EMS Hardware Monitors (logo)

Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors on HP-UX 11i v1 (June 2007)

These release notes cover the June 2007 release of Support Plus for HP-UX 11i v1.

Overview

Included with the OnlineDiag bundle of support tools are the EMS Hardware Monitors, an important set of tools for maintaining system availability. The EMS Hardware Monitors allow you to monitor the operation of a wide variety of hardware resources and be alerted immediately if any failure or other unusual event occurs.

Hardware event monitoring provides a high level of protection against system hardware failure. By using hardware event monitoring, you can eliminate the most undetected hardware failures that could interrupt system operation or cause data loss.

Note: On the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system, Online Diagnostics does not support tape drives. Although some of the Support Tools Manager (STM) tools may work with tape drives, they are not supported. The diagnostic tools and utilities that support these devices are HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools (L and TT). These tools are available at:
http://www.hp.com/support/tapetools

Configuring Hardware Monitoring

The EMS Hardware Monitors are installed along with the Support Tools Manager (STM). Once the monitoring software is installed, monitoring is enabled automatically.

By default, event messages with severity levels major warning, minor warning, serious, or critical generated by the monitors are conveyed in the following ways:

Events are stored in the /var/opt/resmon/log/event.log file.

To configure, enable, or disable hardware event monitoring, run the /etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig monitoring request manager.

The Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) is configured using the Event Monitoring Service (EMS) Graphical User Interface (GUI). For more information on how to configure PSM, see Configuring Monitors with the EMS GUI at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/ems/ems_gui.htm

Changes

Following lists the changes that apply to EMS Hardware Monitors for the June 2007 release:

Known Problem

If the maxssiz_64bit kernel parameter is set below the default value of 0x800000, it can cause the lpmc_em monitor to abort.

Monitors Provided

Following are the monitors provided:

In addition, PSM monitors the current status of the products that are supported by the mentioned list of monitors.

For more information on the products that are supported by monitors, see the "Diagnostics" section of Hewlett-Packard's online documentation Website: http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/ .

Monitor Dependencies

Some monitors have special requirements, such as patches or certain versions of the firmware. They are as follows:

For a list or requirements of monitors, see the Requirements and Supported Products at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/ems/ems_prod.htm.
Requirements are also listed in the EMS Hardware Monitors User's Guide at: http://docs.hp.com/en/2512/B6191-90029.pdf

Product Documentation

For the latest and most complete information on EMS Hardware Monitors and the Support Tools Manager (STM), see the documentation of Online Diagnsotcs at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/

At this site, you will find Overviews, Tutorials, Quick Reference Cards, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and other material.

For complete information on installing and using EMS Hardware Monitors, as well as a list of supported hardware, see the "EMS Hardware Monitors User's Guide" available at the mentioned site.

For the most current information on HP-UX 11i v1 diagnostics, see the following Web pages at the Diagnostics site:

Product Structure

EMS Hardware Monitors are installed as part of the OnlineDiag bundle (product number B4708AA). In addition, they utilize the EMS framework, (product number B7609BA).

Note: EMS Hardware Monitors are installed as part of the STM-UUT-RUN Fileset. However, EMS Hardware Monitors are dependent on the EMS-Core and EMS-Config products and additional filesets in the STM Product.

For information on the STM product, refer to the STM release notes available at /usr/sbin/stm/REL_NOTES.STM

Following is the information about the bundle, product, sub-product, and fileset of the OnlineDiag depot:

SD Bundle: OnlineDiag
   Description: On-line Diagnostic System (Series 800/700)

   SD PRODUCT: Sup-Tool-Mgr
      Description: Support Tools Manager for HP-UX Systems

      SD SUB-PRODUCT: Manuals
      Description: Support Tools Manager Manual Pages

         FILESET: RELEASE_NOTES
            Description: HPUX STM Release Notes

         FILESET: STM-MAN
            Description: HPUX STM Manual Pages

      SD SUB-PRODUCT: Runtime
      Description: STM Manual Runtime

         FILESET: STM-CATALOGS
            Description: HPUX STM Shared Libraries

         FILESET: STM-SHLIBS
            Description: HPUX STM Shared Libraries

         FILESET: STM-UI-RUN 
            Description: HPUX STM User Interface
         
         FILESET: STM-UUT-RUN
            Description: HPUX STM Unit Under Test Runtime 

   SD PRODUCT: EMS-Config
      Description: EMS Config

         FILESET: EMS-GUI
            Description: Event Monitoring Service Graphical 
                         User Interface

   SD PRODUCT: EMS-Core
      Description: EMS Core Product

         FILESET: EMS-CORE
            Description: Event Monitoring Service Core Files

Reporting Defects

You can report defects related to EMS Hardware Monitors by filing a request on CHART. If you do not have access to CHART, contact your local HP representative to file a defect on your behalf.

Top of Page

Diagnostics HOME

URL: http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/ems/emr_0706_1111.htm
Last updated: Thur July 5 05:40:33 PDT 2007