Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v3 September 2010

HP System Management Homepage
HP SMH is a secure, Web-based management application. You must install HP SMH on a local
system to view hardware configuration, status data, performance metrics, system thresholds,
and software version control information. You can also launch HP SMH from HP SIM remotely.
Architecture
Figure 1-1 illustrates the architecture of SFM installed on a client system. The client system is
managed by the CMS.
Figure 1-1 Block Diagram of SFM
The following list describes the sequence of events when a request is made for information:
1. The CIMOM receives requests from the CMS for information about devices.
2. The CIMOM directs the requests to the appropriate SFM provider, for example, the CPU
Instance Provider.
3. The SFM provider queries the associated hardware device for property information.
4. The SFM provider returns the query information to the CIMOM.
5. The CIMOM conveys the responses from the provider to the CMS.
You can view the information using HP SIM on the remote system and HP SMH on the local
system.
The following list describes the sequence of events when an event is generated from an EMS
monitor:
1. EVWEB and CMS subscriptions are created.
2. The EMS Wrapper Provider receives events generated by the EMS monitors through the
EMS framework.
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