A Guide to Migrate Hardware Diagnostics from EMS to WBEM-Based Solution

This section includes the following topics:
• “Terminologies Used in EMS & STM based and WBEM-Based Solution” (page 7)
• “Comparison of EMS & STM based and WBEM-Based Hardware Monitoring” (page 7)
• “Comparison of Features Provided by WBEM-Based Solution Over EMS & STM based Solution”
(page 8)
Terminologies Used in EMS & STM based and WBEM-Based Solution
This section compares the terminologies used in the EMS & STM based and WBEM-based hardware
diagnostics solution.
Table 1 Comparison of Terminologies Used in EMS & STM based and WBEM-based solution
WBEM-Based SolutionEMS & STM based SolutionDescription
Web-Based Enterprise Management
(WBEM) environment, which aids
management of large scale systems
Event Monitoring Service (EMS)
framework, which supports hardware
monitoring
The underlying structure or framework
WBEM indicationEMS eventAn alert about the failure of a
monitored hardware device
WBEM indication providerEMS monitorComponents that monitor system
hardware
HP SMH property pages and the
equivalent command line /opt/
propplus/bin/cprop
STM Information ToolsTools that provide information about
devices, such as model number and
serial number
WBEM subscriptionEMS monitoring requestExpression to receive an event
HP WBEM Services SDKEMS Developer’s ToolkitLibrary support for custom
development
Health Tests for CPU, Memory and Disk.
(These are available from SMH property
STM Exerciser and Verifier ToolsTools that provide health validation on
devices
pages and the equivalent command line
/opt/propplus/bin/cprop)
Comparison of EMS & STM based and WBEM-Based Hardware Monitoring
This section outlines the architecture of the EMS & STM based and WBEM-based hardware
monitoring solutions. It briefly explains the hardware monitoring process and differences in both
the architecture.
Figure 1 (page 8) shows a comparison between EMS & STM based and WBEM-based hardware
monitoring.
Comparison of EMS & STM based and WBEM-Based Hardware Diagnostics Solution 7