Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Guide - SCN Research

Interoperability With Third-Party Monitoring Tools
If you administer a heterogeneous network and use a third-party network-based
system monitoring or management tool, you might be able to take advantage of Sun
Management Center software’s support for Tivoli Enterprise Console, BMC Patrol,
and HP Openview.
Obtaining the Latest Information
For the latest information about this product, go to the Sun Management Center web
site: http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter
Hardware Diagnostic Suite
The Sun Management Center features an optional Hardware Diagnostic Suite, which
you can purchase as an add-on. The Hardware Diagnostic Suite is designed to
exercise a production system by running tests sequentially.
Sequential testing means the Hardware Diagnostic Suite has a low impact on the
system. Unlike SunVTS, which stresses a system by consuming its resources with
many parallel tests (see “About SunVTS” on page 201), the Hardware Diagnostic
Suite lets the server run other applications while testing proceeds.
When to Run Hardware Diagnostic Suite
The best use of the Hardware Diagnostic Suite is to disclose a suspected or
intermittent problem with a noncritical part on an otherwise functioning machine.
Examples might include questionable disk drives or memory modules on a machine
that has ample or redundant disk and memory resources.
In cases like these, the Hardware Diagnostic Suite runs unobtrusively until it
identifies the source of the problem. The machine under test can be kept in
production mode until and unless it must be shut down for repair. If the faulty part
is hot-pluggable or hot-swappable, the entire diagnose-and-repair cycle can be
completed with minimal impact to system users.
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