Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors on HP-UX 11i v1 (December 2006)

• Overview
  • What Is New in This Version
• Configuring Hardware Monitoring
• Monitors Provided
• Monitor Dependencies
• Changes
  • Changes to Multiple Monitors
  • Changes to Individual Monitors
  • Changes to Platform and Interface
  • Customer-Viewable Interface Changes
• Known Problems
• Reporting Defects
• Product Structure
• Product Documentation

These release notes cover the December 2006 release of Support Plus for HP-UX 11i v1.

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

Overview

Hardware event monitoring enables you to eliminate undetected hardware failures that can interrupt system operation or cause data loss. The EMS Hardware Monitors are an important set of tools for maintaining system availability. The EMS Hardware Monitors enable you to monitor operations of a wide variety of hardware resources, and alert you immediately in the event of a failure or if an unusual event occurs. These monitors are included in the OnlineDiag bundle.

Hardware event monitoring provides a high level of protection against system hardware failure.

What Is New in This Version

• A new EMS Hardware Monitor, called the gazemon monitor is included to monitor the following Just a Bunch of Disks (JBODs) for enclosure services:
  
  • M5114
  • M5214
• Starting with the HP-UX 11i v1 December 2006 release, the Fibre Channel SCSI Multiplexer (dm_fc_scsi_mux) is obsoleted.

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, monitors report events with severity levels, Major, Warning, Serious, or Critical in the following ways:

• Written to /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log file
• Sent to the root E-mail address

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

Monitors Provided

Following are the monitors provided:

• AutoRAID Disk Array (armmon)
• Chassis Code Monitor (dm_chassis)
• Core Hardware (dm_core_hw)
• Chassis Event Monitor (ia64_corehw)
• CPU (lpmc_em)
• Disk (disk_em)
• Disk Array FC60 (fc60mon)
• Fast Wide SCSI Disk Array (fw_disk_array)
• Fibre Channel Adapters (dm_FCMS_adapter)
• Fibre Channel Adapter Model A5158 (dm_TL_adapter)
• Fibre Channel Adapter Model A6826A Monitor (dm_QL_adapter)
• Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub (dm_fc_hub)
• Fibre Channel Switch (dm_fc_sw)
• Forward Progress Log Monitor (fpl_em)
• High Availability Disk Array (ha_disk_array)
• High Availability Storage System (dm_ses_enclosure)
• iSCSI Device Adapter (dm_iscsi_adapter)
• LPMC (lpmc_em) is now renamed to CPU Monitor as of the June 02 release
• Memory (dm_memory)
• MSA 1000 Storage Disk Array (msamon)
• Remote (RemoteMonitor)
• SCSI Card (scsi123_em)
• SCSI Cascade (scsi_cascade)
• SCSI Disk (scsi_disk)
• System Status (sysstat_em)
• UPS (dm_ups)

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:

• The Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor and the Fibre Channel Switch Monitor have special requirements. For more information, see the EMS Hardware Monitors User's Guide at:
  http://docs.hp.com/en/2512/B6191-90029.pdf.
• If your system consists of HP SureStore E Disk Array FC60, a patch is required to run the fc60mon monitor or the STM tools.
  For more information on the patches required, see the DIAGNOSTIC.readme file

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

Changes

Following lists the changes that apply to EMS Hardware Monitors for the December 2006 release:

• Changes to Multiple Monitors
• Changes to Individual Monitors
• Changes to Platform and Interface
• Customer-viewable Interfaces

Changes to Multiple Monitors

• N/A

Changes to Individual Monitors

Following are the changes that apply to individual monitors:

• AutoRAID Disk Array (armmon)
  
  • Not applicable
• Chassis Code Monitor (dm_chassis)
  
  • Not applicable
• Core Hardware Monitor (dm_core_hw)
  
  • Not applicable
• Chassis Event Monitor (ia64_corehw)
  
  • Not applicable
• CPU Monitor (lpmc_em)
  

  Note: Starting from June 2002 release, LPMC (lpmc_em) was renamed CPU. The binary name is still lpmc_em. The name was changed to reflect the monitor's enhancement to check floating-point functionality of the CPU.

  • Not applicable
• Disk Array FC60 Monitor (fc60mon)
  
  • Not applicable
• Fast Wide SCSI Disk Array (fw_disk_array)
  • Not applicable
• Disk Monitor (disk_em)
  
  • Not applicable
• Fibre Channel Adapters (dm_FCMS_adapter)
  
  • Not applicable
• Fibre Channel Adapter Model A5158 Monitor (dm_TL_adapter)
  
  • Not applicable
• Fibre Channel Adapter Model A6826A Monitor (dm_QL_adapter)
  • Not applicable
• Fibre Channel Switch (dm_fc_sw)
  
  • Not applicable
• Forward Progress Log Monitor (fpl_em)
  
  • Not applicable
• High Availability Disk Array Monitor (ha_disk_array)
  
  • Not applicable
• High Availability Storage System (dm_ses_enclosure)
  
  • Not applicable
• iSCSI Device Adapter (dm_iscsi_adapter)
  • Not applicable
• Memory Monitor (dm_memory)
  
  • Not applicable
• Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM/psmmon)
  
  • Not applicable
• MSA 1000 Storage Disk Array (msamon)
  
  • Not applicable
• Remote Monitor (RemoteMonitor)
  
  • Not applicable
• SCSI Card Monitor (scsi123_em)
  
  • Not applicable
• SCSI Cascade Monitor (scsi_cascade)
  
  • Not applicable
• SCSI Disk (scsi_disk)
  
  • Not applicable
• System Status Monitor (sysstat_em)
  
  • Not applicable
• UPS Monitor (dm_ups)
  
  • Not applicable

Changes to Platform and Interface

• Not applicable

Customer-viewable Interfaces

• Not applicable

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.

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.

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

Product Documentation

Following are the documents related to EMS Hardware Monitors available at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/

• Data Sheets
• EMS Hardware Monitors Quick Reference Guide
• EMS Hardware Monitors User's Guide
• EMS HW Monitors for Hitachi Systems Running HP-UX
• Event Descriptions
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Multiple-View (Predictive-Enabled) Monitors
• Overview
• Quick Start: Anatomy of a Monitor (Controlling and Learning About Monitors)
• Requirements and Supported Products
• Release Notes

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