User`s guide

4-2
User’s Guide
Introducing Monitoring Tools
Main Central SubSystem (CSS) hardware components are managed by the comprehensive
Platform Administration and Maintenance (PAM) software specifically designed for Bull
NovaScale Servers.
Note:
Peripheral devices such as disk racks, PCI adapters, KVM switch, server console, and the
PAP unit are managed by the Operating System and/or by dedicated software.
For details on how to monitor these devices, please refer to the user documentation
provided on the Bull NovaScale Server Resource CD–Rom.
PAM software permanently monitors and regulates CSS hardware during operation,
ensuring automatic cooling for compliance with environmental requirements, power ON /
OFF sequences, component presence and functional status checks, and event handling
and forwarding.
In–depth monitoring is a Customer Administrator function and the PAM Hardware Monitor
is only available to users with administrator access rights. However, all connected users are
permanently and automatically informed of CSS functional status via the PAM Status pane
and of domain status via the PAM Domain Manager Control pane.
The PAM Event Messaging system offers comprehensive event message subscription
options allowing both connected and non–connected users to be informed of Bull
NovaScale Server status. See Customizing the PAM Event Messaging System, on page
5-26 for details.
To refresh the PAM display:
• Click the Refresh Tree button in the PAM Tree toolbar to refresh the PAM Tree.
• Click a node in the PAM Tree to refresh the corresponding Control pane display.
• Click the Refresh Web Page button to return to the PAM Home Page.
Important:
NEVER use the Refresh option obtained by right clicking the mouse in the browser
window.