2-20 Configuration and Diagnostic Utilities
2.10 Compaq Insight Manager
Compaq Insight Manager is a client/server software application you can use to remotely manage and
receive information about Compaq computers. Insight Manager remotely gathers information about
computers needing service; for example, Insight Manager can inform you if computer components
are experiencing failure or prefailure errors.
2.10.1 Deskpro 4000S
Compaq Insight Manager requires the installation of Insight Agents for Windows 95 on the Compaq
Deskpro 4000S Personal Computer, and the installation of the Insight Manager Console on a
computer used as a management console. Before installing the Insight Agents on the Compaq
Deskpro 4000S Personal Computer, be sure to install SNMP service and SNMP trap service (for
Windows 95) from the Microsoft CD. See installation instructions provided on the CD.
Compaq Insight Manager provides the following features to help you support Deskpro 4000S
Personal Computers:
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Remote alerts for optional ECC DIMM memory single bit error prefailure and SCSI disk drive
prefailure notification
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Asset and configuration information collected into a database and accessed by the Insight
Manager console for remote tracking of computer assets and configurations
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Printed configuration (similar to INSPECT) reports at the Insight Manager console for remote
computers
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Setting of performance thresholds on a computer; you can receive an alert when a threshold is
exceeded (such as PCI bus utilization threshold or disk volume usage threshold)
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Remote warm and/or cold reboot of a computer
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Version Control to view versions of Compaq drivers, agents, and system ROM currently running
on a remote computer; you can receive a recommendation on updates available from Compaq
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Alpha pager forwarding to send computer alerts to an alpha or numeric pager (requires a modem)
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Ability to view health logs on remote computers to see previous Power-on Self Test (POST)
errors, critical errors, and ECC memory errors
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Environment alerts for computers with a temperature out of the normal range
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