HP StorageWorks Secure Path V3.0C for Linux and Linux Workgroup Edition Installation and Reference Guide (AA-RU7VD-TE, February 2004)

Secure Path Technology
21Secure Path v3.0C for Linux and Linux Workgroup Edition Installation and Reference Guide
Agent
The Secure Path agent (spagent) is a daemon process that provides an interface
for Secure Path applications and utilities to communicate to the multipath drivers.
The spagent also provides notification of path change events through e-mail.
The spagent is not required to be running for Secure Path drivers to configure
and provide full failover functionality. However, it must be running if e-mail
event notification is desired. The only supported method to start and stop the
Secure Path agent is the spinit script.
Management tools
The Secure Path Manager (spmgr) is a command line application that allows you
to monitor and manage Secure Path devices and to change the configuration
settings of the drivers. Refer to “Managing Secure Path” on page 57 for a
complete description of spmgr commands.
Note: You must have network services running in order for spmgr to communicate
with
spagent.