SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP16098
PART NUMBER: N/A
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE: Compaq Server Diagnostics
VERSION: 10.33 Rev A           
LANGUAGE: German

CATEGORY: Diagnostics-Setup

DIVISIONS: Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: 
     ProLiant 8500: All Models
     ProLiant 8000: All Models
     ProLiant 7000: All Models
     ProLiant 6500: All Models
     ProLiant 6400R: All Models
     ProLiant 6000: All Models
     ProLiant 5500: All Models
     ProLiant 5000: All Models
     ProLiant 4500: All Models
     ProLiant 4000: All Models
     ProLiant 3000: All Models
     ProLiant 2500: All Models
     ProLiant 2000: All Models
     ProLiant 1850R: All Models
     ProLiant ML570: All Models
     ProLiant ML530: All Models
     ProLiant ML330: All Models
     ProLiant ML370: All Models
     ProLiant DL580: All Models
     ProLiant DL380: All Models
     ProLiant DL360: All Models
     ProLiant CL1850: All Models
     ProLiant CL380: All Models
     ProLiant 1600: All Models
     ProLiant 1500: All Models
     ProLiant 1200: All Models
     ProLiant 1000: All Models
     ProLiant 850R: All Models
     ProLiant 800: All Models
     ProLiant 400: All Models
     Prosignia Server 720: All Models
     Prosignia Server 740: All Models
     ProSignia 200: All Models
     ProSignia 300: All Models
     ProSignia 500: All Models
     ProSignia VS: All Models
     ProSignia 486: All Models
     ProSignia P5/60 SCSI: All Models
     SystemPro XL: All Models
     SystemPro: All Models
     SystemPro LT: All Models
     TaskSmart N-Series: All Models
     ProLiant DL320: All Models

OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 2000
                  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
                  Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
                  Microsoft MS-DOS
                  Novell NetWare 5.x
                  Novell NetWare 4.x
                  Novell NetWare 3.x
                  SCO UnixWare 7
                  SCO OpenServer 5
                  SCO OpenServer 3
                  SCO OpenServer 2.1
                  Linux
                  Sun Solaris 8 Intel Platform Edition
                  Sun Solaris 7 Intel Platform Edition
                  Sun Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition
                  IBM OS/2
                  Banyan VINES

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 2000

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 5.0         

SUPERSEDES: SP15857

DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq contains the files required to create a bootable Compaq 
Server Diagnostics diskette.  A Compaq Server Diagnostics diskette contains programs 
that can perform tests of the hardware and display information about the server 
configuration.

ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES:

 - Adds ID and testing support for Compaq AIT 35 LVD.

 - Improves the speed of the memory test in Automatic mode by removing redundant testing.
   Automatic mode's default loop-count for memory test is now one instead of four. 
   Analysis indicated that with current memory technologies, errors will be found in the
   first pass if they exist, so four passes were no longer necessary.  

   The current estimate for testing memory is now ~26.95 seconds per megabyte of
   memory.  Versions prior to S10.33A took >56.25 seconds per megabyte, 
   depending on system speed.  

   S10.32A Prompted mode on a DL580 with 1.0GB: 16 hours
   S10.33A Prompted mode on a DL580 with 1.5GB: 11 hours,  35 minutes

   S10.33A Prompted mode on a DL580 with 6.656GB:
    Ram Long Test =~ 11 Hours  (~10 seconds per megabyte)
    All other tests together took 42 Hours. (~37.8 seconds per megabyte)
    This averages out to ~47.7 seconds per megabyte.

   S10.33A Quick test mode on a ML570 PIII 700MHZ:
    2GB   - 38 minutes
    1.5GB - 26 minutes
    1GB   - 19 minutes
    512KB -  9 minutes

   These are estimates so that one can approximate how long testing will take. 

 - 4 GB of memory can properly be tested.

 - Drive and array controller information stored in the PCI config space is no
   longer touched by Memory.tm.  This fixed the problem seen while using the DL580
   with a 3200 SCSI controller connected to a Storage Works Enclosure 4214.
   Symptoms include BMIC failures and 8 hour test times for a two minute test.  

 - Defective DIMMs are correctly identified on the DL580.  Previous versions
   of diagnostic incorrectly indentified bad DIMMs in slot 4.

 - An error is reported if a drive size of zero is returned by the drive.
 
 - Adds support for hard drive larger than 30 GB.

 - Fixes intermittent buffer corruption error.

 - Fixes erroneous text on main menu after disclaimer message was displayed.
   The text that appeared on the right side of the screen was "Auto" and "ID".

HOW TO USE:

1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is 
a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number.

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. Pressing 
"Space Bar" to confirm the unpacking of files creates a new directory folder in 
the download directory. The diskette image file, the image extraction tool, and 
the batch file to create the diskette are unpacked into this newly created 
directory.

3. After the Diagnostic diskette has been created, you may delete the 
self-extracting file downloaded in step one, as well as the directory folder 
and files created in step two. 

4. Go to the system that you want to run Server Diagnostics on and power down the 
system.

5. Place the newly created Diagnostics diskette in Drive A:, and power up the 
system.

6. The system should then boot to Compaq Server Diagnostics.


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