EMS Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 Release

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Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors B.11.31.16.02

on HP-UX 11i v3 (March 2011)

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Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors B.11.31.16.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 (March 2011)............1

Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors B.11.31.16.02 on HP-UX 11i

v3 (March 2011)

• Online Diagnostics

• Pre-requisites

• Loading Patches

• EMS Hardware Monitors Overview

• Configuring Hardware Monitoring

• Changes

• Known Problems

• Obsolescence

• Monitors Provided

• Product Documentation

• SD Product Structure

• Reporting Defects

Online Diagnostics

The Online Diagnostics software is a collection of tools that enables you to monitor

and test server hardware. It comprises the Event Monitoring Service (EMS)

framework, the EMS Hardware Monitors, and the Support Tools Manager (STM).

Note: On the HP-UX 11i v3 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

The Online Diagnostics tools are all contained in a Software Depot (SD) bundle,

called the OnlineDiag bundle. This bundle is distributed in the following ways:

• OE media

• HP Software Depot Web site

Note: September 2009 release onwards, SysFaultMgmt will be the default monitoring

mode. However, if OnlineDiag is still desired, then a switch from SysFaultMgmt to

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Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors B.11.31.16.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 (March 2011) Contents Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors B.11.31.16.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 (March 2011)............1 Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors B.11.31.16.
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OnlineDiag has to be done. Installing only OnlineDiag will result in the monitoring of core hardware components being left out. Prerequisites Following are the prerequisites for installing Diagnostics and Support Tools: EMS version A.04.20.31 or later ProviderSvcsBase C.01.00.xx (March 2009) or later Notes: • The requirements are available on the Operating Environment (OE) media.
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By default, monitors report events with severity levels, MAJOR_WARNING, MINOR_WARNING, SERIOUS, CRITICAL, or INFORMATION in the following ways: • Written to /var/adm/syslog/syslog.logfile • Sent to the root E-mail address Events are stored in the /var/opt/resmon/log/event.logfile. To configure, enable, or disable hardware event monitoring, run the monitoring request manager. The Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) is configured using the Event Monitoring Service (EMS).
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• Changes to all Monitors ◦ • Not applicable Changes to Individual Monitors This section describes the changes made to individual monitors. Monitors are listed in alphabetical order.
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– ◦ Memory (dm_memory) – ◦ Not applicable Changes to Configuration Files ◦ • Not applicable UPS Monitor (dm_ups) – • Not applicable System Status Monitor (sysstat_em) – ◦ Not applicable SCSI Disk Monitor (scsi_disk) – ◦ Not applicable Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) Mass Storage Adapter monitor (dm_sas_adapter) – ◦ Not applicable Remote Monitor (RemoteMonitor) – ◦ Not applicable RAID Adapter Monitor (dm_raid_adapter) – ◦ Not applicable Peripheral Status Monitor (psmmon) – ◦ Not applica
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Obsolescence NOTE : Starting with HP-UX 11i v3 March 2009 release, OnlineDiag (including STM) will be in support mode. Moving forward, no new enhancements will be made to OnlineDiag (including STM). Only Critical / Serious defects will be analyzed. For the most current information about OnlineDiag obsolescence, see the following document at http://www.hp.
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On PA platforms, the following monitors are replaced by SysFaultMgmt and available only on switching to EMS Diagnostics mode: • Core Hardware for HP 9000 and Itanium-based Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) systems (ia64_corehw) • Forward Progress Log (FPL) Monitor (fpl_em) The following monitors are NOT provided: • Core Hardware Monitor -- Asama (ipfcorehw_asama) • Disk Array FC60 (fc60mon) • High Availability Disk Array (ha_disk_array) • dm_FCMS_adapter • SCSI Tape Devices (dm_s
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SD SUB-PRODUCT: Manuals Description: Support Tools Manager Manual Pages FILESET: RELEASE_NOTES Description: HPUX STM Release Notes FILESET: STM-MAN Description: HPUX STM Manual Pages SD SUB-PRODUCT: Runtime Description: STM Manual Runtime FILESET: STM-CATALOGS Description: HPUX STM Shared Libraries FILESET: STM-SHLIBS Description: HPUX STM Shared Libraries FILESET: STM-UI-RUN Description: HPUX STM User Interface FILESET: STM-UUT-RUN Description: HPUX STM Unit Under Test Runtime Reporting Defects You can re