Table 5-13 Offline Support Tools List (continued)

Offline Tool

Functional Area

DISKUTIL

Disk test utility (non-destructive)

 

 

COPYUTIL

Data copy utility

 

 

DISKEXPT

Disk expert utility

 

 

IODIAG

I/O diagnostics launch facility (Executes third party diagnostics and runs BIST, if

 

available.)

 

 

CIODIAG2

Core I/O diagnostic

 

 

Specific Card I/O Diagnostics

Card-specific I/O diagnostics/BIST

General Diagnostic Tools

Table 5-14lists genearl diagnostic tools.

Table 5-14 General Diagnostic Tools List

Diagnostic Tool

Description

IPMI Event Decoder

Provides detailed information about IPMI events, such as problem description,

 

cause, and action.

 

 

System Event Analyzer (SEA)

Program that automatically analyzes system error logs and IPMI SEL events.

 

Produces callout reports and CRU information. See

 

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/svctools/webes for information

 

about this tool.

 

 

Fault Management Overview

Fault management and monitoring increases system availability by moving from a reactive fault detection, diagnosis, and repair strategy to a proactive fault detection, diagnosis, and repair strategy. Fault management does the following:

•Detects problems automatically, as near as possible to when they actually occur.

•Diagnoses problems automatically, at the time of detection.

•Automatically reports a description of the problem in understandable text. This includes the likely causes of the problem, the recommended action(s) to resolve the problem, and detailed information about the problem.

•Ensures that tools are available to repair or recover from the fault.

HP-UX Fault Management

Proactive fault prediction and notification is provided on HP-UX by SysFaultMgmt WBEM indication providers, as well as by the Event Management System (EMS). The Event Management System and WBEM provide frameworks for monitoring and reporting events.

SysFaultMgmt WBEM indication providers and the EMS Hardware Monitors enable you to monitor the operation of a wide variety of hardware products, and alert you immediately if any failure or other unusual event occurs. By using hardware event monitoring, you can virtually eliminate undetected hardware failures that could interrupt system operation or cause data loss.

For complete information on installing and using EMS hardware event monitors, as well as a list of supported hardware, see the EMS Hardware Monitors Users Guide at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/diag.

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/diag

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