For technical hardware issues that cannot, in HP's judgment, be resolved remotely, an HP authorized representative will provide onsite technical support on covered hardware products to return them to operating condition. |
HP may install available engineering improvements to help the Customer ensure proper operation of the hardware products and maintain compatibility with HP-supplied hardware replacement parts. At its sole discretion, HP may install any firmware updates that, in the opinion of HP, are required to return the covered product to operational condition or to maintain supportability by HP. |
HP will provide HP-supported parts and materials necessary to maintain the covered hardware product in operating condition, including parts and materials for available and recommended engineering improvements. Replacement parts are new or equivalent to new in performance. Replaced parts become the property of HP. |
Once an HP authorized representative arrives at the Customer's site, the representative will continue to deliver the service, either onsite or remotely, at the discretion of HP, until the products are operational or as long as reasonable progress is being made. Work may be temporarily suspended if additional parts or resources are required, but work will resume when they become available. |
Work to completion may not apply to onsite support provided for desktop, mobile, and consumer products. |
Once a software problem is logged, an HP Response Center engineer will respond to the call within two hours. Calls received and answered outside this service coverage window will be logged the next day for which the Customer has a service coverage window (may vary by geographic location). HP provides corrective support to resolve identifiable and customer-reproducible software product problems. |
HP also provides support to help the Customer identify problems that are difficult to reproduce. The Customer receives assistance in troubleshooting problems and resolving configuration parameters. |
HP has established formal escalation procedures to facilitate complex problem resolution. Local HP management coordinates problem escalation, enlisting the skills of appropriate HP resources and/or selected third parties to assist with problem-solving. |
The coverage window specifies the time during which services are delivered onsite or remotely. Service requests received outside this window will be logged the next day for which the Customer has a service coverage window. |
The following coverage windows are available for eligible products: |
Extended business hours, standard business days (13x5): Service is available 13 hours per day between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. local time, Monday through Friday excluding HP holidays. |
24x7: Service is available 24 hours per day, Monday through Sunday including all HP holidays. |
All coverage windows are subject to local availability. Contact a local HP sales office for detailed information on service availability. |
Onsite response time specifies the period of time that begins when the initial service request is received and logged with the HP Response Center and ends when the HP authorized representative arrives at the Customer's site within the coverage window. Response times are measured during the coverage window only and may be carried over to the next day for which the Customer has a coverage window. |
The following onsite response times are available for eligible hardware products: |
Next-day response: An HP authorized representative will arrive at the Customer's site during the coverage window to begin hardware maintenance service the next coverage day after the service request has been logged. |
4-hour response: An HP authorized representative will arrive at the Customer's site during the coverage window to begin hardware maintenance service within 4 hours after the service request is logged. |
The Customer receives the license to use and copy the software updates to HP or third-party software on each system (with original software licenses) covered by this service. The license terms shall be as described in the relevant software license agreements for the HP or third-party software, or if none, then in Exhibit E16, HP Terms and Conditions of Sale and Service, and in Exhibit SS5, HP Support Services. |
As HP releases updates to HP software, the latest revisions of the software and reference manuals are made available to the Customer's system manager or designee. For selected third-party software, HP will provide software updates as such updates are made available from the third party, or HP may provide instructions on how to obtain any software updates directly from the third party. |
For certain software products, the Customer may be able to select from a choice of media types. An access code or license key, or instructions for obtaining an access code or license key, will also be provided to the Customer when it is required to install or run the latest software revision. |
Prior to any onsite assistance, HP may initiate and perform remote diagnostics using electronic remote support tools (where available) to access covered products, or HP may use other means available to facilitate remote problem resolution. |
Regardless of the Customer's coverage window, problems with covered hardware can be reported to the HP Response Center via telephone or electronically, as locally available, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. HP will acknowledge the receipt of the service request and notify the local office at the next coverage window. |
HP retains the right to determine the final resolution of all reported problems. Onsite response times or call-to-repair times, as applicable, for service requests submitted electronically or outside of the coverage window may vary. |
As part of this service, HP provides access to certain commercially available electronic and Web-based tools. The Customer has access to: |
Certain capabilities made available to registered users, such as downloading selected HP software and firmware patches, subscribing to hardware-related proactive service notifications, and participating in support forums for solving problems and sharing best practices with other registered users |
Software Update Manager (SUM), an online software updates capability, is available at the Customer's option for some HP software products. SUM allows the Customer to download software and documentation updates, order physical media, view order status and history, and receive software update notifications via e-mail. SUM helps the Customer proactively manage and plan for software updates. |
Expanded Web-based searches of technical support documents, to facilitate faster problem-solving |
Use of certain HP proprietary service diagnostic tools with password access |
A support case manager, to submit questions directly to the HP Solution Center. The support case manager helps to resolve problems quickly with a pre-qualification process that routes the support or service request to the engineer qualified to answer the question. The support case manager also allows the status of each support or service request submitted to be viewed, including cases submitted by telephone. |
''HP Live,'' to check directly with an online HP support engineer during standard coverage hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time excluding HP holidays. This real-time online help can be accessed via the ''HP Live'' button on selected Web pages. Through sharing browser content, the HP support engineer will help navigate to the appropriate online content that may help resolve the problem. |
For Customers who meet minimum requirements, electronic remote support, standard configuration with real-time remote hardware event management provides diagnostic software for eligible products. For details on the minimum requirements, the Customer may contact the local HP sales office. This software monitors hardware status and generates notification events when certain predetermined conditions are detected. |
Notification events are received and forwarded to HP for review and possible support action. With the Customer's authorization and at the sole discretion of HP, remote network access by an HP support engineer may be used for troubleshooting and faster problem resolution. |