HP EMS HARDWARE S B6191-90028 manual Hardware Monitoring Terms

Introduction

Hardware Monitoring Overview

Table 1-1	Hardware Monitoring Terms
	Term	Definition
	Hardware event	A monitor daemon that gathers information on the
	monitor	operational status of hardware resources. Each monitor is
		responsible for watching a specific group or type of hardware
		resources. For example, the tape monitor handles all tape
		devices on the system. The monitor may use polling or
		asynchronous event detection for tracking events.
		Unlike a status monitor, an event monitor does not
		“remember” the occurrence of an event. It simply detects and
		reports the event. An event can be converted into a more
		permanent status condition using the Peripheral Status
		Monitor.
	Hardware resource	A hardware device used in system operation. Resources
		supported by hardware monitoring include mass storage
		devices such as disks and tapes, connectivity devices such as
		hubs and multiplexors, and device adapters.
	MC/ServiceGuard	Hewlett-Packard's application for creating and managing
		high availability clusters of HP 9000 Series 800 computers. A
		high availability computer system allows application
		services to continue in spite of a hardware or software
		failure. Hardware monitoring integrates with
		MC/ServiceGuard to ensure that hardware problems are
		detected and reported immediately, allowing
		MC/ServiceGuard to take the necessary action to maintain
		system availability. MC/ServiceGuard is available at
		additional cost
	Monitoring request	A group of settings that define how events for a specific
		monitor are handled by EMS. A monitoring request identifies
		the severity levels of interest and the type of notification
		method to use when an event occurs. A monitoring request is
		applied to each hardware device (or instance) supported by
		the monitor.
		Monitoring requests are created for hardware events using
		the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager. Monitoring
		requests are created for changes in hardware status using
		the EMS GUI.
	Multiple-view	As of the June 2000 release (IPR 0006), certain monitors will
		allow event reporting to be tailored for different targets
		(clients). This “multiple-view” (“Predictive-enabled”) feature
		will be added to all hardware monitors in future releases.
		Previously, hardware monitors generated events the same
		way for all targets. The problem is that different targets,
		such as Predictive Support, may have different requirements
		for events.

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