSPECT Utility—This utility provides a report detailing system information.
• Insight Manager 7—This Web-based application enables system administrators
to accomplish normal administrative tasks from any remote location, using a
Web browser. Insight Manager 7 provides device management capabilities that
consolidate and integrate management data from HP and third-party devices.
• Insight Management Agents—These agents enable easy manageability of the
server through Insight Manager 7 software and third-party SNMP management
platforms. Management agents monitor key subsystems that are instrumental in
making health, configuration, and performance data available to the agent
software. The agents act upon that data by initiating alarms in the event of faults.
The agents also provide updated management information, such as network
interface or subsystem performance statistics, to the management systems.