These release notes cover the September 1999 (IPR 9909) release of Support Plus for HP-UX 11.00 running on S800/S700 systems.
NOTE: As of the September 1999 release, the name of the Diagnostic/IPR Media has been changed to Support Plus. In addition, the format has changed so that there is a separate CD-ROM for each version of the operating system (HP-UX 10.20 and HP-UX 11.0).
The Support Tools Manager (STM) provides a complete set of online support tools for HP-UX systems, enabling you to verify and troubleshoot PA-RISC system hardware, and to examine system logs.
STM offers several tool types, including information tools, verifiers, exercisers, expert tools, firmware update tools, diagnostics and utilities.
Installed with STM (as of IPR 9902) are the EMS Hardware Monitors, an important tool for maintaining system availability. The EMS hardware monitors allow you to monitor the operation of a wide variety of hardware products and be alerted immediately if any failure or other unusual event occurs. For more information, see /usr/sbin/stm/Rel_NOTES.HWE.
For the latest and most complete information on STM and EMS Hardware Event Monitors, see the Web page "Diagnostics":
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/diag/
At this site, you will find Overviews, Tutorials, Quick Reference Cards, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and much other material.
The online Support Tools Manager (STM) was enhanced and updated for the current release.
Changes to User Interface and Platform
/var/adm/sw/swagent.log :
NOTE: A new version of "/var/stm/config/tools/utility/os_decode_xref" has been placed on the system. The new version is located at "/usr/newconfig/var/stm/config/tools/utility/os_decode_xref". The contents of the newly installed file differ from the contents of "/var/stm/config/tools/utility/os_decode_xref", and the previously delivered file is not available for comparison. Therefore "/var/stm/config/tools/utility/os_decode_xref" is not being overwritten. The System Administrator should resolve this situation manually.
: Monitoring Changes for disc30, sdisk and disk array devices
As of IPR 9902 (Feb 99 release), there has been a change to the way that monitoring is done for disc30, sdisk and the HA Disk Array Models 10, 20, and 30FC.
Formerly, the "diaglogd exec" programs (pdisc30_exec, pharaymon_exec, and psdisk_exec) handled driver error entries for these devices.
As of IPR 9902, these programs have been deleted and their functionality is now provided by the EMS Hardware Monitors.
If you had customized the configuration files for the dialogd exec programs (disk30_exec.cfg, sdisk_exec.cfg, and haraymon_exec.cfg) you may wish to re-configure the EMS Hardware Monitors to achieve the same results.
The following support tools are provided in this release:
N - new for this release E - significantly enhanced functionality for this release X - available in previous release L - tool ported from legacy sysdiag Hardware Verif Exer Exp Tool FW Upd Info Diag Monitor -------- ----- ---- -------- ------ ---- ---- ------- MEMORY - X X - X - X System - - - - X - - Core Hardware (SPU) - - - - - - X LPMCs - - - - - - X Kernel Resources - - - - - - X FLEX Disks X X L - - - - HPIB Disks X X L - - - - HPIB Cartridge Tape - - L - - - - SCSI Disks X X X X X - X SCSI CDROM X X X X X - X SCSI Floppy X X X - X - X SCSI AutoRAID X X X X X - X SCSI Nike - X X X X - X SCSI DDS X X X X X X X SCSI QIC X X L - X - X SCSI 8MM X X - X X - X SCSI 3480/90 X X - - X - X SCSI Reel X X L - - - X SCSI DLT X X X X X X X SCSI Arrays - - L - - - X SCSI EMC Array - X - - X - - SCSI Media Changer X[7] - X[7] X X[7] X[7] X[8] SCSI Magneto Optic X X X X X X X SCSI1,2,3 Intfc Cd - - - - - - N HPIB Tapes X X - - - - - HPIB DDS X X L - - - - HPIB Cartridge Tape - - L - - - - Network card X[4] X[4] - X[6] X[5] X[2] - Fast Wide SCSI - - - X X - - NIO FDDI X X - - X[1] - - SGC FDDI X X - - X[1] - - NIO HPFL - - L - X[1] - - CIO HPFL - - L - - - - NIO Intfc Cards - - - - X[1] - - Fiber Chan Card - - - X X X X Fiber Chan MUX - - - X X X X FC Disk Enclosure - - X X X - X FC Disk Array 60/FC - - N N N - N Fibre Channel Hub - - - - - - X Fibre Channel Switch- - - - - - X FC PCI 2X Host Adpt - - - - N - - FCP MUX (A5593A) - - - - N - - NIO MUX - - L - X - - Graphics - X - - X X[3] - SCSI LED Printer - - - - - - - Ciper Printer - - L - - - - EISA HPIB - - L - - - - EPS Storage X - - - - - - EPS Console X - - - - - - EPS LAN X - - - - - - PCI FDDI - - - - X - - PCI LAN - - - - X - - PCI WAN - - - - - X - PCI SCSI - - - - X - - PCI Fibre Channel - - - - X - X PCI ATM Interface - - - - X X - PCI WAN Interface - - - - X X - PCI WAN Perf Intrfc - - - - X X - 1000 Base-SX LA Interface X X - - X - - Hyperfabric Card - - - - - X - Access Port MUX - - - - X X - Tape Libraries - - - N - - - [1] Only generic PA information is available. [2] For X.25 and new for ATM cards. [3] Diagnostic does not support some graphics devices [4] Not supported on X.25 and ATM cards. [5] Only generic PA information is available on FDDI and ATM cards. [6] Only supported on cards which support DLPI. [7] The new functionality applies only to SCSI Magneto Optical Media Changers [8] Monitor for the SCSI Media Changer is only for tapes, not disks
The following utilities are provided in this release:
Use CHART to report defects in STM. The project name is diag.stm.tools.hpux for individual tools, and diag.stm.ui.hpux for the user interface. If you don't have access to CHART, contact an HP representative to enter a defect for you.
The product number for STM is B4708AA.
SD PRODUCT: Sup-Tool-Mgr
Description: On-line Diagnostic System (Series 800/700)
SD SUB-PRODUCT: Manuals
Description: Support Tools Manager Manual Pages
FILESET: STM-MAN
Description: S800/S700 STM Manual Pages
FILESET: STM-SHLIBS
Description: S800/S700 STM Shared Libraries
FILESET: STM-UI-RUN Corequisite Filesets: STM-SHLIBS
Description: S800/S700 STM User Interface
FILESET: STM-UUT-RUN Corequisite Filesets: STM-SHLIBS
Description: S800/700 STM Unit Under Test Runtime