HP WBEM Providers for Linux Installation Guide and Release Notes

1 Overview
HP WBEM Providers for Linux is based on the OpenPegasus Web-Based Enterprise Management
(WBEM) protocol, and it allows you to remotely monitor configuration information and system
status on your HP Integrity server from any WBEM client. A management application such as
HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) gathers and organizes the raw provider information from
the browser for display in reports, allowing you to monitor system use and troubleshoot problems.
For additional details regarding OpenPegasus WBEM, see the OpenPegasus Administrator’s Guide
installed in the /usr/share/doc/tog-pegasus-2.#.# directory on your system.
The HP WBEM Providers for Linux package is composed of groups of WBEM providers that
monitor various aspects of system health and inventory. The components and their functions
are as follows:
• A base package containing common utilities and class definitions
• Providers that implement and extend profiles developed by the Distributed Management
Task Force (DMTF): the DMTF Profile Registration Profile 1.0.0a and DMTF Record Log
Profile 0.9.2
• Providers that implement event logging, system health, inventory and monitoring for HP
SIM
The following HP WBEM Providers for Linux are included:
Disk Partition Provider The Disk Partition provider models virtual, logical, or physical
disk partitions and supports the creation and modification of
partition tables.
HP Software Inventory
Provider
The HP Software Inventory Provider returns information about
installed RPMs on the system, based on the information in the
RPM database for both RHEL and SLES.
HP Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapter Provider
This provider returns information on the Fibre Channel host bus
adapters (FC HBAs) that support the SCSI-FCP (Small Computer
System Interface-Fibre Channel Protocol) command set.
HP Forward Progress Log
Provider
The HP Forward Progress Log Provider exposes the Forward
Progress Log (FPL) that is part of the HP Integrity platform. The
FPL is used to store detailed information about the booting
process, as the system discovers memory, CPU, and I/O
resources. Memory and Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) POST
test progress and information is also stored in the FPL.
HP Profile Registration Profile
Provider
The HP Profile Registration Provider implements the DMTF
Profile Registration Profile as documented in the DMTF standard
DSP1033. This profile allows providers to register their
conformance with other well-known standard DMTF profiles.
WBEM clients can use this information to determine whether a
server supports a particular set of CIM classes and operations.
HP System Event Log
Provider
The System Event Log provider exposes the System Event Log
(SEL) that is part of the HP Integrity platform. The SEL is used
to store sensor events such as over temperature, fan failures and
other sensors attached to the chassis.
HP Processor Provider The Processor provider represents processors, processor chips,
processor slots, and the relationships between them. It offers
detailed information about the processors, such as speeds,
versions and firmware information.
HP Computer System
Provider
The Computer System provider produces a single instance of
the HP_ComputerSystem class which represents the managed
node running WBEM. Useful inventory information such as the
6 Overview