SFM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012

What is new in this version
• A new event #2 has been added to the MCA reported by an HPVM vPar server to distinguish
the MCA between host and vPar guest.
• SFM is enhanced to support Intel Itanium 9500 Processor Series.
• SFM is enhanced to display hardware paths of the CPUs allocated to the guests of HP-UX
Virtual Partitions 6.x. while enumerating the HP_Processor class.
• The database for error and event repository is upgraded to Postgres 8.4.8 for HP9000 and
HP Integrity servers.
For information about the defect fixes, see Defect fixes.
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, rx2800 i2, HP Integrity Superdome 2, and
Intel Itanium 9500 Processor Series, . 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
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
Defect fix
• QXCR1001157151
In heavy load conditions, events are not delivered to SFM.
Problem: If multiple events are generated continuously and if postgres restarts, then there is
deadlock condition in PooledConnectionFactory when resetting the connection.
Resolution: This problem is fixed.
• QXCR1001195166
Enumeration of HP_Fan fails on HP Integrity rx2800 i2 systems.
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