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[ps] this is copy paste from:http://www.sysadminblog.info/tag/hps-report-for-windows/ - thanks to the admin out there :) HPS Reports is an information gathering tool for Windows servers.HPS Reports is similar to the Microsoft MPS Report, except it collects additional HP specific Hardware content. If you have a blue screen on a ProLiant Server running Windows and you have Windows support with HP, or you want HP to determine if the blue screen is hardware related. It’s possible that the systems specialist who takes your call may request an HPS Report. Download Link http://update.external.hp.com/HPS/HPSreports/ Note that there are currently four different variants of the tool. 1.HPSRPT_Enhanced_v9.1.00-x86.EXE – ProLiant –x86 – Running Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 32bit 2.HPSRPT_Enhanced_v9.1.00-ia64.EXE – Integrety – Running Windows 2003/2008 64 bit Itanium 3.HPSRPT_Enhanced_v9.1.00-x64.EXE – AMD64/Intel EM64T or Intel64 – Running Windows 2003/2008 64 bit And finally.. 4. HPSRPT_E...

HP NC375i adapter in Proliant DL 580 G7 server, the adapter may stop responding, requiring a  server reboot  to recover the operation of the adapter. Below is the HP advisory: HP advisory c02964542 Link: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.prp_ba847bafb2a2d782fcbb0710b053ce01=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c02964542-13%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.tpst=ba847bafb2a2d782fcbb0710b053ce01&ac.admitted=1395243335327.876444892.199480143 SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - CUSTOMER ADVISORY Document ID:  c02964542 Version:  10 Advisory: (Revision) HP ProLiant and HP StorageWorks Systems: HP NC375i, NC375T, NC522m, NC522SFP, NC523SFP, CN1000Q  Network Adapters  - FIRMWARE UPGRADE REQUIRED to Avoid the Loss and Automatic Recovery of Ethernet Connec...

Issue: Windows 2003 - unexpected server reboots with hpqilo 57 events RESOLUTION In order to prevent unexpected server reboots, upgrade to both of the following: Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) Firmware Version 1.82 (or later) iLO 2 Management Controller Driver Version 1.12.0.0 (or later) Refer below link for more details: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01802766&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=3239482