Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v1 December 2006

Instance Providers
On request, an SFM instance provider dynamically queries the local or remote system for the
property information described in Table 1-1 and reports the information to the CIMOM.
Table 1-1 Instance Providers
DescriptionInstance Provider
The CPU Instance Provider gathers the following types of information:
• Logical processor information, such as:
— Current clock speed
— Processor family
— Processor status information, including configuration and
deconfiguration, failure status, and active and inactive status
— Load percentage
• Physical processor chip information, such as chip revisions and
architecture revisions
• Location details, such as:
— Location attributes such as cabinet number, cell number, slot number,
and so on. Only information for filled slots is available.
— Processor IDs
The CPU Instance Provider depends on the EMS Wrapper Provider to
update the processor inventory.
CPU
The Memory Instance Provider gathers the following types of information:
• Memory slot information
• Memory module information, such as:
— Serial number
— Part number
— Memory capacity
— Module form factor
— Module status (for example, configuration status, failure status)
The Memory Instance Provider depends on the EMS Wrapper Provider
to update the memory inventory.
Memory
The Environmental Instance Provider gathers information about the
following hardware components:
• Fans
• Power supply
• Bulk power supply
• AC input lines
Environmental
The FMD Instance Provider does the following:
• Provides the ability to predefine a filter in a repository
• Ensures that chosen indications are logged to the Event Archive
• Creates HP-advised subscriptions when SFM is installed
Filter Metadata (FMD)
Indication Providers
SFM includes one indication provider called the EMS Wrapper Provider. This provider converts
hardware events received from EMS Hardware Monitors into WBEM indications. The EMS
Hardware Monitors constantly monitor the system hardware resources for any unusual activity.
When any unusual activity is detected on a monitored resource, the EMS monitor that is
monitoring the resource generates an event that includes details of the problem and notify the
EMS Wrapper Provider through the EMS framework. The EMS Wrapper Provider receives these
events and converts them into WBEM indications.
The EMS Wrapper Provider then reports these indications to the CIMOM. Using a WBEM-based
management application, such as HP SIM, you can subscribe to and receive Event Monitoring
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