HP Insight Diagnostics Software - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 HP Insight Diagnostics overview ........................................................... 7
HP Insight Diagnostics editions ..................................................................................................... 7
Key features and benefits ............................................................................................................. 7
Theory of operation .................................................................................................................... 8
System requirements .................................................................................................................... 8
2 Getting started .................................................................................. 9
Installing the Online Edition ......................................................................................................... 9
Removing the HP Server Utility ............................................................................................... 9
Removing the HP Survey Utility for Windows® ................................................................... 9
Removing the HP Survey Utility for Linux ............................................................................ 9
Installing HP Insight Diagnostics for Windows Online Edition ..................................................... 9
Installing from the HP ProLiant Support Pack ...................................................................... 9
Installing from the Smart Component ................................................................................ 9
Installing HP Insight Diagnostics for Linux Online edition .......................................................... 10
Installing from the HP ProLiant Linux Support Pack ............................................................. 10
Installing from the Linux RPM Package Manager (RPM) ...................................................... 10
Locating files ............................................................................................................... 10
Starting the Online Edition ......................................................................................................... 11
Starting HP Insight Diagnostics for Windows Online Edition ..................................................... 11
Starting from the Windows Start menu ............................................................................ 11
Starting from HP Systems Insight Manager ...................................................................... 11
Starting from the HP System Management Homepage ...................................................... 11
Starting HP Insight Diagnostics for Linux Online Edition from the HP System Management
Homepage ........................................................................................................................ 12
Starting the Online Edition from a browser ............................................................................ 12
Modifying browser settings on a Linux server ......................................................................... 12
Starting the Online Edition from Microsoft Internet Explorer ...................................................... 13
Starting the Online Edition from Firefox ................................................................................. 13
Starting the Online Edition from a command line .................................................................... 13
Using Insight Diagnostics Commands in Linux ........................................................................ 15
Starting the Offline Edition ......................................................................................................... 15
Starting from an HP SmartStart CD ....................................................................................... 15
Starting from an HP Documentation CD ................................................................................. 15
3 Using HP Insight Diagnostics ............................................................. 17
Using the Survey tab ................................................................................................................. 17
Scheduling a survey ........................................................................................................... 19
Saving survey configuration information ................................................................................ 19
Deleting a survey session .................................................................................................... 20
Comparing configurations ................................................................................................... 20
Using the Diagnose tab ............................................................................................................. 21
Using the Test tab (HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition only) ........................................................ 22
Running a Quick Test .......................................................................................................... 22
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