SFM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2 August 2011

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System Fault Management B.07.05.01.02 Release Notes

HP-UX 11i v2 August 2011

Contents

System Fault Management B.07.05.01.02 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 August 2011...................1

Announcement............................................................................................................1

SFM providers.............................................................................................................2

EVWEB......................................................................................................................3

System requirements.....................................................................................................5

Supported browsers.....................................................................................................7

Limitations..................................................................................................................7

Known Problems and Workarounds................................................................................8

Product documentation.................................................................................................8

Software and documentation availability in native languages............................................9

Product structure..........................................................................................................9

Reporting defects.......................................................................................................10

System Fault Management B.07.05.01.02 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2

August 2011

Announcement

System Fault Management (SFM) is a collection of tools used to monitor the health of HP servers

and receive information about hardware such as memory, CPU, power supplies, and cooling

devices. SFM operates in the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) environment.

SFM includes the following tools:

• SFM providers

• EVWEB

NOTE:

• HP-UX need not be rebooted upon upgrade/install of this version.

This document contains the following sections:

• SFM providers

What is new in this version◦

◦ Supported EMS hardware monitors

◦ Defect fixes

• EVWEB

What is EVWEB◦

◦ Benefits

◦ Features

◦ Limitations

• System requirements

Contents 1

Summary of content (10 pages)

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System Fault Management B.07.05.01.02 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 August 2011 Contents System Fault Management B.07.05.01.02 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 August 2011...................1 Announcement............................................................................................................1 SFM providers.............................................................................................................2 EVWEB..............................................................................
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• Supported browsers • Limitation and workaround • Product documentation • Software and documentation availability in native languages • Product structure • Reporting defects SFM providers SFM providers are tools that gather information related to various hardware devices and report to the Common Interface Model Object Manager (CIMOM).
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NOTE: The Enclosure Instance Provider is available on HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade and HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade only. What is new in this version None For information about the defect fixes, see Defect fixes.
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As a part of event subscription, users must specify event subscription criteria. Users must also select one or more destinations to receive information about indications. Users can select one or more destination from the following list: • ◦ Event archive: The path of Event archive is /var/opt/sfmdb/pgsql for PA-RISC and /var/opt/psb/db/pgsql/ for Itanium. Event archive is the default destination. ◦ Email: Event notification will be emailed to the specified email address.
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Limitations • When an HP-advised subscription is copied to create or modify another subscription, the subscription criteria is not copied. However, only destinations are copied to the new subscription. • Event details displayed in EVWEB event viewer and embedded in the EVWEB email notification may not have similar readability or formatting as provided by the EMS event notification. However, this issue is not applicable to HP_DeviceIndication class indications.
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• ◦ 9000/800/L3000-7x ◦ 9000/800/L3000-8x HP Integrity servers ◦ cx2600 ◦ cx2620 ◦ rx1600 ◦ rx1620–2 ◦ rx2600 ◦ rx2620 ◦ rx2620–2 ◦ rx2660 ◦ rx3600 ◦ rx4640 ◦ rx5670 ◦ rx6600 ◦ rx7620 ◦ rx7640 ◦ rx8620 ◦ rx8640 ◦ rx9610 ◦ SD16A, SD32A, SD64A ◦ SD16B, SD32B, SD64B ◦ BL60p HP Server Blade ◦ BL860c HP Server Blade ◦ BL870c HP Server Blade ◦ Integrity Virtual Machine Following lists the software requirements for using SFM: • 6 HP-UX 11i v2 ◦ September 2004
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• SysMgmtWeb A.2.2.7 (December 2007) or later • OpenSSL A.00.09.07i.012 (or later required by WBEMServices) • OnlineDiag B.11.23.14.02 or later EMS Version A.04.20.23 STM Version C.58.00 Following is a co-requisite for using SFM: • PHKL_34795 IPMI patch NOTE: • WBEM Services, Online Diagnostics, SysMgmtWeb, and HP SIM are available on the Operating Environment (OE) media and can be selected for install during the SFM installation.
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Providers may fail with the generation of the CIM_ERR_FAILED status code. Also, a message is displayed on the client system that states " Inventory information is being built currently. Please try after some time" . However, on subsequent requests, the SFM hardware inventory providers respond with requested information instantaneously. • Hardware inventory providers are not supported on HP Virtual Machines. For indication providers, only FPL and ia64_corehw indications are generated on HPVM guests.
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• SFM Patch Descriptions • SFM Event Descriptions Software and documentation availability in native languages SFM software and documents are available only in the English language. Product structure The SFM product, consisting of SFM providers and EVWEB, is installed as part of the SysFaultMgmt bundle. Following are the commands you must use to obtain the bundle, product, sub-product, and the fileset information about the SysFaultMgmt depot.
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SysFaultMgmt.SFMDB.SMPGSQL-SRC B.07.05.01 PostgreSQL (SFMDB) Source Files Reporting defects You can report defects related to SFM by filing a request on QUIX. The name of the project is SysFaultMgmt. If you do not have access to QUIX, contact your local HP representative to file a defect on your behalf.