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

Table 2 Comparison of Features Provided by WBEM-Based Solution Over EMS & STM based
Hardware Diagnostics Solution
EMS & STM based Hardware MonitoringWBEM-Based Hardware MonitoringFeatures
OnlineDiag logs the EMS events in the
Event Log file.
SFM provides EVWEB (accessed within
HP SMH GUI or via the HP-UX
command evweb(1) in CLI) that
Viewing Event
enables you to view WBEM indications.
For example:
# evweb eventviewer -L
Events associated with a particular
device can be viewed on the “Events”
tab of the HP SMH property page for
that device. SFM also logs events in
SFM Event Log file.
OnlineDiag does not provide this feature.
You can only view events present in the
SFM helps you sort and filter events
based on different criteria.
Sorting and filtering events based
on device type, date-time, and age
Event Log file. The events cannot be
sorted or filtered based on any criteria.
This feature is also available through
the command line interface. For
example:
# evweb eventviewer -L
For more information, see the
evweb_eventviewer(1) manpage.
OnlineDiag provides Hardware
Monitoring Request Manager
SFM enables you to create/modify
event monitoring requests using
EVWEB.
Creating event monitoring requests
(monconfig) utility using which you can
This feature is also available through
the command line interface. For
example:
create and manage event monitoring
requests for all EMS Hardware monitors.
# evweb subscribe -L
For more information, see the
evweb_subscribe(1) manpage.
OnlineDiag does not provide this feature.SFM provides this feature through HP
SMH.
Viewing health status of system
hardware
OnlineDiag uses HP proprietary
protocols.
SFM operates within the WBEM
environment.
Employing Industry standard
protocols
OnlineDiag displays information within
the STM GUI, CLI, and menu-based user
interfaces.
The information on HP SMH, HP SIM,
and on standards-compliant graphical
and command-line system management
applications displays SFM information.
Information display on
standards-compliant graphical and
command-line system management
applications
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