HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapters Support Guide, February 2007

Chapter 3

Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Event Monitoring Service

Event Monitoring Service (EMS) notifies you when an event occurs on the system.

A hardware event monitor monitors the hardware for unusual behavior (known as an event) and sends a

message to the EMS, which notifies you of the event and provides suggestions for correcting the problem. This

service is available for all of the Fibre Channel host bus adapters.

Fibre Channel Adapter Monitor

The Fibre Channel Adapter Monitor monitors the operation of all supported fibre channel host bus adapter

cards on your system. If the monitor detects a problem with any of the adapters, it immediately sends an

event to EMS, which alerts you using the notification methods defined for the monitor. Error messages

identify the problem, its cause, and corrective actions.

The Fibre Channel Adapter Monitor employs asynchronous event detection. The monitor continuously checks

for any errors or abnormal behavior reported by the device driver during I/O operations. If an error occurs, it

passes directly to the monitor for immediate analysis. If the error warrants notification, the monitor

immediately generates an event.

The monitor launches automatically when the system starts, ensuring protection for all supported Fibre

Channel adapters from undetected hardware failure.

Supported Products

The Fibre Channel Adapter Monitor supports the following products:

•AD300A

• AB378B

• AB379B

• AB378A

• AB379A

• A6826A

• A9782A

• A9784A

• AB465A

Installing and Configuring Support Tools Manager and EMS

System requirements:

• HP-UX computer (servers or workstations)

• HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3, or later HP-UX operating system versions

• Support Plus Media CD

• If you are using ServiceGuard (optional), check for the correct version you must have for HP-UX 11i v1,

11i v2 or later HP-UX operating system versions