Release Notes for STM on HP-UX 11i v1 (December 2007)

• Overview
• Defect Fixes
• Known Problems
• Documentation
• Defect Reporting
• Online Help
• SD Product Structure

This release notes discuss the HP-UX 11i v1 (December 2007) release of the Support Tools Manager (STM).

Overview

The Support Tools Manager (STM) provides a set of online support tools for the HP-UX system, enabling you to verify and troubleshoot system hardware, and to examine system logs.

STM offers several tool types, including Information tools, Verifiers, Exercisers, Expert tools, Firmware Update tools, Diagnostics and Utilities.

Defect Fixes

The following defects were fixed for the current release:

• JAGag35125
  Systems with more than 64 processors display the status of the CPU exerciser tool as HUNG, before changing the status to SUCCESSFUL. This issue is now fixed.
• JAGag43662
  The Gazemon monitor stops monitoring unexpectedly in the presence of HP DVD 304 on the HP-UX 11i v1 system. This issue is now fixed.
• JAGag34710
  There is a mismatch between the command used to exit the Logtool Utility> command prompt, and the information displayed under Logtool Utility> help. This issue is now fixed. The command used to exit the Logtool Utility> command prompt is cancel. The help information under logtools is modified to reflect this information.
• JAGag41285 / QXCR1000592253
  The psmctd process has a memory leak. As a result, the CPU usage of the system is high. This issue is now fixed.

Known Problems

None

Documentation

For the latest and most complete information on STM refer to the Diagnostics section of Hewlett-Packard's online documentation Web site at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/diag.html

This site provides manuals, tutorials, FAQs, and other reference material.

For the most current information on HP-UX 11i v1 diagnostics, see the following Web pages at the Diagnostics site:

• "DIAGNOSTICS.readme for HP-UX 11i v1 (June 2007)"
• "Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors on HP-UX 11i v1 (June 2007) "

Defect Reporting

Use CHAnge Request Tracker (CHART) to report defects in STM. The project name is diag.stm.tools.hpux for individual tools, and diag.stm.ui.hpux for the user interface. If you do not have access to CHART, contact an HP representative to enter a defect for you.

Online Help

Online help for STM is available at the following Web site.
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/diag/stm/sth_summ.htm

It is available on the local disk at:

xstm main help:
file:/usr/sbin/stm/catalog/C/HP-UX_B.11.11/ui/stmx.htm

mstm main help:
file:/usr/sbin/stm/catalog/C/HP-UX_B.11.11/ui/stmm.htm

cstm main help:
file:/usr/sbin/stm/catalog/C/HP-UX_B.11.11/ui/stmc.htm

SD Product Structure

The product number for STM is B4708AA.

SD PRODUCT: Sup-Tool-Mgr
   Description: On-line Diagnostic System (Series 800/700)

   SD SUB-PRODUCT: Manuals
   Description: Support Tools Manager Manual Pages

      FILESET: STM-MAN
         Description: S800/S700 STM Manual Pages

      FILESET: STM-SHLIBS
         Description: S800/S700 STM Shared Libraries

      FILESET: STM-UI-RUN Corequisite Filesets: STM-SHLIBS
         Description: S800/S700 STM User Interface
         
      FILESET: STM-UUT-RUN  Corequisite Filesets: STM-SHLIBS
         Description: S800/700 STM Unit Under Test Runtime