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Fast-Wide SCSI Disk Array Monitor (fw_disk_array)


Monitor Description | Configuration Files


Monitor Description

The Fast/Wide SCSI Disk Array monitor is designed to monitor the operation of all supported Fast/Wide SCSI Disk Arrays on your system. If a problem is detected with a disk array, the monitor immediately sends an event to Event Monitoring Service, which alerts you using the notification methods defined for the monitor. Clear, concise error messages identify the problem, what caused it, and what must be done to correct it.

The Fast/Wide SCSI Disk Array monitor employs polling event detection. At regular intervals, the monitor requests status information from each disk array. The monitor then analyzes the data returned to determine if a hardware problem has occurred. If an error has occurred that warrants notification, an event is generated immediately.

The monitor is launched automatically when the system is started, ensuring that all supported Fast/Wide SCSI Disk Arrays are protected from undetected hardware failure.

Release History

February 1999: Initial release

Supported Products

Fast/Wide SCSI Disk Array Models C243XHA

Special Requirements

None

Resource Path

Event monitoring: /storage/events/disk_arrays/FW_SCSI
Status monitoring: /storage/status/disk_arrays/FW_SCSI

Monitor Name

/usr/sbin/stm/uut/bin/tools/monitor/fw_disk_array

PSM State Control

The set_fixed utility must be used to return a hardware resource to the UP state following a failure. The monitor does not support automatic state control. (See "Using the set_fixed Utility to Restore Hardware UP State" in the EMS Hardware User's Guide.)


Configuration Files

Startup Configuration File (.sapcfg)

File name: /var/stm/config/tools/monitor/fw_disk_array.sapcfg

Default Entries: The monitor uses the standard default monitor request entries. See the Generic Monitor Data Sheet.

Monitor Configuration File (.cfg)

File name: /var/stm/config/tools/monitor/fw_disk_array.cfg

Default settings:

POLL_INTERVAL 60 minutes
REPEAT_FREQUENCY 1440 minutes (1 day)
SEVERITY_ACTION Notify for all levels

PSM Configuration File (.psmcfg)

File name: /var/stm/config/tools/monitor/fw_disk_array.psmcfg

Default settings:

MONITOR_RESOURCE_NAME /storage/events/disk_arrays/FW_SCSI
PSM_RESOURCE_NAME /storage/status/disk_arrays/FW_SCSI
MONITOR_STATE_HANDLING Requires the use of set_fixed to set UP state.
DOWN_SEVERITY_OPERATOR =
DOWN_SEVERITY_THRESHOLD CRITICAL

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