HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90317)

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Support Tools Manager (STM) for MPE/iX

MPE/iX Version of STM

With MPE/iX 6.5, the Support Tools Manager (STM) replaced the sysdiag diagnostic

system on HP e3000 computer systems. STM has been the diagnostic platform for HP-UX

since 1996.

STM was ported to MPE/iX to provide a common diagnostics platform for MPE/iX and

HP-UX systems. This common platform will reduce the cost to support new systems and

peripherals, and make it possible to bring new tools to MPE/iX 6.5 and beyond. STM will

not be provided on any previous MPE/iX release.

The ﬁrst release of STM on MPE/iX is based on the HP-UX 11.00 A.12.00 version of STM

(June 1998, IPR 9806).

Distribution

STM is distributed on the Fundamental Operating System (FOS) tape on MPE/iX 6.5 and

subsequent releases. When MPE/iX is installed, the sysdiag diagnostic system will be

removed and STM will be installed.

NOTE

For STM to run, networking must be conﬁgured and enabled for remote

access, for example by using the NMMGR and NETCONTROL commands.

The reason is that STM has a dependency on Berkeley Socket/iX. For details,

see “STM Dependencies on MPE/iX” on our Website (URL is given below).

Differences from HP-UX Version of STM

If you are already familiar with STM on HP-UX, you will feel at home with STM on

MPE/iX. However, there are some differences to be aware of:

• Different distribution and installation process.

• Different ﬁle structure.

• No xstm (XWindows GUI) interace for MPE/iX.

• MPE/iX version initially contains a subset of the tools on the HP-UX version.

• An additional standalone version of logtool to handle MPE/iX system logs.

More Information

Most documentation on STM is provided via the Web. This chapter is only a small subset of

the information available is (in particular, it is an adaptation of Chapter 4 of the manual

Support Plus: Diagnostics User’s Guide.)

You can see the most current released information on Support Tools at our Web site,

“Systems Hardware, Diagnostics, and Monitoring,” at

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/systems/. This Web site also contains additional documents,

such as tutorials, quick reference guides, and release information.