The WBEM-based hardware diagnostics solution includes the
System Fault Management (SFM) software and WBEM providers. SFM is
a collection of tools used to monitor the health of HP servers running
HP-UX. It retrieves information about a system’s hardware devices
such as CPU, memory, power supply, and cooling devices. It operates
within the WBEM environment, an industry-wide standards-based initiative
to aid the management of large scale systems. HP System Management
Homepage (SMH) is the user interface to SFM functionality on the local
and remote system. It can display hardware properties and error logs,
and provide other functionality which was formerly part of STM and
EMS. The HP System Insight Manager (HP SIM) multi-system management
product also makes use of SFM.
SFM uses the Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM)
WBEM service to route query requests and responses between WBEM providers
and clients. SFM includes instance and indication providers, which
are one set of WBEM providers among many. Apart from SFM providers,
the WBEM-based hardware monitoring solution include other WBEM providers,
such as indication and instance providers for direct attach storage
and IO devices. The SFM and WBEM providers query and provide system
hardware property and event information.
For more information about SFM providers, see System
Fault Management Administrator's Guide at www.docs.hp.com/en/diag.html.
For more information about other WBEM providers, see the HP
WBEM Providers documentation:
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