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

About This Document
This document describes how to install, administer, and troubleshoot the System Fault
Management (SFM) software and its components.
Document updates may be issued between editions to correct errors or to document product
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This document can also be found online at: http://docs.hp.com/en/diag
Intended Audience
This document is intended for system administrators responsible for installing, and managing
remote systems using SFM. This document is also intended for users working on the client
systems. Administrators and users are expected to have knowledge of operating system concepts,
commands, and online diagnostics tools.
This document is not a tutorial.
Publishing History
Table 1 lists the publishing history for this document.
Table 1 Publishing History
Publication DateOperating Systems SupportedDocument Manufacturing Part Number
December 200611i Version 15991-6717
Document Organization
System Fault Management Administrator’s Guide is divided into several chapters. Each chapter
contains information on installing and administering SFM.
Chapter 1 Introduction Introduces the SFM software, SFM features and benefits, SFM
providers, user interfaces, EVWEB, and the architecture of SFM.
Chapter 2 Installing the SFM Software Instructs how to install, verify, and remove the
SFM software.
Chapter 3 Administering Indications and Instances Using HP SIM Describes how to use
the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) GUI to administer indications and
view instances on remote systems.
Chapter 4 Administering Indications and Instances Using HP SMH Describes how to use
the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) GUI to administer indications
and view instances on the local system.
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SFM Describes how to troubleshoot SFM providers and EVWEB.
Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
audit(5) An HP-UX manpage. In this example, audit is the name and 5 is the section in the HP-UX
Reference. On the Web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a link to the manpage
itself. From the HP-UX command line, you can enter “man audit” or “man 5 audit” to
view the manpage. See man(1).
Book
Title
The title of a book. On the Web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a link to the
book itself.
KeyCap The name of a keyboard key. Note that Return and Enter both refer to the same key.
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