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I am new to HP, can you give an example of the type of issue that tool will check for/report on? is it a dedicated healthcheck type tool? does it produece a summary report of any issues identified? is it free as part of the hardware purchase?
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I am new to HP, can you give an example of the type of issue that tool will check for/report on? is it a dedicated healthcheck type tool? does it produece a summary report of any issues identified? is it free as part of the hardware purchase?

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also heard of hp-health, any experience with that?
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also heard of hp-health, any experience with that?

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HP SIM is a infrastructure reporting and live monitoring application for all HP equipment. It will report on all aspects of the hardware including BIOS revisions and will allow for easy patching of hardware.<br />
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<a href="http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/server-software/product-detail.html?oid=489496#!tab=features" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/server-software/product-detail.html?oid=489496#!tab=features</a>
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HP SIM is a infrastructure reporting and live monitoring application for all HP equipment. It will report on all aspects of the hardware including BIOS revisions and will allow for easy patching of hardware.

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/server-software/product-detail.html?oid=489496#!tab=features [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/server-software/product-detail.html?oid=489496#!tab=features]

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are there any tools/free scripts that could oa general healthcheck of hp proliant servers, and flag up any issues? are there any security concerns and best practices surrounding the ilo tools to manage the server hardware tier?
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are there any tools/free scripts that could oa general healthcheck of hp proliant servers, and flag up any issues? are there any security concerns and best practices surrounding the ilo tools to manage the server hardware tier?

hp proliant / ilo health

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.

Server Hardware

Hardware includes cell phones and other digital living devices, tablets, computers, servers, peripherals and components, printers and scanners, gaming consoles, networking hardware such as routers, hubs, switches and modems, storage devices and security equipment such as firewalls and other appliances.

Hardware

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.