User`s guide

4-1
Monitoring the System
Chapter 4. Monitoring the Server
This chapter explains how, as Customer Administrator, you can supervise Bull NovaScale
5000 Series server operation. It includes the following topics:
• Introducing Monitoring Tools, on page 4-2
• Viewing PAM Web Site User Information, on page 4-7
• Viewing PAM Version Information, on page 4-7
• Viewing Server Hardware Status, on page 4-8
• Displaying Detailed Hardware Information, on page 4-9
• Using the Hardware Search Engine, on page 4-16
• Excluding / Including Hardware Elements, on page 4-17
• Viewing and Managing PAM Event Messages and History Files, on page 4-20
• Understanding Event Message and History Severity Levels, on page 4-20
• Consulting Event Messages, the Hardware Faults List, and History Files, on page 4-21
• Sorting and Locating Messages, on page 4-24
• What to Do if an Incident Occurs, on page 4-25
Note:
Customer Administrators and Customer Operators are respectively advised to consult the
Administrator’s Memorandum, on page xix or the Operator’s Memorandum, on page xxi for
a detailed summary of the everyday tasks they will perform.
For further information about user accounts and passwords, see Setting up PAP Unit Users,
on page 5-18.