HP-UX 11i Release Notes (December 2000)

General System Administration and Performance Monitoring
Diagnostics: EMS Hardware Monitors
Chapter 7146
Diagnostics: EMS Hardware Monitors
The Event Monitoring System (EMS) Hardware Monitors allow you to
monitor the operation of a wide variety of hardware products.
When monitors encounter failure or other unusual events, they generate
messages with Description, Cause and Action statements which can be
used to prevent and reduce downtime caused by hardware failures.
EMS Hardware Monitors are installed automatically with the Support
Tools Manager (STM). After installation, monitors must be enabled to
begin operation. Most hardware monitors are supplied with a default
configuration; additional configuration is optional. A few hardware
monitors, such as the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor, have
special requirements. See the EMS Hardware Monitors User's Guide for
details.
EMS Hardware Monitors require minimal maintenance once installed
and enabled. Default notification definitions are provided so additional
configuration is not necessary. New hardware resources added to the
system are automatically included in the monitoring structure.
For more information, see the Instant Information CD or:
http://docs.hp.com
Integration with Other Applications
The Event Monitoring System (EMS) Hardware Monitors can be
integrated with applications responsible for maintaining system
availability, such as MC/ServiceGuard. If configured to do so, they can
provide event notification to system management applications such as
HP OpenView IT/O and HP Network Node Manager.
The EMS Hardware Monitors use the same EMS framework as the EMS
High Availability (HA) monitors, a separate set of monitors available at
additional cost.
Some of the hardware monitors for fibre channel products write event
information to text logs read by a new Predictive scanner, emsscan,
which in turn may send events to the Response Center via On-line
Predictive.