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Installing and Using Monitors

Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring

Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring

Hardware event monitoring must be enabled to protect your system from undetected hardware failures. All hardware monitoring requests are ignored while monitoring is disabled. Once monitoring has been enabled, all hardware event monitors and their associated monitoring requests will become operational.

NOTE	As of the June 1999 release, the hardware event monitors are automatically enabled when the
	Support Tools bundle containing STM and the monitors is installed.

NOTE Are There Any Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hubs or Fibre Channel Switches You Want to Monitor?

An EMS Hardware Monitor is included for FC-AL hubs and FC switches. However, unlike the other hardware monitors, these monitors require some initial configuration before they will function. To ensure that your FC-AL hubs or FC switches are monitored, you should perform the initial configuration before enabling monitoring. For information on performing the initial configuration, refer to “Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor”, and “Fibre Channel Switch Monitor” in Chapter 6, “Special Procedures.” When you have configured these monitors. return here and continue with the procedure to enable monitoring.

To enable hardware event monitoring (only necessary for February and April 1999 releases):

1. Run the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager by typing:

/etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig

2. From the main menu selection prompt, enter E

Hardware event monitoring is now enabled. The default monitoring requests shown in Table 2-13 on page 36 will be used to monitor your hardware. If these settings are adequate, you are done. If you want to add or modify the monitoring you can do so using the Monitoring Request Manager.

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Contents

Manufacturing Part Number B6191-90028 September EMS Hardware Monitors Users Guide Legal Notices Printing History Page Contents Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Special Procedures Contents About This Manual Related Web Site 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 Term Definition Hardware Monitoring TermsHardware Monitoring Terms Hardware Monitoring Terms Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview Chapter Installing and Using Monitors Steps Involved Steps for Installing and Configuring Hardware Monitoring Supported System Configuration Installing EMS Hardware Monitors Removing EMS Hardware Monitors Product Model/Product Special Number Requirements Checking for Special RequirementsDisk Arrays Tape Products all supported by the Scsi Tape Devices Monitor Disk Products Fibre Channel Scsi Multiplexers High Availability Storage Systems Product Model/Product Special Requirements Number Fibre Channel AdaptersFibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC-AL Hub System Fibre Channel SwitchMemory Others Interface Cards Some Monitoring Request Examples Using Hardware Monitoring RequestsWhat Is a Monitoring Request? Building a Monitoring Request To run the Monitoring Request Manager, type Running the Monitoring Request Manager Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring Severity Levels Notification Method Default Monitoring Requests13 Default Monitoring Requests for Each Monitor 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 14 Monitoring Requests Configuration Settings 15 Event Severity Levels Event Description MC/ServiceGuard Severity Response Level Event Severity Levels Example of Adding a Monitoring Request == ADD Comment To modify a monitoring request Modifying Monitoring Requests Verifying Hardware Event Monitoring Events = Checking Detailed Monitoring Status Sample Event Message Retrieving and Interpreting Event Messages To delete a monitoring request Deleting Monitoring Requests Disabling Hardware Event Monitoring To disable hardware event monitoring Detailed Description Hardware Monitoring Architecture Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring Hardware Monitoring Request Manager Components from Three Different Applications Startup Client EMS Hardware Event MonitorPolling or Asynchronous? Peripheral Status Monitor PSM Event Monitoring Service EMS Directories and Files Description File Locations1File Locations Monitoring Startup Process Startup Process in Detail Disabling Monitoring Event Decoding Asynchronous Event Detection in Detail Asynchronous Event Detection Process Memory Monitor Polling FC-AL Hub and FC Switch Polling ProcessesEvent Polling in Detail 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 Status PSM ComponentsPSM States PSM Resource Paths How Does the PSM Work? Chapter To create a package resource dependency Configuring Package Dependencies using SAM Resourcepollinginterval Resourceupvalue =UP From the Actions menu select Add Monitoring Request Creating EMS Monitoring Requests for PSMTo create a PSM monitoring request Determining the Frequency of Events Options Specifying When to Send Event NotifySetting the Polling Interval Polling Interval Monitoring Request Parameters To set the opcmsg ITO Selecting Protocols for Sending Events Notify ViaOpcmsg ITO Critical Major Minor Normal To set for email notification To set the Snmp trapTCP 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 From the Actions menu select View Monitoring Request Viewing Monitoring RequestsTo view the parameters for a monitoring request Example 4-1 Example of Using setfixed Using the setfixed Utility to Restore Hardware UP StateTo restore the operating state of a resource to UP Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Monitor Configuration Files File Format Monitor Configuration File EntriesSetting Values Description File Names Frequency must be a Eventnum must be aInterval must be a Polling Interval Sample Global Configuration FileEvent Definition Severity Action = Communication Device Sample Monitor-Specific Configuration File #POLLINTERVAL Startup Configuration File Keyword Values Description Startup Configuration File Entries UDP Description Entry Default File EntriesDefault Monitoring Requests Peripheral Status Monitor PSM Configuration File Considerations for Modifying the PSM Configuration File Monitorresourcename PSM Configuration File Fields Critical Downseverityope Example File Entries Special Procedures Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor Configuring the FC-AL Monitor Configuration File Initial Monitor Configuration Adding or Removing an FC-AL Hub Configuration Files This setting is required Setting Default Description Value PSM Configuration File Fibre Channel Switch Monitor Configuring the FC Switch Monitor Configuration File Adding or Removing an FC Switch Changing the FC Switch Monitoring Configuration 2PSM Configuration File Fields Special Procedures 112 Index 114 115