Diagnostic tools 61
Diagnostic tools
User Diagnostics
User Diagnostics is a proactive server management tool, available in HP website
(http://www.hp.com
) that provides diagnostics and troubleshooting capabilities to assist IT
administrators who verify server installations, troubleshoot problems, and perform repair validation.
User Diagnostics performs various in-depth system and component testing while the OS is not running.
For more information or to download the utility, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com
).
IPMI Event Log
The IPMI Event Log is a log that is generated by the management controller when it detects significant
or critical system management events. This includes messages for events such as ‘temperature
threshold exceeded’, ‘voltage threshold exceeded’, ‘power fault’, etc.
To view the IPMI event log:
1. Turn on the monitor and the server.
If the server is already turned on, save your data and exit all open applications, and then restart
the server.
2. During POST, press F10 to access the AMI BIOS Setup Utility.
3. In the Advanced menu screen, select the IPMI field, and then press Enter.
4. Select System Event Log, and then press Enter.
For more information on the IPMI Card, see the HP Microserver Remote Access Card User Manual on
HP website (http://www.hp.com)
.
Reset the MicroServer Remote Access Card password to
default
The user can use the IPMI tool with KCS to reset password. The following IPMI command illustrates
how to reset the administrator password to “password” by linux ipmitool:-
Ipmitool raw 18 47 82 2 0x70 0x61 0x73 0x73 0x77 0x6f 0x72 0x64 0x00 0x00
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
NOTE: The password be encrypted and storied in flash, user can not only recover the password by
update flash data. After reflashing the firmware, all data, password and configurations will be reset
to default.
The MicroServer Remote Access Card support the following character categories:
• Uppercase letters: A, B, C
• Lowercase letters: a, b, c
