EMS Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 December 2009 Release

Required and Recommended Patches
Not Applicable
The patch bundles are available at the following locations:
OE media
HP Software Depot Web site
Loading Patches
You can install the patches in one of the following ways:
Method 1:
Install the entire Hardware Enablement Bundle (HWE) or Quality Pack (QPK) patch bundle for your
system. This is a simple and tested process. However, the volume of the patch bundle can be big.
Method 2:
Install only the individual patches required from the patch bundle available on the OE media. This method
is advantageous because the size of the patches is small. However, you must select and install patches
manually.
Method 3:
Install individual patches from the HP IT Resource Center at:
http://us.itrc.hp.com/
Notes:
After installing individual patches from the HP IT Resource Center, you must restart your system.
You must install the patches mentioned before installing Online Diagnostics.
EMS Hardware Monitors Overview
EMS Hardware Monitors are a set of tools for maintaining system availability. They enable you to monitor
the operation of a wide variety of hardware resources and be alerted immediately if any failure or other
unusual event occurs.
Hardware event monitoring provides a high level of protection against system hardware failure. By using
hardware event monitoring, you can eliminate the most undetected hardware failures that could interrupt
system operation or cause data loss.
Note: On the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system, Online Diagnostics does not support tape drives. Although
some of the Support Tools Manager (STM) tools may work with tape drives, they are not supported. The
diagnostic tools and utilities that support these devices are HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools (L
and TT). These tools are available at:
http://www.hp.com/support/tapetools
Configuring Hardware Monitoring
The EMS Hardware Monitors are installed at the same time as STM. Once the monitoring software is
installed, monitoring is automatically enabled.
By default, events with severity levels MAJOR WARNING, MINOR WARNING, SERIOUS, or