HP ProLiant SL270s Gen8 SE Server - Manual (Page 76)

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The Active Health System log, in conjunction with the system monitoring provided by Agentless Management
or SNMP Pass-thru, provides continuous monitoring of hardware and configuration changes, system status,
and service alerts for various server components.
The Agentless Management Service is available in the SPP, which is a disk image (.iso) that you can
download from the HP website ( http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download ). The Active Health System log can
be downloaded manually from iLO 4 or HP Intelligent Provisioning and sent to HP. For more information, see
the HP iLO User Guide or HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide on the HP website
( http://www.hp.com/go/ilo/docs ).
Integrated Management Log
The IML records hundreds of events and stores them in an easy-to-view form. The IML timestamps each event
with 1-minute granularity.
You can view recorded events in the IML in several ways, including the following:
• From within HP SIM
• From within operating system-specific IML viewers
o For Windows: IML Viewer
o For Linux: IML Viewer Application
• From within the iLO 4 user interface
• From within HP Insight Diagnostics (on page 76 )
Intelligent Provisioning
HP Intelligent Provisioning is a single-server deployment tool that is embedded in ProLiant Gen8 servers. It
eliminates the need for SmartStart CDs and Smart Update Firmware DVDs. For more information about
Intelligent Provisioning, see the HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide at the Information Library
(
http://www.hp.com/go/intelligentprovisioning/docs ).
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 76 ).
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. For more information, see the HP website
( http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download ).
HP Insight Diagnostics survey functionality
HP Insight Diagnostics (on page 76 ) provides survey functionality that gathers critical hardware and software
information on ProLiant servers.