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Release notes for EMS hardware monitors B.11.31.18.02on HP-UX 11i v3 (March 2012)

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Release notes for EMS hardware monitors B.11.31.18.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 (March 2012).............1

Release notes for EMS hardware monitors B.11.31.18.02 on HP-UX 11iv3 (March 2012)

Online Diagnostics

Prerequisites Loading patches

EMS hardware monitors overview

Configuring hardware monitoring

Changes

Known problems

Obsolescence

Monitors provided

Product documentation SD product structure

Reporting defects

Online Diagnostics

The Online Diagnostics software is a collection of tools that enables you to monitorand test server hardware. It comprises the Event Monitoring Service (EMS)framework, the EMS Hardware Monitors, and the Support Tools Manager (STM).

Note: On the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system, Online Diagnostics does not supporttape drives. Although some of the Support Tools Manager (STM) tools may workwith 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

The Online Diagnostics tools are all contained in a Software Depot (SD) bundle,called the OnlineDiag bundle. This bundle is distributed in the following ways:

OE media

HP Software Depot Web site

Note: September 2009 release onwards, SysFaultMgmt will be the default monitoringmode. However, if OnlineDiag is still desired, then a switch from SysFaultMgmt to

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OnlineDiag has to be done. Installing only OnlineDiag will result in the monitoringof core hardware components being left out.

PrerequisitesFollowing are the prerequisites for installing Diagnostics and Support Tools:

EMS version A.04.20.31 or later

ProviderSvcsBase C.01.00.xx (March 2009) or later

Notes:

The requirements are available on the Operating Environment (OE) media.

ProviderSvcsBase: The ProviderSvcsBase product offers interface for user spaceprocesses (typically, but not limited to, WBEM Indication Providers) to retrieveerror logs from HP-UX Kernel. Using these error logs, a user space process cangenerate event (WBEM indication or EMS event), when an event of interestoccurs on the system.

Loading patches

You can install the patches in one of the following ways:

Method 1:Install the entire Hardware Enablement Bundle (HWE) or Quality Pack (QPK) patchbundle for your system. This is a simple and tested process. However, the volumeof the patch bundle can be big.

Method 2:

Install only the individual patches required from the patch bundle available on theOE media. This method is advantageous because the size of the patches is small.However, you must select and install patches manually.

Method 3:

Install individual patches from the HP IT Resource Center at:

http://us.itrc.hp.com/

Notes:

After installing individual patches from the HP IT Resource Center, you mustrestart your system.

You must install the patches mentioned before installing Online Diagnostics.

EMS hardware monitors overview

EMS Hardware Monitors are a set of tools for maintaining system availability. Theyenable you to monitor the operation of a wide variety of hardware resources andbe alerted immediately if any failure or other unusual event occurs.

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

Configuring hardware monitoring

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

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By default, monitors report events with severity levels, MAJOR_WARNING,MINOR_WARNING, SERIOUS, CRITICAL, or INFORMATION in the followingways:

Written to /var/adm/syslog/syslog.logfile

Sent to the root E-mail address

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

To configure, enable, or disable hardware event monitoring, run the monitoringrequest manager.

The Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) is configured using the Event Monitoring Service(EMS). For more information on how to configure PSM, see Configuring Monitorswith the EMS GUIat:

http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-diag-ems-gui-doc

Changes

Following are the changes made to the EMS Hardware Monitors for the currentrelease:

Changes to monitoring

Changes to all monitors Changes to individual monitors

Changes to configuration files

Changes to monitoring request manager

Changes to monitoring

Starting with the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2008 release, SFM is the defaultmonitoring mode. However, it is possible to switch to the OnlineDiag monitoringmode. For information on how to switch to the OnlineDiag mode, see the SFM

Administrator's Guide at:

http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-docsStarting from September 2010 release, the following monitors will be replacedby corresponding native providers on HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2 &BL890c i2 Server Blades:

Native providersMonitors

HPUXSASNativeIndicationProviderModuledm_sas_adapter

HPUXRAIDSANativeIndicationProviderModuledm_raid_adapter

HPUXFCNativeIndicationProviderModuledm_fclp_adapter

dm_ql_adapterHPUXStorageNativeProviderModuledisk_em

msamon_sas

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Changes to all monitors

Not applicable

Changes to individual monitors

This section describes the changes made to individual monitors. Monitors arelisted in alphabetical order.

Chassis code monitor (dm_chassis)

Not applicable

CMC monitor (cmc_em)

Not applicable

Core hardware (dm_core_hw)

Not applicable

Core hardware for HP 9000 and Itanium-based Intelligent PlatformManagement Interface (IPMI) systems (ia64_corehw)

Not applicable

Core hardware monitor - Hitachi (ipfcorehw_hitachi) Not applicable

CPE monitor (cpe_em)

Not applicable

CPU monitor (lpmc_em)

Not applicable

CPU monitor - Hitachi (cmc_em_hitachi)

Not applicable

Disk monitor (disk_em)

Not applicable

DS2500 Enclosure monitor (gazemon)

Not applicable

Fibre Channel adapter monitor for FCD driver-based adapters(dm_ql_adapter)

Not applicable

Fibre Channel adapter monitor for A6795A/A5158A adapters

(dm_TL_adapter) Not applicable

Fibre Channel switch (dm_fc_sw)

Not applicable

Forward Progress Log (FPL) monitor (fpl_em)

Not applicable

High availability storage system (dm_ses_enclosure)

Not applicable

iSCSI subsystem (dm_iscsi_adapter)

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Not applicable

Memory (dm_memory)

Not applicable

Memory IA64 (memory_ia64)

Not applicable

Memory monitor -- Hitachi (ipfmemory_hitachi)

Not applicable

MSA1000/MSA30 storage disk array monitor (msamon)

Not applicable

MSA 60 and MSA 70 SAS enclosure monitor (msamon_sas)

Not applicable

Peripheral status monitor (psmmon)

Not applicable

RAID adapter monitor (dm_raid_adapter) Not applicable

Remote monitor (RemoteMonitor)

Not applicable

Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) Mass storage adapter monitor(dm_sas_adapter)

Not applicable

SCSI disk monitor (scsi_disk)

Not applicable

System status monitor (sysstat_em)

Not applicable

UPS monitor (dm_ups)

Not applicable

Changes to configuration files

Not applicable

Changes to monitoring request manager

Not applicable

Known problems

The severity of disk_em Event #102676 should be SERIOUS. But thedefault_disk_em.clcfg displays a different severity. The severity should bechanged manually from CRITICAL to SERIOUS by entering the followingcommand:

# vi /var/stm/config/tools/monitor/default_disk_em.clcfg

EQ:102676:CRITICAL:TRUE:1440:ANY:1:NONE:NO_OP:NO_OP:NONE

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EQ:102676:SERIOUS:TRUE:1440:ANY:1:NONE:NO_OP:NO_OP:NONE

The title of the OnlineDiag B.11.31.17.04 version bundle is displayed asMarch 2011 instead of September 2011. You can ignore the incorrecttitle.

ObsolescenceNOTE

: Starting with HP-UX 11i v3 March 2009 release, OnlineDiag (including STM) willbe in support mode. Moving forward, no new enhancements will be made toOnlineDiag (including STM). Only Critical / Serious defects will be analyzed. Forthe most current information about OnlineDiag obsolescence, see the followingdocument at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-docs

- EMS Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release

- STM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release

Monitors provided

For the September 2011 release of HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31), the following monitorsare provided:

Core hardware (dm_core_hw)

Core hardware monitor -- Hitachi (ipfcorehw_hitachi)

CPU monitor (lpmc_em)

CPU monitor -- Hitachi (cmc_em_hitachi)

Disk (disk_em)

DS2500 enclosure monitor (gazemon)

Fibre Channel adapter monitor for FCD driver-based adapters (dm_ql_adapter)

Fibre Channel adapter monitor for A6795A/A5158A adapters

(dm_TL_adapter) High availability storage system (dm_ses_enclosure)

iSCSI subsystem (dm_iscsi_adapter)

Memory (dm_memory)

Memory monitor -- Hitachi (ipfmemory_hitachi)

MSA1000/MSA30 Storage disk array monitor (msamon)

MSA 60 and MSA 70 SAS enclosure monitor (msamon_sas)

Peripheral status monitor (psmmon)

RAID adapter monitor (dm_raid_adapter) Remote monitor (RemoteMonitor)

Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) Mass storage adapter monitor (dm_sas_adapter)

SCSI disk monitor (scsi_disk)

System status (sysstat_em)

UPS (dm_ups)

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On IA platforms, the following monitors are replaced by SysFaultMgmt and availableonly on switching to EMS Diagnostics mode:

CMC monitor (cmc_em)

CPE monitor (cpe_em)

Core hardware for HP 9000 and Itanium-based Intelligent Platform ManagementInterface (IPMI) systems (ia64_corehw)

Forward Progress Log (FPL) monitor (fpl_em)

Memory IA64 (memory_ia64)

On PA platforms, the following monitors are replaced by SysFaultMgmt andavailable only on switching to EMS Diagnostics mode:

Core hardware for HP 9000 and Itanium-based Intelligent Platform ManagementInterface (IPMI) systems (ia64_corehw)

Forward Progress Log (FPL) Monitor (fpl_em)

The following monitors are NOT provided:

Core hardware monitor -- Asama (ipfcorehw_asama)

Disk array FC60 (fc60mon) High availability disk array (ha_disk_array)

dm_FCMS_adapter

SCSI tape devices (dm_stape)

Fibre Channel SCSI multiplexer (dm_fc_scsi_mux)

fw_disk_array: hardware not supported on the system

scsi123_em: hardware not supported on the system

For detailed information about the products and the monitors supporting them, andadditional dependencies, see the documentation on Online Diagnostics at:

http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-docs

Monitor dependencies

For a list of the current required patches, see the DIAGNOSTIC.readme file at:

http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-diag-st-readme-doc

Current monitor requirements are described in the Online Diagnostics Administrator'sand User's Guide at:


Product documentation

Following are the documents related to EMS Hardware Monitors available at:


Datasheets

Online Diagnostics administrator's and User's Guide

EMS HW monitors for Hitachi Systems Running HP-UX

Event Descriptions

Release notes

SD product structure

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The EMS hardware monitors are installed as part of the OnlineDiag bundle (productnumber B4708AA). In addition, they require the EMS framework (product numberB7609BA).

For information on the STM product, see the STM release notes fileat:/usr/sbin/stm/REL_NOTES.STM

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

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

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

SD SUB-PRODUCT: ManualsDescription: Support Tools Manager Manual Pages

FILESET: RELEASE_NOTESDescription: HPUX STM Release Notes

FILESET: STM-MANDescription: HPUX STM Manual Pages

SD SUB-PRODUCT: RuntimeDescription: STM Manual Runtime

FILESET: STM-CATALOGSDescription: HPUX STM Shared Libraries

FILESET: STM-SHLIBSDescription: HPUX STM Shared Libraries

FILESET: STM-UI-RUNDescription: HPUX STM User Interface

FILESET: STM-UUT-RUNDescription: HPUX STM Unit Under Test Runtime

Reporting defects

You can report defects related to EMS hardware monitors by filing a request onQUIX. If you do not have access to QUIX, contact your local HP representative tofile a defect on your behalf.

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