name  
  
HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition for Linux

 
description  
  
Deployed from the ProLiant Support Pack, the HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition maintenance utility displays information about your server.s hardware configuration. HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition is a new web-enabled management agent provided with the ProLiant Essentials suite of products from HP. As of SmartStart 7.1, HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition featuring Survey and the IML Viewer will be replacing the Survey Utility previously included with SmartStart. The online version of HP Insight Diagnostics provides the same functionality as the Survey Utility for Windows and Linux and does not perform any hardware tests on the system. Although not required, it is recommended that you uninstall the current Survey Utility for Windows or Linux before beginning the installation of HP Insight Diagnostics Online Edition. Insight Diagnostics includes a Web browser interface in addition to the command-line interface in an online mode. This enables remote control of the utility and facilitates easy transfer of configuration information from remote machines to a service provider. It can be updated from VCRM and VCA and with SIM, offers pro-active notification when an updated version is available. You can use Insight Diagnostics Online Edition to: View the hardware configuration of the machine, view the server Integrated Management Log, view the software configuration of the machine, compare historical configurations of the machine, and capture a new configuration sample.

 

version (effective date)  
  
6.3.1-1  (18 Oct 04)

 

software category  
  
Software - System Management

 

type of change  
  
Bug Fixes

 
notes  
  
Important Note!

 
HP has identified a security vulnerability within the 6.3.0-15 version of Insight Diagnostics that could allow an unauthorized user to save a potentially harmful file to the system. Users should upgrade to version 6.3.1-1. For additional details read the full advisory, (SSRT4918).

 
Fixes

 
Resolved a security vulnerability within the 6.3.0-15 version of Insight Diagnostics that could allow an unauthorized user to save a potentially harmful file to the system.

 
Prerequisites

 
Insight Diagnostics Online Edition for Linux requires the following Smart Component to make full use of its capabilities:
Advanced System Management Driver

 
Installation

 
To install Insight Diagnostics Online Edition for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3: 

The current Support Pack for Red Hat Enterprise Linux3 should be installed. 

Run the ProLiant Support Pack to ensure glut is installed from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. 

Login as root and download the Insight Diagnostics rpm to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. Enter the following command to install the utility:
rpm -Uvh < rpmFilename >
For example, rpm -Uvh hpdiags-< version >.i386rpm. 

The Insight Diagnostics package installs itself and all related files in the directory: /usr/share/diagnostics 

To run Insight Diagnostics web daemon now:
/etc/init.d/hpdiags start
To stop Insight Diagnostics web daemon now:
/etc/init.d/hpdiags stop
To check if Insight Diagnostics web daemon is currently running:
/etc/init.d/hpdiags status
For other Insight Diagnostics command line options:
cd /usr/share/diagnostics/ 
/hpdiags -?
To run the Insight Diagnostics init upon reboots:
chkconfig --add hpdiags
To disable Insight Diagnostics during reboots:
chkconfig --del hpdiags

 
packages (* means the package has not yet passed ftp check)  
  

 
 
 
English (US)  *   hpdiags-6.3.1-1.linux.i386.rpm  
 
  
hardware  
  

 
 
 
ProLiant BL40p   All Models  
ProLiant BL30p   All Models  
ProLiant BL20p   G3 (3.6Ghz+), G2 (2.8-3.06GHz), (1.4GHz)  
ProLiant DL760   G2 (1.5GHz+), (700-900MHz)  
ProLiant DL740   (1.5GHz+)  
ProLiant DL585   (1.6GHz+)  
ProLiant DL580   G2 (1400MHz+)  
ProLiant DL560   (1.5GHz+)  
ProLiant DL380   G4 (3.4GHz+), G3 (2.4-3.2GHz), G2 (1133-1400MHz)  
ProLiant DL380 G4 Packaged Cluster   MSA500 G2  
ProLiant DL380 G3 Packaged Cluster   MSA500  
ProLiant DL380 Packaged Cluster   G2 (1266MHz)  
ProLiant DL360   G4 (3.0-3.4GHz+), G3 (2.4-3.2GHz), G2 (1.26-1.4GHz)  
ProLiant DL320   G2 (2.26-3.06GHz)  
ProLiant ML750   All Models  
ProLiant ML570   G3 (3.3GHz+), G2 (1.4-3.0GHz+)  
ProLiant ML530   G2 (3.0-2.4GHz+)  
ProLiant ML370   G4 (3.4GHz+), G3 (2.4-3.2GHz), G2 (1133-1400MHz)  
ProLiant ML350   G4 (3.0-3.2GHz), G3 (2.8-3.06GHz), G2 (1133-1400MHz )  
ProLiant ML330   G3 (2.4-3.06GHz+), G2 (1.4GHz)  
ProLiant ML310   All Models  
 
  
operating system  
  

 
 
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86)   OEM