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Detailed Description

3Detailed Description

This chapter describes EMS Hardware Monitors in detail. The topics discussed in this chapter include:

•Hardware monitoring architecture.

•Hardware monitoring request manager.

•EMS hardware event monitor.

•Polling or asynchronous?

•Startup client.

•Peripheral status monitor.

•Event monitoring service (EMS).

•File locations.

•Startup process (in detail).

•Asynchronous event detection (in detail).

•Event polling (in detail).

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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 Hardware Monitoring Terms Hardware Monitoring TermsTerm Definition 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 Checking for Special Requirements Disk ArraysProduct Model/Product Special Number Requirements Tape Products all supported by the Scsi Tape Devices Monitor Disk Products Fibre Channel Scsi Multiplexers High Availability Storage Systems Fibre Channel Adapters Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC-AL HubProduct Model/Product Special Requirements Number Fibre Channel Switch MemorySystem Others Interface Cards Using Hardware Monitoring Requests What Is a Monitoring Request?Some 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 13 Default Monitoring Requests for Each MonitorSeverity 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 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 EMS Hardware Event Monitor Polling or Asynchronous?Startup Client Peripheral Status Monitor PSM Event Monitoring Service EMS File Locations 1File LocationsDirectories and Files Description Monitoring Startup Process Startup Process in Detail Disabling Monitoring Event Decoding Asynchronous Event Detection in Detail Asynchronous Event Detection Process FC-AL Hub and FC Switch Polling Processes Event Polling in DetailMemory 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 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 Creating EMS Monitoring Requests for PSM To create a PSM monitoring requestFrom the Actions menu select Add 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 Viewing Monitoring Requests To view the parameters for a monitoring requestFrom the Actions menu select View Monitoring Request Using the setfixed Utility to Restore Hardware UP State To restore the operating state of a resource to UPExample 4-1 Example of Using setfixed Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Monitor Configuration Files File Format Monitor Configuration File EntriesSetting Values Description File Names Eventnum must be a Interval must be aFrequency 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 Default File Entries Default Monitoring RequestsDescription Entry 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