SFM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 September 2010

Event Manager Common Information Model
(EVM CIM) Provider
Converts EVM events into indications and reports those indications to the CIMOM.
SFMIndicationProvider Generates WBEM indications equivalent to the events that the monitors it replaces generate.
Firmware Revision Instance Provider
Retrieves information about the firmware revision of system hardware components, such as system firmware
version and Management Processor (MP) firmware version.
MP Instance Provider Retrieves information about the management processor of the system.
Enclosure Instance Provider
Retrieves information about the Onboard Administrator (OA), such as OA description, OA IP address, OA MAC
address, and the URL to launch the OA.
Record Log Provider
Enables event analysis tools such as Web-Based Enterprise Services (WEBES) to access details of indications
generated by the SFMIndicationProvider that are available in the SFM database, for event analysis. The Record
Log Provider also enables event analysis tools to access MCA logs for event analysis.
Temperature Provider Describes properties such as sensor number, current temperature reading, and temperature sensor status.
ComputerSystem Chassis Provider Describes properties such as the serial number, product ID, and virtual Universally Unique ID (UUID).
MCA Indication Provider Generates WBEM indications when MCA logs are present.
Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Instance
Provider
Retrieves properties such as the serial number, part number, version, manufacturer and FRU name.
Table 2 lists the SFM providers supported on HP Superdome 2, and their respective functions:
Table 2: Providers and their Functions for HP Superdome 2
Providers Functions
BladeProvider and BladeStatusProvider Available on Blade servers, providing Blade Inventory details and health status of blades current partition
CPU Provider and CPU Status Provider Retrieves information about processor inventory and consolidated health of the processor subsystem.
Memory Status Provider Consolidates the health of the memory subsystem.
SFMIndicationProvider
Generates WBEM indications equivalent to the events that the monitors it replaces generate. The events
related to CMC_IndicationProviderIA and PCIeIndicationProvider are supported on HP Superdome 2.
MP Provider and MP Status Provider Retrieves information about the management processor of the system.
Enclosure Provider and Enclosure Status Provider
Retrieves information about the Onboard Administrator (OA), such as OA description, OA IP address, OA
MAC address, and the URL to launch the OA.
Record Log Provider
Enables event analysis tools such as Web-Based Enterprise Services (WEBES) to access details of
indications generated by the SFMIndicationProvider that are available in the SFM database, for event
analysis.
ComputerSystem Chassis Provider Describes properties such as the serial number, product ID, and virtual Universally Unique ID (UUID).
What Is New in This Version
SFM is enhanced to support the following new and updated property pages in HP SMH (see hpsmh(1M)):
- Blade
- Memory
- Cell Blade
The RecordLogProvider has been enhanced to provide Configuration Snapshot upon the MCA Indication on HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2 &
BL890c i2 Server Blades.
CPU Instance provider has been enhanced to provide the stepping information for HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2 & BL890c i2 Server Blades.
Default namespace for creating / deleting filter, handler and subscription is changed from PGInterOp to root/cimv2.
All WBEM indications delivered from SFM have been enhanced to have all IP addresses of a system in NetworkAddresses property of
CIM_AlertIndication.
Supported EMS Hardware Monitors
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 the SFM Administrator's Guide at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-docs
NOTE: OnlineDiag monitoring mode is not supported on "HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2 & BL890c i2 Server Blades" and "HP Integrity
Superdome 2". Therefore, switching between modes will not be available on these HP Integrity Server Blades.
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)