HP B6191-90028 Manual de usuario

EMS Hardware Monitors User's GuideManufacturing Part Number: B6191-90028September 2001© Copyright 2001 Hewlett-Packard Company

10Supporting Documentation The following documentation contains information related to the installation and use of the hardware event monitors:• Suppo

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesPeripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File100Example File Entries The following examples illustra

Chapter 6Special Procedures1016 Special ProceduresThis chapter describes the special procedures required for the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Monitor

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor102Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor History • IPR 9902: Initial releaseSu

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor103Initial Monitor Configuration Unlike the other EMS Hardware Monitors, the FC-AL

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor104Adding or Removing an FC-AL Hub Adding or removing a hub from the monitor confi

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor105• Repeat Frequency: 1 day (1440 minutes)• Severity Action: Notify for all level

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor106PSM Configuration File File name: /var/stm/config/tools/monitor/dm_fc_hub.psmcf

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Switch Monitor107Fibre Channel Switch Monitor History • IPR 9904: Initial release Supported Products • Gigabi

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Switch Monitor108Configuring the FC Switch Monitor Configuration FileTo configure the FC switch monitor confi

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Switch Monitor109Changing the FC Switch Monitoring ConfigurationTo change the FC switch monitoring configurat

Chapter 1Introduction111 Introduction This chapter introduces the EMS Hardware Monitors. The topics discussed in this chapter include:• What is hardwa

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Switch Monitor110what switches should monitored. Changes that involve adding or deleting switches to the conf

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Switch Monitor111PSM Configuration File File name: /var/stm/config/tools/monitor/dm_fc_sw.psmcfgDefault setti

Chapter 6Special ProceduresFibre Channel Switch Monitor112

113Aadding event monitoring requests, 39adding PSM monitoring requests, 74asynchronous event detection, 54, 59, 60Cchanging device status, 83checkin

Index114description, 54hardware monitoringbenefits, 14configuration files, 85detailed description, 52disabling, 50, 58enabling, 35files involved, 56ho

Index 115UUPSsupported by monitors, 28Vverifying event monitoring requests, 46viewing event monitoring requests, 38viewing PSM monitoring requests, 8

Chapter 1IntroductionHardware Monitoring Overview12Hardware Monitoring Overview What is Hardware Monitoring? Hardware monitoring is the process of wat

Chapter 1IntroductionHardware Monitoring Overview13How Does Hardware Monitoring Work? The following figure shows the basic components involved in hard

Chapter 1IntroductionHardware Monitoring Overview14Benefits of Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring provides the following benefits:• Reduces syste

Chapter 1IntroductionHardware Monitoring Overview15Products Supported by Hardware Monitors EMS hardware monitors are provided for a wide range of syst

Chapter 1IntroductionHardware Monitoring Overview16Tips for Hardware Monitoring Here are some tips for using hardware monitoring.✓ Keep hardware monit

Chapter 1IntroductionHardware Monitoring Overview17Hardware Monitoring Terms The following terms are used throughout this guide. Understanding them is

Chapter 1IntroductionHardware Monitoring Overview18Hardware event monitorA monitor daemon that gathers information on the operational status of hardwa

Chapter 1IntroductionHardware Monitoring Overview19Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM)Included with the hardware event monitors, the PSM is a monitor daem

2Legal Notices The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regar

Chapter 1IntroductionHardware Monitoring Overview20

Chapter 2Installing and Using Monitors212 Installing and Using Monitors This chapter instructs you on how to use the EMS Hardware Monitors to manage y

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsThe Steps Involved22The Steps Involved The steps involved in installing and configuring hardware monitoring are

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsThe Steps Involved23Figure 2-1 The Steps for Installing and Configuring Hardware Monitoring

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsInstalling EMS Hardware Monitors24Installing EMS Hardware Monitors The EMS Hardware Monitors software is distrib

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsInstalling EMS Hardware Monitors25more information• If you are using MC/ServiceGuard (optional), you must have v

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsChecking for Special Requirements26Checking for Special RequirementsSome devices have special requirements in or

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsChecking for Special Requirements27Table 2-2 Disk ProductsProduct Model/Product NumberSpecial RequirementsAll di

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsChecking for Special Requirements28All the tape products in the above table are monitored by the SCSI Tape Devic

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsChecking for Special Requirements29Table 2-6 Fibre Channel AdaptersProduct Model/Product NumberSpecial Requireme

3Printing HistorySeptember 2001 Edition 1The printing date and part number indicate the current edition. The printing date changes when a new editio

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsChecking for Special Requirements30Table 2-8 Fibre Channel SwitchProduct Model/Product NumberSpecial Requirement

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsChecking for Special Requirements31Table 2-11 Interface Card sProduct Model/Product NumberSpecial RequirementsS

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsUsing Hardware Monitoring Requests32Using Hardware Monitoring Requests Monitoring requests are used to implement

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsUsing Hardware Monitoring Requests33Figure 2-2 Building a Monitoring Request

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsRunning the Monitoring Request Manager34Running the Monitoring Request Manager NOTE You must be logged on as roo

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsEnabling Hardware Event Monitoring35Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring Hardware event monitoring must be enabled

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsEnabling Hardware Event Monitoring36Default Monitoring Requests A set of default monitoring requests are created

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsListing Monitor Descriptions37Listing Monitor Descriptions One of the first steps in managing monitoring request

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsViewing Current Monitoring Requests38Viewing Current Monitoring Requests Before adding or modifying monitoring r

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsAdding a Monitoring Request39Adding a Monitoring Request Adding a monitoring request is a convenient way to add

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Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsAdding a Monitoring Request40new hardware will be included in event monitoring.If you add a new class of support

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsAdding a Monitoring Request41Notification MethodThe following notification methods are available.EMAIL* - sends

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsAdding a Monitoring Request42Minor WarningAn event that will not likely escalate to a more severe condition if l

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsAdding a Monitoring Request43Example of Adding a Monitoring Request The following example illustrates the proces

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsAdding a Monitoring Request44User Comment:(C)lear (A)ddEnter selection {or (Q)uit,(H)elp} [c] a <== ADD COMME

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsModifying Monitoring Requests45Modifying Monitoring Requests Modifying an existing monitoring request is a conve

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsVerifying Hardware Event Monitoring46Verifying Hardware Event Monitoring Once you have created the monitoring re

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsChecking Detailed Monitoring Status47Checking Detailed Monitoring Status This option lets you view the detailed

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsRetrieving and Interpreting Event Messages48Retrieving and Interpreting Event Messages Event messages generated

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsDeleting Monitoring Requests49Deleting Monitoring Requests You may want to delete any monitor requests for a har

Contents 51. Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12What

Chapter 2Installing and Using MonitorsDisabling Hardware Event Monitoring50Disabling Hardware Event MonitoringYou can disable hardware event monitorin

Chapter 3Detailed Description513 Detailed Description This chapter describes EMS Hardware Monitors in detail. The topics discussed in this chapter inc

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring52The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring The following figure shows the m

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring53Components from Three Different ApplicationsHardware event monitoring involv

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring54EMS Hardware Event Monitor The EMS hardware event monitor is the key compone

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring55following the execution of the IOSCAN utility, or when managing requests usi

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring56File Locations The following table lists the locations of the files involved

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring57Startup Process (in Detail) The following steps describe the process used to

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring58Disabling Monitoring Hardware monitoring can be disabled using the Hardware

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring59Asynchronous Event Detection (in Detail)The following steps describe the pro

Contents6Polling or Asynchronous? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Startup Client .

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring60Figure 3-3 Asynchronous Event Detection Process

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring61Event Polling (in Detail)The following is the process used for gathering eve

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring62Figure 3-4 Monitoring Polling Process

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring63Figure 3-5 Memory Monitor Polling Process

Chapter 3Detailed DescriptionThe Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring64

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status Monitor654 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor This chapter describes the peripheral status monitor, which conver

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorPeripheral Status Monitor Overview66Peripheral Status Monitor Overview The primary function of the periphe

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorHow Does the PSM Work?67How Does the PSM Work? The PSM converts hardware events detected by the EMS Hardwa

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorHow Does the PSM Work?68Figure 4-1 Peripheral Status Monitor

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorHow Does the PSM Work?69PSM Components The PSM comprises the following components, which are installed alo

Contents 7Sample Global Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Sample Monitor-Specific

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorHow Does the PSM Work?70The status resource class path for each monitor is included in the monitor descrip

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorConfiguring MC/ServiceGuard Package Dependencies with the PSM71Configuring MC/ServiceGuard Package Depende

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorConfiguring MC/ServiceGuard Package Dependencies with the PSM72Configuring Package Dependencies using SAM

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorConfiguring MC/ServiceGuard Package Dependencies with the PSM73Configuring Package Dependencies by Editing

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorCreating EMS Monitoring Requests for PSM74Creating EMS Monitoring Requests for PSM In addition to creating

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorMonitoring Request Parameters75Monitoring Request Parameters The following information describes in detail

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorMonitoring Request Parameters76interval is the maximum amount of elapsed time before EMS will be aware of

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorMonitoring Request Parameters77EMS_NORMAL_OID "1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.7.0.1" - Normal notification

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorMonitoring Request Parameters78To set for a system log notification:1. Select the Syslog option from the &

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorCopying Monitoring Requests79Copying Monitoring Requests There are two ways to use the copy function:• To

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Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorModifying Monitoring Requests80Modifying Monitoring Requests To change the monitoring parameters of a requ

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorRemoving Monitoring Requests81Removing Monitoring Requests The Remove Monitoring Requests functions with m

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorViewing Monitoring Requests82Viewing Monitoring Requests To view the parameters for a monitoring request:1

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorUsing the set_fixed Utility to Restore Hardware UP State83Using the set_fixed Utility to Restore Hardware

Chapter 4Using the Peripheral Status MonitorUsing the set_fixed Utility to Restore Hardware UP State84

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration Files855 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Several configuration files are used to control the operation of

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesMonitor Configuration Files86Monitor Configuration Files Two configuration files control the operation of

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesMonitor Configuration Files87File Names Global configuration file: /var/stm/config/tools/monitor/Global.c

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesMonitor Configuration Files88Considerations for Modifying the Monitor Configuration File Settings The def

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesMonitor Configuration Files89Event Definition You may want to alter the event definition in a monitor-spe

9 About This Manual This guide is intended for use by system administrators and others involved in managing HP-UX system hardware resources. It descr

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesMonitor Configuration Files90SEVERITY_ACTION MAJOR_WARNING NOTIFYSEVERITY_ACTION MINOR_WARNING NOTIFYSEVE

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesMonitor Configuration Files91#POLL_INTERVAL 5 # polling interval in minutes#REPEAT_FREQUENCY 1440 # in mi

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesStartup Configuration File92Startup Configuration File Each hardware event monitor has its own startup co

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesStartup Configuration File93Considerations for Modifying the Startup Configuration File Settings While yo

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesStartup Configuration File94Table 5-3 Startup Configuration File EntriesKeyword Values Description Targe

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesStartup Configuration File95Default File Entries The following default monitoring requests illustrate the

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesPeripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File96Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File In

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesPeripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File97Considerations for Modifying the PSM Configuration Fi

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesPeripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File98Table 5-5 PSM Configuration File Fields Keyword Valu

Chapter 5Hardware Monitor Configuration FilesPeripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File99DOWN_SEVERITY_THRESHOLD (Optional. This value is requ