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x64 Servers Utilities Reference Manual

820-1120-22


Contents

Preface

Applications and Utilities for x64 Servers

Supported Applications and Utilities

hd Utility

Hardware Error Report and Decode (HERD)

Disk Control and Monitor Utility (DCMU)

IPMItool

RAID Utilities

NIC Teaming

NVIDIA Network Access Manager (NAM)

Supported Utilities by Platform

Locating Other Applications and Utilities

Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)

Sun xVM Ops Center

Sun VTS

cfggen

ipmiflash

Pc-Check

Using the hd Utility on Solaris OS 10

Installing the hd Utility

Identifying the Hard Disk Drives

Determining the Boot Drive

Determining Empty Slots and Unrecognized Drives

Viewing the Hard Disk Drive Map

Viewing the Controllers

Viewing Vendor and Temperatures of Drives

Using the hd Command for Troubleshooting

Viewing Hard Drive Status

Using the hd Command for Administration

Viewing Devices in Color Mode

Viewing the x64 Platform Type

Viewing the PCI Storage Device Path

Viewing Drive Warning Messages

Viewing the fdisk Partition

Viewing the Disks in Sequential Order (Sun Fire X4500/X4540 Servers Only)

Viewing SMART Raw Data Count

Using the hd Utility on Windows 2003

Installing the hd Utility on Windows

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the hd Utility on Windows

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Remove hd Utility on Windows

Running the hd Utility on Windows

Starting the hd Utility Command Line

hd Command Options and Parameters

Viewing the hd Utility Drive Mapping Output

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Display the Hard Drive Map

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Display the Drives in Sequential Order

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Display the Summary

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Display Help

Using the hd Utility on Linux

Installing the hd Utility

Running the hd Utility on Linux

Viewing the hd Utility Drive Mapping Output

Viewing the Hard Drive Map Using the hd Command

Viewing the Hard Drive Map Using the hdadm display Command

Viewing the Disk Controllers and Bootable Drives

Viewing Hard Disk Drive Status

Viewing the Hard Drives in Sequential Order

Viewing the hd Command Help Options

Configuring Offline and Online Hard Disk Drives Using the hdadm Command

Examples Using the hdadm Command

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Take a Disk Offline by Physical Slot Number

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Take a Disk Offline by Logical Name

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Put a Disk Online by Physical Slot Number

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Take Multiple Disks Offline in a Row

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Take Multiple Disks Offline in Column

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Put All Drives Online

IPMItool for Windows

Completing the IPMItool Installation

Installing IPMItool

For More Information

Using RAID Array Configuration Tools for Windows Systems

Managing RAID Using the StorageTek RAID Manager (for Adaptec-based RAID Controller)

Managing RAID Using the MegaRAID Storage Manager (for LSI-based RAID Controllers)

Hardware Error Report and Decode Tool (HERD) 3.0 for Linux

Downloading HERD

About HERD

Installing HERD

Starting the HERD Daemon

Using HERD

HERD Syntax

Example of HERD Output

Additional Options

Known Problems and Limitations

Identifying CPU and DIMMs With MCEs

Software Error Report and Decode (SERD)

NIC Teaming for Windows

Overview of Network Interfaces

Using Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager to Configure NIC Teaming

Multi-Vendor Teaming

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Access Intel NIC Teaming Configuration Settings

Learning More About Intel NIC Teaming

Using Network Access Manager (NAM) to Configure NVIDIA NIC Teaming

Using the NVIDIA Network Access Manager for Windows Server 2003

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Launch the Network Access Manager

Learning More About Network Access Manager

Using the NVIDIA Network Control Panel for Windows Server 2008

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Launch the NVIDIA Control Panel

Learning More About NVIDIA Control Panel