Document Organization

The Online Diagnostics Administrator’s Guide is organised as follows:

Chapter 1: Introduction Introduces the Online Diagnostics software, hardware monitoring, the EMS Hardware Monitors and its architecture, and Support Tools Manager (STM) tool and its architecture
Chapter 2: Installing the Online Diagnostics Software Describes how to install, verify, and remove the Online Diagnostics software
Chapter 3: Configuring and Administering EMS Hardware Monitors Describes how to configure the EMS Hardware Monitors, hardware monitoring, and package dependencies
Chapter 4: Administering the Support Tools Manager Describes how to use the support tools to test and troubleshoot system hardware
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting Online Diagnostics Describes how to troubleshoot the EMS Hardware Monitors

Typographic Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

audit(5): An HP-UX manpage. In this example, audit is the name and 5 is the section in the HP-UX Reference. On the Web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a link to the manpage itself. From the HP-UX command line, you can enter “man audit” or “man 5 audit” to view the manpage. See man(1).
Book Title: The title of a book. On the Web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be a link to the book itself.
KeyCap: The name of a keyboard key. Note that Return and Enter both refer to the same key.
Emphasis: Text that is emphasized.
Bold: The defined use of an important word or phrase.
ComputerOutput: Text displayed or generated by the system.
UserInput: Commands and other text that you type.
Command: A command name or qualified command phrase.
Variable: The name of a variable that you can replace in a command or function or information in a display that represents several possible values.
[ ]: The contents are optional in formats and command descriptions. If the contents are a list separated by |, you can choose one of the items.
{ }: The contents are required in formats and command descriptions. If the contents are a list separated by |, you must choose one of the items.
...: The preceding element can be repeated an arbitrary number of times.
|: Separates items in a list of choices.

HP-UX Release Name and Release Identifier

Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release name and release identifier. Theuname(1) command with the -r option returns the release identifier. The following table shows the releases available for HP-UX 11i:

Table 2 HP-UX Releases

Release Identifier

Release Name

Supported Processor Architecture

B.11.11

B.11.23

B.11.31

HP-UX 11i v1

HP-UX 11i v2

HP-UX 11i v3

Intel® Itanium®, PA-RISC

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Typographic Conventions

HP-UX Release Name and Release Identifier