HP-UX WBEM System Fault Management (SFM) Release Notes (September 2013)

Supported browsers
Following lists the browsers supported by SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM):
• Internet explorer version 6.0 and above
• Mozilla version 1.5 and above
Limitations and workaround
• Problem: The Field Replaceable Units (FRU's) that are erroneous and marked for
deconfiguration, the health status on HP SMH will not be in synchronization with the health
state on the Onboard Administrator (OA) homepage.
Description: On HP Superdome 2, the FRU's on which errors are found, and Superdome 2
Analysis Engine has marked them for deconfiguration on the next reboot, the bad health status
will not be reflected on the HP SMH page. This is applicable to HP SMH property pages for
processor, memory and blade FRU's.
Workaround: Please check the Health Repository on the OA for the latest information on the
health of all the FRU's or alternatively, the OA homepage.
• Problem: Two SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) processes are running when
SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) is upgraded . This limitation is not applicable
to the following:
◦ Systems that have SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) C.07.00.04.06
(March 2010) or later OE release fresh installed.
◦ Systems that have upgraded to SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM)
C.07.00.07.01 (May 2010) or later.
Description: When SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) is upgraded from any
version prior to C.07.00.04.06 (March 2010) release to C.07.01.06.01 (September 2010)
version, some systems that have previous events in the database, the cimprovagt process for
SFMProviderModule may consume excessive amount of memory or produce a core dump.
The process list may display two cimprovagt process for SFMProviderModule. One of this
process is orphan and will not monitor hardware(s).
Workaround: Follow the steps given below before upgrading SysFaultMgmt (System Fault
Management) (SFM) to C.07.01.06.01 version.
◦ Disable SFMProviderModule using the following command:
# cimprovider -dm SFMProviderModule
• Problem: IPMI FRU calls fail when a blade with Monarch Management Processor is inserted
into a different slot.
Description: On HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2 & BL890c i2 Server Blades system, when
blades are moved across different slots in an enclosure, the inventory shown by enumerating
HP_Blade or the blade property page on HP SMH does not reflect the correct set of blades
on the system.
Workaround: This problem has the following two workarounds:
1. Use the Onboard Administrator to determine the total number of blades on the system.
2. Disable SFMProviderModule using the cimprovider -dm SFMProviderModule
command. Run mv /var/opt/sfm/data/sdrcache /tmp/sdrcache command to move
the sdrcache file and enable SFMProviderModule cimprovider -em
SFMProviderModule
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