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

NOTE: It is recommended to install or upgrade to WBEMMgmtBundle C.07.01 prior to
upgrading the system firmware. If system firmware version 44.01 or later is already installed
on the system, it is required to reboot the system after upgrading to WBEMMgmtBundle
C.07.01 for optimized memory reliability to take effect.
• Enhanced support for fetching error metadata from CER.
NOTE: As part of this performance optimization, EMDProvider will not be a part of
SFMProviderModule from this release. EMDProvider was used internally by other providers
for fetching error metadata.
• Support for Integrity rackmount server rx2900 i4.
For more information, see evweb subscribe manpage.
For information about the defect fixes, see Defect fixes.
Supported EMS hardware monitors
SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) is the default monitoring mode. However, you
can switch to the OnlineDiag monitoring mode. For information on how to switch to the OnlineDiag
mode, see SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) Administrator's Guide at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-docs
The diagnostic mode will be set to SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) mode by
default on updating SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM). This overrides any previous
mode setting done manually on the system and needs to be restored. Verify the current diagnostic
mode before and after the update/installation of the WBEM Management Bundle.
NOTE: OnlineDiag monitoring mode is not supported on HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c
i2 & BL890c i2 Server Blades, rx2800 i2, HP Integrity Superdome 2, HP
Integrity BL860c i4, BL870c i4, BL890c i4, rx2800 i4, and rx2900 i4.
Therefore, switching between modes will not be available on these HP Integrity Servers.
The Event Monitoring Service (EMS) wrapper provider receives events generated by the EMS
hardware monitors. The following EMS hardware monitors are supported on HP 9000 servers
running the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system:
• LPMC (now CPU) (lpmc_em)
• Memory (dm_memory)
• Core HW (dm_core_hw)
• Chassis Code (dm_chassis)
• IPMI Forward Progress Log Monitor (fpl_em)
The following EMS hardware monitors are supported on HP Integrity servers running the HP-UX
11i v3 operating system:
• Corrected platform error monitor (cpe_em)
• IPMI forward progress log monitor (fpl_em)
• CMC monitor (cmc_em)
• Itanium core hardware monitor (ia64_corehw)
• Itanium memory monitor (memory_ia64)
NOTE: All of EMS hardware monitors are not supported by EMS wrapper provider included in
SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) product. For information on other providers like
I/O and Storage, see HP WBEM providers at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-wbem-docs
8 SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) release notes for September 2013 release