3.7.0 HP StorageWorks HP Scalable NAS File Serving Software administration guide - HP Scalable NAS 3.7 for Linux (AG513-96002, October 2009)

Typically, the status is Active on all appropriate servers, as it is important to continue
to probe the service on backup servers as well as on the primary servers.
“Activity Unknown” status
For a brief period while the monitor_agent daemon checks the monitor script
configuration and creates a thread to serve the monitor, the activity may be displayed
as “activity unknown.”
“Transitioning” activity
The “Transitioning” activity indicates that the monitor state is on its way to becoming
ACTIVE or INACTIVE (or starting or stopping, if a Start or Stop script is present).
“Starting” activity
This activity is reported only when a Start script has been specified for the monitor.
It indicates that the monitor_agent thread is running the Start script and the monitor
is in the STARTING state.
“Stopping” activity
This activity is reported only when a Stop script has been specified for the monitor.
It indicates that the monitor_agent thread is running the Stop script and the monitor
is in the STOPPING state.
Service monitor always down
A network service monitor such as a generic TCP port monitor will always appear
as “Down” if the network application is configured to bind to the host address and
not to the virtual host address. One solution is to modify the application so that it
binds with the address of the virtual host or the value of INADDR_ANY. Remember,
service monitors probe the virtual host address and not the server’s host address.
You can use the netstat command to display the listening server sockets. If the
Local Address appears as host:port instead of virtual-host:port or
*:port, the server software should be reconfigured as described above.
Other cluster maintenance394