SFM Release Notes for HP-UX 11iv2 January 2011

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System Fault Management: Release Notes (January 2011)

Contents

System Fault Management B.07.04.01.01 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 January 2011.................1

EVWEB......................................................................................................................5

System Requirements....................................................................................................6

System Fault Management B.07.04.01.01 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2

January 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.

• Starting with the HP-UX 11i v2 March 2006 release, EVWEB is included in

the SysFaultMgmt bundle.

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

• Supported Browsers

• Limitations

• Product Documentation

• Software and Documentation Availability in Native Languages

• Product Structure

• Reporting Defects

Contents 1

Summary of content (11 pages)

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System Fault Management: Release Notes (January 2011) Contents System Fault Management B.07.04.01.01 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 January 2011.................1 EVWEB......................................................................................................................5 System Requirements....................................................................................................6 System Fault Management B.07.04.01.
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SFM Providers SFM providers are tools that gather information related to various hardware devices and report to the Common Interface Model Object Manager (CIMOM). Following lists the SFM providers, and their respective functions: Providers Functions CPU Instance Provider Retrieves information about processor inventory and consolidated health of the processor subsystem. Memory Instance Provider Gathers information about memory inventory and consolidated health of the memory subsystem.
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What Is New in This Version • Logviewer enhancement: RecordLog Provider interface to return instances of all log records that are available.
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Problem Description: sfmconfig -a -L output was not giving appropriate message in case of exception during enumeration. Resolution: The problem is fixed • QXCR1001065216 Problem: EnvAL CRITICAL System call failure is reported in sfm.log Problem Description: EnvAL CRITICAL system call failure messages were logged in sfm.log for every 60 mins. However, there was no problem with SFM functionality. Resolution: The problem is fixed • QXCR1001073731 Problem: Memory leak of 32 bytes found in libsfmal.
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Resolution: The problem is fixed EVWEB This section describes EVWEB. What Is EVWEB EVWEB is a tool that can be used to view and administer WBEM indications generated on the HP-UX 11i v2 system. The EVWEB tool includes the following components: • Event Subscription Administrator Event Subscription Administrator enables users to subscribe to an indication and view it. In addition, users with administrative privileges can also modify, and delete subscriptions.
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• Enables users with administrative privileges to create, modify, and delete throttling configurations. This feature is available on HP 9000 and HP Integrity systems. • Enables users to view subscriptions created using EVWEB • Enables users to view externally created subscriptions. Subscriptions created by using tools other than EVWEB are termed as externally created event subscriptions. • Enables users to view HP Advised subscriptions. HP Advised subscriptions are provided by default by HP.
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• ◦ 9000/800/L1500-8x ◦ 9000/800/L3000-6x ◦ 9000/800/L3000-7x ◦ 9000/800/L3000-8x Itanium-based 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 ◦ BL860c ◦ BL870c ◦ Integrity Virtual Machine Following lists the software pre-requisites for using SFM: ◦ HP-UX 11i v2 – September 2004 11i v
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◦ OpenSSL A.00.09.07i.012 (or later required by WBEMServices) ◦ OnlineDiag B.11.23.10.05 (December 2007) EMS Version A.04.20.23 STM Version C.58.00 ◦ Highly Recommended: (if 11i v2 OE is not latest version install the following bundle): QPKBASE B.11.23.0712.070a Base Quality Pack Bundle (December 2007) Installing the QPKBASE fulfills all system patch requirements and will provide the customer with a stable supported environment.
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Supported Browsers Following lists the browsers supported by SFM: ◦ Internet Explorer version 6.0 and above ◦ Mozilla version 1.5 and above 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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◦ SFM Tables of Versions ◦ SFM Patch 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.
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