HP Insight Diagnostics User Manual
HP Insight Diagnostics User Guide
Part Number 390374-004
April 2009 (Fourth Edition)
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Intended audience
This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems.
HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards
in products with hazardous energy levels.
Contents
HP Insight Diagnostics overview ..................................................................................................... 5
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Key features and benefits ...........................................................................................................................5
Theory of operation...................................................................................................................................6
System requirements ..................................................................................................................................6
Getting started.............................................................................................................................. 7
Installing the Online Edition ........................................................................................................................ 7
Removing HP Survey Utility ............................................................................................................... 7
Installing HP Insight Diagnostics for Windows® Online Edition.............................................................. 7
Installing HP Insight Diagnostics for Linux Online Edition....................................................................... 8
Starting the Online Edition.......................................................................................................................... 8
Starting HP Insight Diagnostics for Windows® Online Edition ...............................................................8
Starting HP Insight Diagnostics for Linux Online Edition from the HP System Management Homepage ........9
Starting the Online Edition from a browser ....................................................................................... 10
Using the Online Edition from a command line.................................................................................. 12
Starting the Offline Edition........................................................................................................................ 13
Starting from an HP SmartStart CD .................................................................................................. 13
Starting from an HP Documentation CD............................................................................................14
Using HP Insight Diagnostics ........................................................................................................ 15
Using the Survey tab................................................................................................................................ 15
Scheduling a survey....................................................................................................................... 16
Saving Survey configuration information........................................................................................... 16
Deleting a Survey session ............................................................................................................... 17
Comparing configurations ..............................................................................................................17
Using the Diagnose tab............................................................................................................................ 18
Using the Test tab (HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition only) ...................................................................... 19
Running a Quick test...................................................................................................................... 20
Running a Complete test................................................................................................................. 21
Running a Custom test.................................................................................................................... 21
Using the Status tab................................................................................................................................. 22
Viewing Diagnose test status........................................................................................................... 22
Viewing offline test status................................................................................................................ 23
Using the Log tab .................................................................................................................................... 24
Diagnosis Log tab.......................................................................................................................... 25
Test log ........................................................................................................................................ 26
Error Log tab................................................................................................................................. 26
Integrated Management Log tab...................................................................................................... 27
Help tab................................................................................................................................................. 28
About HP Insight Diagnostics........................................................................................................... 29
Error Codes .................................................................................................................................. 29
Test Components ........................................................................................................................... 30
Saving and printing information in HP Insight Diagnostics............................................................................. 31
Exiting HP Insight Diagnostics ................................................................................................................... 32
Uninstalling HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition .......................................................................................32
Uninstalling HP Insight Diagnostics from a Windows server................................................................. 32
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Uninstalling HP Insight Diagnostics from a Linux server ....................................................................... 32
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................... 33
Troubleshooting memory ..........................................................................................................................33
Troubleshooting disk drives and storage systems ......................................................................................... 34
Where to go for additional help................................................................................................................ 34
HP website ...................................................................................................................................34
IT Resource Center......................................................................................................................... 34
Support and drivers ....................................................................................................................... 35
Technical support........................................................................................................................ 36
Before you contact HP.............................................................................................................................. 36
HP contact information............................................................................................................................. 36
Acronyms and abbreviations........................................................................................................ 37
Index......................................................................................................................................... 39
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HP Insight Diagnostics overview
Introduction
HP Insight Diagnostics is a proactive server management tool, available in both Online and Offline
editions. Insight Diagnostics provides diagnostics and troubleshooting capabilities to assist IT
administrators who verify server installations, troubleshoot problems, and perform repair validation.
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition is a web-based application that captures hardware and operating
system configuration information, records critical information for documentation and disaster recovery,
and compares historical configurations on the same server or a baseline server. Available in Microsoft
Windows® and Linux versions, Insight Diagnostics helps to ensure proper system operation. Online
diagnosis of hard drives and power supplies can be assessed for potential issues under the following
conditions:
• Hard drives attached to an HP Smart Array Controller
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• Power supplies that are HP common slot power supplies and are deemed "diagnosable" by Power
Supply Diagnosis software using specific HP part numbers and HP servers
HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition captures system configuration information and provides detailed
diagnostic testing capabilities. The Offline Edition provides a comprehensive suite of offline system and
component tests, providing in-depth testing of critical hardware components for devices such as
processors, memory, and hard drives. During offline testing, the user-installed OS is not running;
therefore, software information from the system is not reported. Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition runs
when the computer is started from one of the following CDs:
• HP SmartStart CD on HP ProLiant servers
• HP Documentation CD or HP Documentation and Diagnostics CD on HP business PC or HP
workstation computers
IMPORTANT: Third-party devices not supported by HP might not be detected by HP Insight
Diagnostics.
Key features and benefits
HP Insight Diagnostics simplifies the process of effectively identifying, diagnosing, and isolating hardware
issues.
System availability is maintained through the following key features:
• Testing and diagnosing apparent hardware failures
• Documenting system configurations for upgrade planning, standardization, inventory tracking,
disaster recovery, and maintenance
• Sending or printing configuration information to another location for more in-depth analysis
• Managing the IML (if the system supports IML)
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In addition to system management tools, service tools can resolve system problems quickly. To streamline
the service process and resolve problems quickly, you must have the right information available at the
time that a service call is placed. This combination of features simplifies the service process and minimizes
downtime.
Theory of operation
HP Insight Diagnostics is a useful step in troubleshooting procedures. If a system problem occurs, do the
following:
• Check the computer health and status LEDs.
• Use the Insight Diagnostics Survey feature to verify the hardware configuration and firmware
versions.
• Use the Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition Test feature to help validate the hardware.
• Use the IML (if supported) to identify system errors.
System requirements
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition for Windows® requires the following:
• HP Advanced System Management Driver
• HP System Management Homepage
• HP Server Management Application and Agents
• 512 MB of memory
• 1024x768 graphics controller support
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition for Linux requires the following:
• HP System Management Homepage
• HP Server Management Application and Agents
• HP ProLiant Linux Deployment Utility
• 512 MB of memory
• 1024x768 graphics controller support
HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition requires the following:
• System support for a bootable CD-ROM
• 512 MB of memory
• 1024x768 graphics controller support
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Getting started
Installing the Online Edition
Use the appropriate procedures for your OS environment.
Removing HP Survey Utility
Before installing the HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition, HP recommends removing the HP Survey
Removing the HP Survey Utility for Windows®
Removing the HP Survey Utility for Linux
Utility. Use the procedures in this section to remove the software.
If installed, remove the HP Survey Utility for Windows® before installing HP Insight Diagnostics Online
Edition:
1. Go to Add or Remove Programs.
2. Select Hewlett-Packard Survey Utility.
3. Click the Remove button.
If installed, remove the HP Survey Utility for Linux before installing HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition:
1. Identify which version of the Survey utility is installed. Enter the following command:
rpm -qa|grep survey
2. Remove the Survey utility. Enter the following command:
rpm -e survey
Installing HP Insight Diagnostics for Windows® Online Edition
Installing from the HP ProLiant Support Pack
Install the HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) from the HP SmartStart CD. HP Insight Diagnostics for
Windows
For more information on the PSP, see the HP ProLiant Support Pack and Deployment Utilities User Guide.
Installing from the Smart Component
1. Log on to the Windows
2. Download the Smart Component executable file.
3. Copy the executable file to a temporary directory on the target server.
4. Run the Smart Component executable file to start the HP Diagnostics interactive installation program.
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installs during the PSP installation.
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server with administrator access rights.
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During the installation, the Insight Diagnostics files are copied to the \hp\hpdiags folder on the same
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drive in which Windows
is installed, usually the C: drive.
Installing HP Insight Diagnostics for Linux Online Edition
Installing from the HP ProLiant Support Pack
Install the HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) from the HP SmartStart CD. HP Insight Diagnostics for Linux
installs during the PSP installation.
Installing from an RPM file
For more information on the PSP, see the HP ProLiant Support Pack and Deployment Utilities User Guide.
HP Insight Diagnostics for Linux is available for use with the Linux RPM utility. The following RPM options
are available:
• Install
• Query
• Refresh
• Uninstall
To install the Insight Diagnostics for Linux RPM file:
1. Obtain the Insight Diagnostics RPM file.
2. Log in to the target server as root.
3. Enter the following command:
rpm -Uvh <rpmFilename>
For example:
rpm -Uvh hpdiags-3.0.0-46.i386 rpm
Locating files
During the installation, the HP Insight Diagnostics files are copied to the following directories:
• The HP Insight Diagnostics executable file is copied to the /opt/hp/hpdiags directory.
• The startup script that loads the HP Insight Diagnostics Web Daemon is copied to the
/etc/init.d/hpdiags directory.
Starting the Online Edition
Starting HP Insight Diagnostics for Windows® Online Edition
Starting from the Windows® Start menu
1. Go to Start>All Programs>HP System Tools>HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition for Windows.
2. Select HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition for Windows.
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Starting from HP Systems Insight Manager
1. Go to the Device page.
2. Select HP Insight Diagnostics from the Device Links box.
Starting from the HP System Management Homepage
1. Click the HP System Management Homepage icon on the Windows
2. Click the Webapps tab.
3. Click the HP Insight Diagnostics link in the Other Agents box.
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desktop.
Starting HP Insight Diagnostics for Linux Online Edition from the HP System Management Homepage
1. Open the browser.
2. In the address field, enter the following:
https://localhost:2381
3. Press the Enter key. The System Management Homepage appears.
4. Click the Webapps tab.
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5.
Click the HP Insight Diagnostics link in the Other Agents box.
Starting the Online Edition from a browser
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition enables you to view information from a browser meeting the
following requirements:
• Microsoft
• Mozilla 1.5 or later
• Support for TCP/IP
• Support enabled for the following:
o Accept all cookies
o Java™
o JavaScript
o CSS
o Tables and frames
To start HP Insight Diagnostics from the browser:
1. Open the browser.
2. In the address field, enter the following:
https://localhost:2381/hpdiags/frontend2/frontend.php
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Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
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3.
Press the Enter key.
Modifying browser settings on a Linux server
Both the browser menu bar that displays the address and the menu bar directly below it must be
minimized so that the HP Insight Diagnostics screens fit in the browser window correctly.
To minimize the menu bars:
1. Click the down arrow located between the Back and Forward buttons and the address field to
minimize the menu bar that displays the address.
2. To minimize the bottom menu bar:
a. Right-click an open space in the menu bar.
b. Select Properties.
c. Select the Auto hide check box.
d. Click Apply.
Starting the Online Edition from Microsoft Internet Explorer
To log on to the System Management Homepage from Microsoft Internet Explorer:
1. Open the browser.
2. In the address field, enter the following:
https://devicename:2381
3. Press the Enter key.
The Security Alert dialog box appears the first time you navigate to a system without a Certificate
Authority Root Certificate.
The Security Alert dialog box does not display if a Certificate Authority Root Certificate is installed
on the browsers to be used for management. If it does display after this is implemented, you might
have browsed to the wrong system. For more information about installing the Certificate Authority
Root Certificate, refer to the online help in your browser.
4. Click Yes. The Login page appears.
If Anonymous access is enabled, the System Management Homepage appears.
5. Enter your user name and password.
6. Click Login. The System Management Homepage appears.
Starting the Online Edition from Mozilla
To log in to the System Management Homepage with Mozilla:
1. Open the browser.
2. In the address field, enter the following:
https://devicename:2381
The first time you navigate to this link, the Website Certified by an Unknown Authority dialog box
appears.
3. Click the OK button. The Login page appears.
If Anonymous access is enabled, the System Management Homepage appears.
4. Enter your user name and password.
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5.
Click Login. The System Management Homepage appears.
Using the Online Edition from a command line
To list the command line options, enter the following commands:
cd opt\hp\hpdiags
hpdiags -?
The optional command line parameters are listed in the following table.
Parameter Description
-l<LanguageCode>
Language Code options:
• en (for English, the default language)
• de (for German)
• es (for Spanish)
• fr (for French)
• it (for Italian)
• ja (for Japanese)
-v <Level>
-s "mmhhddMMDD"
-u
-c <File1> <File2>
-t Run a new Survey snapshot and output to the terminal.
-p Survey captures and comparisons can be to a file as plain text. The default is XML
-o <File1>
-f
Verbosity of output where Level is an integer between 1 and 5. Level 1 is the most
filtered and Level 5 is the most verbose. The default is Level 3.
Schedule automatic execution. mm=minute (0-59), hh=hour (0-23), dd=day (1-31),
MM=month (1-12), DD=day of week (0-6). All fields must be two digits (02 instead
of 2).
Use a single asterisk (*) for any value. If you use an asterisk, you must quote the
date/time value (-s "0023***"). If no asterisk is used, the quotes are optional.
This command adds an entry to your crontab, for Linux-based systems, or the
Windows Scheduled Tasks list, for Windows-based systems. For more Information on
crontab, enter man crontab at a Linux command prompt.
Unschedule of HP Insight Diagnostics running.
This command removes all entries that refer to HP Insight Diagnostics in your
crontab. For a Windows system, this command removes the entries in the Windows
Scheduled Tasks list.
Compare a file to the current output, or if two files are specified, compare the files
without generating a new report.
This option is ignored if -o is not specified.
format.
Run a new survey snapshot and output to a file. The default is formed using the
current date in this format: surveyCCYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss.xml (CC=century,
YY=year, MM=month, DD=day, HH=hour, mm=minute, and ss=second).
-t and -o cannot be used together.
Overwrite the output file if it already exists.
If the -o parameter is not specified this option is ignored.
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