Event Severity Levels | HP B6191-90029 guide

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Adding a Monitoring Request

Table 2-15	Event Severity Levels (Continued)

Event
Severity		MC/ServiceGuard
Level	Description	Response

Minor	An event that will not likely escalate	If MC/ServiceGuard is
Warning	to a more severe condition if let	installed and this is a
	uncorrected. System operation will	critical component, a
	not be interrupted and normal use of	package fail-over WILL
	the hardware can continue. The	NOT occur.
	problem can be repaired at a
	convenient time.

Information	An event that occurs as part of the	If MC/ServiceGuard is
	normal operation of the hardware. No	installed and this is a
	action is required.	critical component, a
		package fail-over WILL
		NOT occur.

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Manufacturing Part Number B6191-90029 May EMS Hardware Monitors Users Guide Legal Notices Printing History Page Contents Hardware Monitor Conﬁguration Files Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Index Special Procedures Contents Tables Tables Figures Figures About This Manual Related Web sites Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview What is Hardware Monitoring? Components Involved in Hardware Monitoring How Does Hardware Monitoring Work? Beneﬁts of Hardware Monitoring Products Supported by Hardware Monitors Tips for Hardware Monitoring Hardware Monitoring Terms Hardware Monitoring TermsTerm Deﬁnition Hardware Monitoring Terms Hardware Monitoring Terms Hardware Monitoring Overview Chapter Installing and Using Monitors Steps Involved Steps for Installing and Conﬁguring Hardware Monitoring Ioscan Utility Installing EMS Hardware MonitorsSupported System Conﬁguration Removing EMS Hardware Monitors Disk Arrays Checking for Special RequirementsProduct Model/Product Special Number Requirements Tape Products monitored by Scsi Tape Devices Monitor Disk Products Tape Products monitored by Scsi Tape Devices Monitor High Availability Storage Systems Fibre Channel Adapters Fibre Channel Scsi Multiplexers Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC-AL Hub Fibre Channel SwitchProduct Model/Product Special Requirements Number System Memory Interface Cards Others What Is a Monitoring Request? Using Hardware Monitoring RequestsSome Monitoring Request Examples Building a Monitoring Request To run the Monitoring Request Manager, type Running the Monitoring Request Manager Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring Default Monitoring Requests for Each Monitor Default Monitoring RequestsSeverity Levels Notiﬁcation Method To list the descriptions of available monitors Listing Monitor Descriptions To view or show the current monitoring requests Viewing Current Monitoring Requests To add a monitoring request Adding a Monitoring Request Setting Description Monitoring Requests Conﬁguration Settings Event Severity Levels Event Severity MC/ServiceGuard Level Description Response Event Severity Levels Example of Adding a Monitoring Request == ADD Comment Choose DefaultIf Desired == NEW Monitoring To modify a monitoring request Modifying Monitoring Requests Verifying Hardware Event Monitoring Major Checking Detailed Monitoring Status Sample Event Message Retrieving and Interpreting Event MessagesCritical To delete a monitoring request Deleting Monitoring Requests Disabling Hardware Event Monitoring To disable hardware event monitoring Disabling Hardware Event Monitoring Chapter Detailed Description Hardware Monitoring Architecture Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring Hardware Monitoring Request Manager Components from Three Different Applications Polling or Asynchronous? EMS Hardware Event MonitorStartup Client Peripheral Status Monitor PSM Event Monitoring Service EMS File Locations File LocationsDirectories and Files Description Monitoring Startup Process Startup Process in Detail Disabling Monitoring Event Decoding Asynchronous Event Detection in Detail Asynchronous Event Detection Process Event Polling in Detail FC-AL Hub and FC Switch Polling ProcessesPA Memory Monitor Polling Monitoring Polling Process Memory Monitor Polling Process Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring Chapter Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Peripheral Status Monitor Overview How Does the PSM Work? Peripheral Status Monitor PSM States PSM ComponentsPSM Resource Paths PSM Status How Does the PSM Work? Conﬁguring MC/ServiceGuard Package Dependencies with the PSM To create a package resource dependency Conﬁguring Package Dependencies using SAM Resourcepollinginterval Resourceupvalue =UP To create a PSM monitoring request Creating EMS Monitoring Requests for PSMFrom the Actions menu select Add Monitoring Request Monitoring Request Parameters Specifying When to Send Event NotifyDetermining the Frequency of Events Options Selecting Protocols for Sending Events Notify Via Setting the Polling Interval Polling IntervalOpcmsg ITO Critical Major Minor Normal To set the Snmp trap Snmp trapsTCP and UDP To set the TCP or UDP conditions Adding a Notiﬁcation Comment Comment Copying Monitoring Requests To change the monitoring parameters of a request To remove monitoring requests Removing Monitoring Requests To view the parameters for a monitoring request Viewing Monitoring RequestsFrom the Actions menu select View Monitoring Request To restore the operating state of a resource to UP Using the setfixed Utility to Restore Hardware UP StateExample 4-1 Example of Using setfixed Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Hardware Monitor Conﬁguration Files Monitor Conﬁguration File Types Overview Clients Targets for Events Client Conﬁguration FileCreating a Client Conﬁguration File *.clcfg Verifying Monitors with a Test Event Following is a sample of a client conﬁguration .clcfg ﬁle Sample Client Conﬁguration File EQ100INFORMATIONTRUENOTUSED ANY1NONENOOPNOOPNONE #CRITICAL # msa1000 events Client Conﬁguration File File Names Monitor-Speciﬁc and Global Conﬁguration FilesFile Format Monitor Conﬁguration File Entries Setting Values DescriptionEventnum must be a Interval must be a Frequency must be a Monitor Conﬁguration File SettingsEvent Deﬁnition Severity Action Polling Interval Sample Global Conﬁguration FileRepeat Frequency Defineevent 100201 Information = Communication DeviceDefineevent 100301 Information Defineevent 100401 Information Default Default #Dtlpwrsomc 106 Defineevent 100232 Critical Defineevent 100132 CriticalDefineevent 100133 Critical Defineevent 100233 Critical Wrso Defineevent 100150 Critical Critical Default Defineevent 100158 Critical Critical Default # Defineevent 100372 Critical Defineevent 100272 CriticalDefineevent 100472 Critical Defineevent 100572 Critical Defineevent 100376 Critical Defineevent 100075 CriticalDefineevent 100476 Critical Defineevent 100876 Critical Information 114 Sample Monitor-Speciﬁc Conﬁguration File Severityaction Minorwarning Severityaction InformationSeverityaction Majorwarning Severityaction Serious Startup Conﬁguration File Keyword Values Description Startup Conﬁguration File Entries Chapter 119 Default Monitoring Requests Default File EntriesDescription Entry Peripheral Status Monitor PSM Conﬁguration File Considerations for Modifying the PSM Conﬁguration File Monitorresourcename PSM Conﬁguration File Fields 124 Downseveritythreshold Majorwarning Downseverityoperator = Example File Entries 126 Special Procedures Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor Conﬁguring the FC-AL Monitor Conﬁguration File Initial Monitor ConﬁgurationStep Conﬁguration Files Adding or Removing an FC-AL Hub This setting is required Default Setting Value Description PSM Conﬁguration File Fibre Channel Switch Monitor Conﬁguring the FC Switch Monitor Conﬁguration File Adding or Removing an FC SwitchChanging the FC Switch Monitoring Conﬁguration Chapter 135 136 Chapter 137 138 Index 140