You can choose to run this application when you boot up the computer. In this article, I will focus on how to run Dell Hardware Diagnostics for the Dell Server hardware.ĭell computers include a diagnostic software tool that tests your computer’s hardware for errors. Before Opening the support request, we would also run the hardware test such as Hardware Diagnostic to test the hardware for any errors. There are many ways we can ensure the hardware health is by opening the support ticket with the hardware vendor by generating the support logs and ask them to analyze the cause for the PSOD or Hardware Failure. Even though no errors reported in any hardware parts after the reboot, we need to be 100% sure that we have validated the server hardware health before we place the host back into production. After the Reboot, we won’t see any hardware errors in ILO or IDRAC.
In many instances, We may notice PSOD shows hardware errors. which would have caused PSOD issues also to the ESXi hosts. We would have received many related hardware issues related to specific hardware parts like CPU fault, Memory DIMM issues, Network adapter failure, cable failures, etc. vSphere admins were also responsible for troubleshooting the server hardware which is installed with ESXi hosts. Diff VCenter 5.5 appliance and vCenter on WIndowsĪs vSphere admins, Our responsibility is not only limited to managing hypervisor and virtual infrastructure.
