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Managing Faults
These topics describe the diagnostics tools that are available for monitoring and
troubleshooting the server.
These topics are intended for technicians, service personnel, and system
administrators who service and repair computer systems. It contains the following
topics:
■ “Understanding Fault Handling Options” on page 11
■ “Connecting to the Service Processor” on page 25
■ “Displaying FRU Information With ILOM” on page 27
■ “Controlling How POST Runs” on page 29
■ “Detecting Faults” on page 34
■ “Clearing Faults” on page 52
■ “Disabling Faulty Components” on page 55
■ “ILOM-to-ALOM CMT Command Reference” on page 58
Understanding Fault Handling Options
This topic contains the following:
■ “Server Diagnostics Overview” on page 12
■ “Diagnostic Flowchart” on page 13
■ “Options for Accessing the Service Processor” on page 17
■ “ILOM Overview” on page 18
■ “ALOM CMT Compatibility Shell Overview” on page 20
■ “Predictive Self-Healing Overview” on page 20
■ “Oracle VTS Overview” on page 21
■ “POST Fault Management Overview” on page 22
■ “POST Fault Management Flowchart” on page 23