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

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System Fault Management: Release Notes (February 2011

Release)

Contents

System Fault Management A.04.04.02.01 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 February 2011..............1

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

SFM Providers.............................................................................................................2

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

System Requirements....................................................................................................5

Supported Browsers.....................................................................................................9

Limitations................................................................................................................10

Known Problems and Workarounds..............................................................................10

Product Documentation...............................................................................................10

Software and Documentation Availability in Native Languages........................................10

Product Structure........................................................................................................10

Reporting Defects......................................................................................................11

System Fault Management A.04.04.02.01 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1

February 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

Supported EMS Hardware Monitors◦

◦ Defect Fixes

• EVWEB

What Is EVWEB◦

◦ Benefits

◦ Features

◦ What Is New in EVWEB

◦ Limitations

• System Requirements

• Supported Browsers

• Limitations

• Known Problems and Workarounds

Contents 1

Summary of content (11 pages)

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System Fault Management: Release Notes (February 2011 Release) Contents System Fault Management A.04.04.02.01 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 February 2011..............1 Announcement............................................................................................................1 SFM Providers.............................................................................................................2 EVWEB...............................................................................................
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• 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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• Chassis Code (dm_chassis) • Disk (disk_em) • High Availability Disk Array (ha_disk_array) • IPMI Forward Progress Log Monitor (fpl_em) • Itanium Core Hardware Monitor (ia64_corehw) Note: ia64_corehw monitor is supported only on IPMI-based PA-RISC systems. Defect Fixes QXCR1000954621 Problem: HP SIM displays the server having 2 power supplies whereas the server has only 1 power supply installed.
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subscribing to an indication, users can obtain detailed information about various WBEM indications. 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. Event Archive is the default destination.
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Limitations • When a 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. The readability or formatting will be enhanced in a future release.
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• 9000/810/D280 (hversion 5af is not supported) • 9000/811/D210 • 9000/831/D350 • 9000/841/D360 • 9000/851/D360 • 9000/800/K360 (hversion 0x591 supported) • 9000/800/K380 • 9000/800/K580 • 9000/802/K250 • 9000/804/K450 • 9000/809/K100 • 9000/829/K400 • 9000/839/K210 • 9000/849/K410 • 9000/859/K220 • 9000/879/K260 • 9000/889/K460 • 9000/898/K370 • 9000/899/K460 • 9000/899/K570 • 9000/800/L1000-36 • 9000/800/L2000-36 • 9000/800/L1500-7x • 9000/800/L1500-8x • 90
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• 9000/800/K380 • 9000/800/K580 • 9000/802/K250 • 9000/804/K450 • 9000/809/K100 • 9000/829/K400 • 9000/839/K210 • 9000/849/K410 • 9000/859/K220 • 9000/879/K260 • 9000/889/K460 • 9000/898/K370 • 9000/899/K460 • 9000/899/K570 On the following systems, the CPU Instance Provider does not provide information about the part number and the serial number: • 9000/800/A500-44 • 9000/800/A500-5x • 9000/800/A500-6x • 9000/800/A500-7x • rp2400 • rp2430 • rp5400 • rp4505 • rp5
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• 9000/800/K380 • 9000/800/K580 • 9000/802/K250 • 9000/804/K450 • 9000/809/K100 • 9000/829/K400 • 9000/839/K210 • 9000/849/K410 • 9000/859/K220 • 9000/879/K260 • 9000/889/K460 • 9000/898/K370 • 9000/899/K460 • 9000/899/K570 On the following systems, additional DIMM Properties like Artwork Revision, ScanRevision and EngineeringDateCode are reported: • 9000/800/SD64B • 9000/800/SD32B • 9000/800/SD16B • 9000/800/rp8440 • 9000/800/rp7440 On the following systems, the Enviro
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• 9000/839/K210 • 9000/849/K410 • 9000/859/K220 • 9000/879/K260 • 9000/889/K460 • 9000/898/K370 • 9000/899/K460 • 9000/899/K570 Note: SFM is not supported on HP workstations running the HP-UX 11i v1 operating systems. Following lists the software requirements for using SFM: • HP-UX 11i v1 BUNDLE11i – B.11.11.0306.1 (June 2003 or later) • HWEnable11i – (Applicable customer version) • WBEM Services – A.02.05 (December 2006 or later) • SysMgmtWeb – A.2.2.
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Limitations • If the default log directory is deleted, log messages are not logged. A message is logged in syslog stating that the SFM log file could not be opened. Only a root user can remove this directory. HP recommends that users do not delete this default log directory.
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$ swlist -l subproduct -s SFM-CORE.HS-PROVIDER SFM-CORE.ERROR-MGMT SFM-CORE.EVWEB SFM-CORE.FMD-PROVIDER SFM-CORE.GS SFM-CORE.SFM-HAS SFM-CORE.SFM-PROVIDER SFMDB • HS-PROVIDER Error Management Technology FMD-PROVIDER GS SFM-HAS SFM-PROVIDER A.04.04.xx HP System Management Database (SFMDB) Fileset(s) $ swlist -l fileset -s # SFM-CORE A.04.04.xx HPUX System Fault Management SFM-CORE.HS_PRO_COREIA A.04.04.