Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v2 March and June 2008

1. The SFMIndicationProvider generates WBEM indications that are triggered by errors on
devices that it monitors.
2. The provider reports these WBEM indications to the CIMOM.
3. The CIMOM directs these indications to Evweb and to the CMS that has created subscriptions
for indications. Evweb then stores the indications either in the Event Archive or in your
E-mail box, or both, depending on your configuration.
Indications can be viewed using HP SIM on the remote system and HP SMH on the local
system.
4. The indications generated by the SFMIndicationProvider, and reported to the CIMOM, can
also be directed to the EMS framework through the WBEM Wrapper Monitor. The WBEM
Wrapper Monitor converts the WBEM indications into EMS events and directs them to the
EMS framework.
EMS clients can receive these events, along with the other events generated by the EMS
monitors, through the EMS framework.
NOTE:
a. Only those indications that are generated by the SFMIndicationProvider can be directed
to the EMS framework through the WBEM Wrapper Monitor. Indications generated
by the EMS Wrapper Provider cannot be directed to the EMS framework.
b. You can continue to receive all events from EMS Hardware Monitors through the EMS
framework along with the indications on Evweb and CMS.
18 Introduction