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Dell PowerEdge 2950 Hardware Diagnostic tool
Hello,
I need your suggestion on complete hardware diagnostic tool kit for testing Dell 2950 Power Edge Server, I have gone through the "DELL DIAGNOSTIC DISTRIBUTION PACKAGE" but I am not satisfied with that tool. I looking for an Hardware diagnostic tool which performs testing on following Hardware Components.
1.) Quad Core Xeon E5410 Processor, 2) Ram - Dual Ranked Fully buffered Dimms, 3.) USB Keyboard, 4.) Riser, 5.) SAS Harddrives, 6.) RAID Controllers, 7.) Optical mouse, 8.) Broadcom Gigabit NIC, 9.) DVD ROM Drive, 10.) ePCIe SCSI Host Adapter card-LSI Logic - LSI203201E , 11.) DAT 72 Tape Drive, 12.) US Robotics modem- USR56100C, 13.) Intel Pro/1000PT Server Adapter in the PCIe Slot, 14.) Sony DVD R/W - AWG540A-10. 15.) SMTP etc.,
Can you please suggest me the hardaware diagnostics tool for this components. Also please suggest me if the name of tool that is used to test specific hardware components.
Thanks in Advance
BBQigniter
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April 10th, 2008 08:00
When I worked in a small computer-shop we used this software: http://www.toolhouse-usa.com/
It's pretty good and easy to use. It's not very cheap but worth it's money. There's also a demo-version downloadable after registration.
Hope that helps.
Sudhirgoogle
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April 10th, 2008 11:00
Thanks for your response. Can you please suggest me on Dell Diagnostics tools, My organization is looking for tool from Dell.
BBQigniter
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April 10th, 2008 13:00
Sudhirgoogle
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April 17th, 2008 11:00
Hello BBQigniter ,
Thanks for suggesting toolstar hardware diagnose software, I downloaded the demo version and I tested it in the desktop machine, It works great, the User interface is excellent. I tested the both windows verstion and the Dos version ( Booting through floppy disk) Both works great, Thanks a lot.
Can i use this software for testing server hardware components ??? Is vendor providing support for testing hardware components ?? Please clarify me on this.
Regards,
Sudhir.
BBQigniter
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April 17th, 2008 16:00
hmm, good question ;) it supports a wide varity of hardware but I can't tell you if really everything is supported. I suggest you to ask toolhouse directly they have really good support/info per mail and you should quickly have an answer from them. Simply describe them what hardware you use and they certainly will tell you if it will work.
thebuzeetle
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April 18th, 2008 22:00
There's the 32 bit diagnostics that will test your system outside of the operating system. On new systems it comes installed, or you can download it:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R176884&SystemID=PWE_2950&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=196&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=8&catid=13&impid=-1&formatcnt=2&libid=13&fileid=240633
If you want to run diagnostics from withing windows while the system is running, try the PowerEdge diagnostics:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R158443&SystemID=PWE_2950&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=7603&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=4&catid=13&impid=-1&formatcnt=2&libid=13&fileid=211654
You should also be running Open Manage Server Administrator within Windows, it can monitor everything:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R183698&SystemID=PWE_2950&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=2331&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=6&catid=36&impid=-1&formatcnt=2&libid=36&fileid=251117