Using Support Tools Manager

Use HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with the EISA or HSC FDDI adapter to gather information about the adapter and to diagnose problems. Refer to the Support Media User's Manual for more details about STM.

STM provides the following tools for HP LAN adapters:

Information Tool provides a quick access to the most useful information about a particular device, such as slot number, hardware path, soft physical address, and hard physical address.
Verify Tool provides a quck verification that a particular device is properly connected and functional.
Exercise Tool stresses the hardware and can assist in reproducing intermittent problems.
Diagnostics Tool tests a particular device and isolates any failures down to the most suspect field replaceable unit (FRU).

The Support Tools Manager can be run in three ways:

in the X Windows environment by entering the following at the system prompt: xstm &
in Command Line Mode by entering the following at the system prompt: cstm
in Menu Mode by entering the following at the system prompt: mstm

Using Support Tools Manager

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