High Availability Monitors Version A.03.00 Release Notes

Chapter 1 9
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements
Requirements for HP OpenView Users:
You need to download the latest templates if you use HP OpenView (ITO
or NNM only) or similar products to monitor HA Monitors. Download the
latest templates from the http://software.hp.com web site. Click High
Availability, then Event Monitoring Service Developers’ Kit. The
templates are in the list near the bottom of the Developers’ Kit page.
Requirements for Disk Monitor Users:
There are two cases where the Disk Monitor has software requirements:
• NIO Bus: To use the Disk Monitor with disks connected by an NIO
bus, you must configure the SCSI pass-thru driver, spt0, into the
kernel.
• For HP-UX 10.20, install patch PHKL_13044 to add SCSI
pass-thru driver support. Add spt0 to the /stand/system file,
rebuild the kernel, and reboot.
• For HP-UX 11.0, add spt0 to the /stand/system file, rebuild the
kernel, and reboot. (The SCSI passthru driver is already part of
the 11.0 operating system.)
• Fibre Channel: To use the Disk Monitor with disks connected by fibre
channel, you must already have the SCSI passthru driver installed,
as described in NIO Bus, above. Then, follow the directions below:
• For HP-UX 10.20, install Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver
product J3630BA, and any recommended patches.
• For HP-UX 11.0, install patch PHSS_14652, or the patch that
supersedes it, to get the latest fibre channel driver.
Hardware Requirements
EMS runs on the HP 9000 series 700 and 800 servers.
The EMS disk monitor supports SCSI SE (single-ended) and F/W
(fast/wide) disks, including:
• Hewlett-Packard High Availability Disk Array, Models 10 and 20
• Hewlett-Packard Disk Array with AutoRAID, Models 12 and 12H
• EMC Symmetrix arrays for both fibre-channel and SCSI disks
• Hewlett-Packard High Availability Storage System