HP EMS HARDWARE S B6191-90028 manual Steps Involved

Installing and Using Monitors

The Steps Involved

The Steps Involved

The steps involved in installing and configuring hardware monitoring are shown in Figure 2-1 on page 23. Each step is described in detail in this chapter on the page indicated.

Step 1: (HP-UX 10.20 or 11.x only.) Install the Support Tools from the most current copy of Support Plus Media you can find. You can also download this package over the Web. See “Installing EMS Hardware Monitors”. This step is only necessary for HP-UX 10.20 or 11.x. With HP-UX 11i, the Support Tools are automatically installed when the OS is installed.

Step 2: Examine the list of supported products to see if any of your devices have special requirements in order to be monitored. For example, if monitoring FC-AL hubs, edit the file: /var/stm/config/tools/monitor/dm_fc_hub. See “Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor”.

Step 3: (Releases earlier than June 1999 only.) Enable hardware event monitoring. See “Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring”. This step is only necessary if you have a release of the Diagnostic/IPR Media earlier than June 1999.

Step 4: Determine whether default monitoring requests are adequate. See “Viewing Current Monitoring Requests”.

Step 5: Add or modify monitoring requests as necessary. See “Adding a Monitoring Request” and “Modifying Monitoring Requests”.

Step 6: If desired, verify monitor operation (recommended but optional). See “Verifying Hardware Event Monitoring”.

NOTE How Long Will it Take to Get Hardware Monitoring Working?

You can get hardware monitoring installed and working in minutes. Once the software is installed, you simply need to run the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager and enable monitoring. The default hardware monitoring configuration should meet your monitoring requirements without any changes or modifications. If you find that the default monitoring should be customized, you can always return later and add or modify monitoring requests as needed.

NOTE If I'm Already Using EMS HA Monitors, Can I Also Use the EMS GUI to Manage Hardware Monitoring?

For the most part, no. Hardware event monitoring is managed using the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager, which serves the same function the EMS GUI serves for the EMS HA monitors. The only portion of hardware monitoring that is managed using the EMS GUI is status monitoring done using the Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) described in Chapter 4, “Using the Peripheral Status Monitor.”

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