System Management Homepage 7.3 Release Notes

3. Restart the HP SMH service.
• For Windows systems only:
Issue: When a system is running near the limit of the number of threads or processes its
resources can support, HP SMH may not be able to start.
Description: HP SMH 6.0 provides a way for users to reduce the number of threads required
to avoid this issue. Modifying this setting might affect HP SMH response time and throughput.
Workaround: To modify this setting, use smhconfig command to set the maximum threads
value:
1. Execute the following command to set the maximum thread value on the HP SMH.
smhconfig max-threads=value where, max-threads value range is 64-512.
2. Execute the following command to restart the HP SMH service smhconfig -r
1. As a precautionary measure, copy the existing smhpd.xml file into a different directory.
2. Manually add the tag:
a. Open the smhpd.xml in the \hp\hpsmh\conf directory on the boot drive with a text
editor.
b. Add the following line between the <system-management-homepage> and
</system-management-homepage> tags:
<max-threads>value</max-threads>
Note: The value can be 64-512 on Windows systems. The default value for Windows
systems is 250.
c. Save the file.
3. Restart the HP SMH service.
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