HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.X Administrator Guide (AA-RVHDD-TE, February 2006)

16 Introducing XPath OS features
Table 3 Monitored XPath OS daemons
Daemon Description Failure Default
Chassismgr Chassis manager: Captures all the management
functionalities that apply only at the switch level, for
example psShow, fanShow, ipAaddrSet, and
chassisShow.
Base Reboot
Chassispd Chassis performance daemon: Periodically monitors
certain chassis elements and stores the information
in shared memory.
Base Reboot
Cpmgr Manages and controls card and port attributes, and
validates those attributes coming from the CLI and
the Objmgr. Sends and receives messages from
lomctlr.
Base Reboot
Diagd Diagnostic daemon: Typically indicates hardware
failure.
Base Reboot
Evtmgr Event manager: Collects all events generated by
other management tasks.
Base Reboot
Fabctl Fabric controller: Determines E_Ports, assigns
unique domain IDs, creates a spanning tree,
throttles the trunking process, and distributes
domain and aliases lists to all switches in the fabric.
Port Reboot
Fcipd FCIP daemon: Tunnels Fibre Channel frames over
an IP network.
Port Reboot
Iomctlr I/O management controller: Responsible for
downloading specific firmware onto the port,
depending on the porttype. Manages and controls
the card and port attributes, and sends and receives
messages to cmpgr and to the port agent.
Base Reboot
Iswitchd Iswitch daemon: Provides Fibre Channel routing
functionality. Routing license is required.
Port Reboot
Licensed License daemon: Manages licensing information on
the switch.
Base Reboot
Msd Management server daemon: Used with
management of a switch using API/SMI Interface.
Base Reboot
Nsd Name server daemon: Provides the discovery of
devices attached to the SAN based on Fibre
channel protocol - FC GS-3.
Base Reboot
Objmgr Object manager: Manages access to the database
residing in the flash memory. All commands that
modify, create, or delete the database go through
objmgr, which provides the persistence for the
chassis management system.
Base Reboot
Rcsd Reliable commit service daemon: Provides the
reliable commit service for replication of data for
applications like zoning across fabric switches.
Base Reboot
Rpcd Remote procedure call daemon: A management
daemon server process that facilitates API, FM and
SMI-Client for execution of procedure calls on
switches across network.
Base Restart
Sb Facilitates sending and receiving messages between
the various application tasks and daemons.
Base Reboot