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    EMS Har dware Monitors Us er's Guide Manufacturi ng P art Number: B6191- 90028 September 2001 © Copyrig ht 2001 Hewlett-Packard Company[...]

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    2 Legal Noti ce s The i nform at ion conta ined i n this docu m ent is su bject to cha nge wit ho ut not ice. Hewlet t-P ackard mak es no warrant y of any ki nd with reg ard to thi s manual, i ncludi ng , but not l imite d to , the impl ied warrantie s of me rchan tability an d fitne ss f or a partic ular purpose . Hewl ett-P ackard sh all not be l[...]

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    3 Prin ting Hi stor y Septem ber 2001 Edit ion 1 The printin g dat e and pa rt nu mber i ndicate the c u rren t editi on. T he prin ting da te changes when a new editi on is printed. (Mino r correcti ons and updat es which are incor porated at reprint do not cause the date to ch ange .) The part number changes whe n extensi ve technical changes are[...]

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    Con tents 5 1. Introd uction Ha rdw are Mon ito ring Overvi ew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 What is Hardw are Moni tor ing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 How Does Hardw are Monit orin g W ork? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Con tent s 6 P olling or As ynchr onous? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Star tup Cl ient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 P eripher al Sta tus M oni tor (PSM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Con tents 7 Sample Gl obal Configu rati on Fi le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 Sample Monit or -Spe cific Confi gurat ion F i le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Sta rtup Con fig uratio n F ile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Con tent s 8[...]

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    9 Abo ut Th is Manua l This guid e is inte nded f or u se by s ystem admin istr ators an d o thers inv olved i n manag ing H P- UX s ystem har dwa re r eso ur ces. It d esc rib es th e in sta l latio n an d u se o f E M S Ha rdwa re Moni tor s— an im port a nt too l i n mana ging t he op era tion and healt h of syste m h ardwar e r esour ces. The[...]

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    10 Supp or ting Do cum e ntatio n The follo wing doc umentatio n con tains informat ion related to the in stall ation an d us e of t he hard war e event monit ors: • Sup port Pl us: D iag no sti c s User 's Gui de - provid es in f or mation o n installin g the EM S Hardwar e Mon itors . • Ma nag ing MC/S e rv ice Gua rd (B3936-9002 4) - pr[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction 11 1 Introduction Thi s ch apte r int rod uces the EMS Har dwa re Mo nito rs. The top ics di scus se d in t his ch ap ter inc lud e: • Wha t is hard wa re mo nit or i ng? • H ow does ha rdware mo nito ri ng w ork ? • Benefi ts of ha rdware monit oring • P r odu cts s upp orte d by har dwa re mon ito rin g • Ti ps fo[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introducti on Har d ware Moni toring O verview 12 Hardw are Mon itori ng Overv iew What is Hardware Monitoring? Ha rdwa re m onito r ing is the pr oce ss o f watch ing a ha rd ware re so urc e (su ch as a di sk) fo r the o ccurr e nce of any unusual activit y , call ed an e vent. W hen an event occurs , it is r eporte d using a va riety o[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Har dw are Monitoring Overvie w 13 How D oes Hardw are Mo nitoring W ork? The follo wing f igure sho ws the basic com pone nts involve d in har dware mon itoring. F i gure 1- 1 Com pon ents In volv ed in H ar dwa re Mo ni to ring The typic a l hardw are monito ring proces s w orks as follows: 1. Wh ile moni torin g its hardwa[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introducti on Har d ware Moni toring O verview 14 Benefit s of H ard ware Monitoring Ha rdware m onitor ing pr ovide s the follo wi ng be nefit s: • Reduces s ystem downti me by de tecti ng hardw are fai lures when th ey occu r , a llowin g you to quic kly identify and c orrec t proble ms. • In tegr ates into MC /Serv iceGuar d and ot[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Har dw are Monitoring Overvie w 15 Prod ucts Supported by Hardware Monitors EMS hardw are mo n it ors are provided for a wide ra nge of s ystem hardw are re sources . The fo l lo wing lis t identifie s the types of hardware s uppo rted by m onitors at th e time of pu blic ation. A d etailed list of t he specific har dwa re pr[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introducti on Har d ware Moni toring O verview 16 T ips for H ardware Mo nitoring Her e are some tips f or usin g har dwa re m onit ori ng. ✓ Keep hardwar e monitoring enabled to p rotect your system from unde tected fa ilures . Ha rdw are mon itorin g is an impo rtant too l for maintain ing h igh-ava ilability o n your syste m. In a hi[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Har dw are Monitoring Overvie w 17 Hardware Monitoring T erms The follo wing te rm s a re u sed thr ough out thi s guid e. Un de rstandin g them is impor tant when learnin g how the h ardw are event moni tors wor k and h ow to u se t hem e ffectivel y . T a b le 1-1 H ard w are M o ni tor in g T er m s Te r m D e f i n i t i [...]

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    Chapter 1 Introducti on Har d ware Moni toring O verview 18 Ha rdwa re e vent monit or A mon itor dae mon tha t gath ers info rma tion on the op erat ion al s tatu s o f hard ware reso urce s. Ea ch mo nit or is res pon sib le f or wa tchi ng a sp eci fic gr ou p or type of ha rdw are res ources. F or exam ple, the tape monito r hand les all tape d[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Har dw are Monitoring Overvie w 19 Pe r i p h e r a l S t a t u s Monitor (PSM) Inclu ded wit h the hardw are ev ent monito rs , the PSM is a mo ni tor da em on t hat ac ts as a har dwa re s tat us mon ito r by conver t in g events to changes in ha rdw are res ource sta tus . This pr ovides c omp atibility with MC /Servi ceGu[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introducti on Har d ware Moni toring O verview 20[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors 21 2 Install ing and Usi ng Monitors Thi s ch a pte r in st ruct s y ou on h ow to u se t he EM S Har dwa re M o nito rs to ma na ge your h ardw ar e r eso urce s. The topi cs discu ssed i n t his ch apt e r inc lude : • An overview of the steps invol ved • In stall ing EM S H ardwar e Mon itors • Add[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Th e Steps In volved 22 The S tep s Invo lve d The step s i nvolve d in install ing and con figurin g hardware mon itoring are sh own in Figure 2-1 on page 23. Each ste p is describe d in deta il in this chapte r on the page indicate d. Step 1 : (HP-UX 1 0.20 or 11.x on ly .) In st all the S uppor t T ools[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors The Steps In v olved 23 F igu re 2-1 Th e Step s for Insta lling and C onf igur ing Hardwa re Monito ring[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Inst al l ing EM S Har d w ar e Moni tor s 24 Instal ling EMS Ha rdware Moni tors The E MS Har dware Monito rs software i s dis tri buted with t he S upp ort To ols (diag nostic s). All th e n ecessary files f or har dware monito ring are ins talled au toma tical ly when the S upport Tool s ar e in stalled[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Instal ling E M S Har dware Mo nitors 25 more info rmat ion • If you are using MC /ServiceGuard (option al), you must have version A.10.11 on HP-UX 10. 20, or version A.11.04 for HP-UX 11. x. Removing EMS Hardware Mon it ors The ha rd wa re mon itor ing sof tw are ca n b e r emov ed us ing th e swr emo ve[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Checki ng for Special Requirem ents 26 Checki ng for Speci al Re quirement s Some devices hav e speci al re quirements in or der to be monitor ed. Ex amine the t abl es of supported products below to s ee if any of yo ur devic es h ave spe cial requirem ents. T ab le 2-1 Disk Arrays Prod u ct Mod el /Pr od[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Checki ng for Special Requir emen ts 27 Ta b l e 2 - 2 D i s k P r o d u c t s Prod u ct Mod el /Pr oduct Num ber Spe cial Requirements All di sks bo u nd to t he s disk and di sc30 dri vers an d not u nder the c ontrol of anot her event monitor (suc h as a disk ar ray mo nitor) . Supported b y: Disk Monito[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Checki ng for Special Requirem ents 28 All the tap e product s in the above table are monito red by th e SCSI T ape Dev ices Moni tor . DL T8000 40-slot L ibrary A55 85A, A558 6A, A4682AZ, A4682AH P , A4683AH P March 00 Rele ase DL T8000 60-slot L ibrary A55 87A, A558 8A, A4684AZ, A4684AH P , A4685AH P Mar[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Checki ng for Special Requir emen ts 29 T able 2- 6 F ibr e Chan nel Ad apter s Prod u ct Mod el /Pr oduct Num ber Spe cial Requirements HP F ibre Mass St orage Chann el Adapters Suppor ted by : Fibre Ch annel M ass Storag e C ha nnel Adapter A3404A A3591A A3636A A3740A The foll owing driver revis ions are [...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Checki ng for Special Requirem ents 30 T able 2- 8 F ibr e C hann el Sw itc h Prod u ct Mod el/ Pro duct Nu mbe r Special R equirements HP Fi br e Channel Switch Supported b y: Fibre Chann el Switch Mon itor A5223A Th e FC Switch mo nitor require s: C++ runti me support patches: • 10.20 P HSS_17872 (has [...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Checki ng for Special Requir emen ts 31 Ta b l e 2 - 1 1 I n t e r f a c e C a r d s Prod u ct Mod el /Pr oduct Num ber Spe cial Requirements SCSI1, SCSI2, & SCSI3 in terface c ards . Suppor ted by: SCSI123 M onitor NA None Ta b l e 2 - 1 2 O t h e r s Prod u ct Mod el/P ro duct Nu mbe r Spe cial Requir[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Using Har dware Monitor ing Requests 32 Us ing Har dware Monitor i ng Req uests Mon itori ng requ ests ar e use d to i mpl ement yo ur st rat egy for mo nit or ing hardw are re sou rces . The Har dwa re Monit orin g R equest Man ager is the tool you us e to crea te an d man age har dware event mo nitor ing[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Using Har dware Monit or ing Reque st s 33 F i gur e 2- 2 Bui ldin g a Mon it or ing R e ques t[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Runnin g the Monitoring Request Manager 34 Running the Moni torin g Reques t Manage r NO TE Y ou must be logge d on as root to run t he Monit oring Request M ana ger . T o ru n th e Mo nit ori ng Reque s t Ma nager , t y pe: /etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig The openin g scree n indicates if m onitori ng is c[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Enabling H ar dware Event Monit oring 35 Enabl ing Hard ware Ev ent Mo nitori ng Hardw are ev ent mon itorin g must be enab led to prot ect you r syst em from u ndetect ed har dware failur es . All hardware mon itoring reque sts ar e ign ored while monit oring i s dis abled. On ce monitor ing h as been en a[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s En abl i ng Har dware Event Monitor i ng 36 Defaul t Moni toring Reque sts A set of d efault monitori ng request s are c r eated for each hardw are event monitor . Th ese defau lt request s prov ide a complete lev e l of monitori ng and pr otecti on fo r the h ardw are resou rces u nder the con trol of the[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Listi ng Mon it or Descriptions 37 Listing Moni t or D escriptions One of the first steps in managi ng moni toring re quests is selecti ng the proper monitor for the hardw a re reso u rce. Y o u mus t kn ow wha t h ardw are re sou rc es ea ch m on itor i s res pon si ble fo r to ens ur e th at yo u sele ct [...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s View i ng Cu rrent M onitori ng Requests 38 V iewi ng Cur rent Monitori ng Requests Before addi ng or modifyi ng monitori ng requests , you should examine t he current moni toring r equests . Th e se incl ude the defa ult mo nitor ing req uests cr eated du ri ng system s tart up . By examining the c u rren[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Addin g a Monitor ing Requ est 39 Addi ng a Moni toring R equest Add ing a monito ring requ est is a c onveni ent way to add ano ther n otifica tion me thod fo r a monito r . Ea ch new notific ation meth od requires its ow n monitori ng reque st. Monito ring reques ts ca n only be added at the monitor level[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Addi ng a Monit oring Request 40 new ha rdware will be inclu ded in even t mon itoring. If yo u a dd a new cla ss o f sup po rted har dware re sour ce t o yo ur s ystem , an y mo nitor ing re qu ests tha t a pply to All m onitor s are use d for t he new har dware, en suring that yo ur har dware is prot ect[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Addin g a Monitor ing Requ est 41 Notif ica tion Method Th e following notific ation metho ds are available. EM AIL* - send s notificatio n to the specifie d email addr ess TEXTLO G* - sen ds notific atio n to specif ied file S NMP - sends notif icatio n usin g SN MP t raps CO NSOL E - se nd s notific ation[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Addi ng a Monit oring Request 42 Minor Wa r n i n g An eve nt that will not lik ely escal ate to a mo re s evere con di tio n if let un correct ed. S ystem o peratio n will not be in terrup ted and norma l u se o f th e h ardw are can c ont in ue . Th e problem can be repaired at a conv enie nt tim e. If M[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Addin g a Monitor ing Requ est 43 Example of Adding a Mo nito ring Request The follow ing e xample illu stra tes the pro cess of add ing a monitor ing re quest. In this exam ple a reques t is adde d that will send all C RITI CAL events d etected by the AutoRA ID disk array mon itor to an em ail a ddress of [...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Addi ng a Monit oring Request 44 User Comment: (C)lear (A)dd Enter selection {or (Q)uit,(H)elp} [c] a <== ADD COMMENT Enter comment: [] This is a test message. IF DESIRED Client Configuration File: (C)lear (A)dd Use Clear to use the default file. Enter selection {or (Q)uit,(H)elp} [c] c <== SPECIFY C[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Modifying Mon it oring Reque st s 45 Modifying Monitoring Requests Modifyi ng an existing mon itoring requ est is a conven ient way to alter one of th e settings used in the request . Simply select a moni torin g reques t and the n chang e the desired se tting. All othe r aspect s of the reques t rem ain u [...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s V eri fyin g Hardw a re E v e nt M o nito ri n g 46 V eri fyin g Hardwa re Even t Moni toring Once yo u have crea ted the monito ring requ ests yo u need for your sy stem, you may want to verif y that they are w orki ng as y ou expec t. T he mos t effect ive w ay o f verif ying har dware event monit oring [...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Checki ng D etail ed Monito ri ng Status 47 Checki ng Detail ed Monitor ing Status This op tion lets yo u view t he de taile d informatio n for all acti ve monito ring requ ests. This info rm ation is orga nized by reso urce ins tance, and li sts all the mo nitoring request s curren tly app lied to each ins[...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Retrie vi n g and Interpreti ng Event Messages 48 Retriev ing and Interpre ting E vent Messa ges Even t messages gen erated by hardw are monitori ng can be deli vere d using a va riety of n o tification methods . T o simplify r eceivin g event messa ges you may wan t to use t he email an d/or t extfile not[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing and U sing Monit ors Deleti ng Mon it oring Reque sts 49 Deleti ng Monitoring Re quests Y ou may want to del et e any moni tor re qu es ts fo r a har dwa r e res our ce tha t ha s bee n re mov ed fro m you r system. Only req uests c reated exclu sively for t he mis sing r es our ce s hould be delet ed. CA UTION Use c ar eful c [...]

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    Chapter 2 Instal ling and Using M onitor s Disab l ing H ard ware E vent Mon itoring 50 Disa bling Hardw are Eve nt Mo nitori ng Y o u can disabl e har dware eve nt m onitor ing if d esir ed. Ho wever , all EM S H ardware Monito rs w ill be disabled. Y o u cann ot di sable a spe cific mo nitor . Whi le mo nitorin g is disable d, all mon itoring re [...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escription 51 3 Det ailed Desc ription This ch apter descr ibes EMS H ardware Mo nito rs in detail. Th e topics di scussed in this chapter include: • H ardware moni toring archite cture. • H ardware moni toring reques t ma nager . • EMS hard ware e ve nt mo nit or . • P olling or asyn chrono us? • St art up c lient. ?[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escri ption Th e Detai led Pictur e of Hard w are Monit o ring 52 The D etai led Pict ure o f Hard ware Moni tor ing The follo wing fig ure sh ows th e major compon ents in volved in hardwa re monitor ing and th e communi cation path s between them. F igure 3-1 Hardware Monitori ng Archi tecture[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escription The Detail ed Pict ur e of Hard war e Moni t ori ng 53 Com ponen ts from Three Di fferen t Appli cati ons Hardwa re event monito ring involve s components from three differ ent applica tions: • Event Moni toring System (EMS) pr ovides the framew ork f or eve nt notifi cation . EMS w as orig inally developed to supp[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escri ption Th e Detai led Pictur e of Hard w are Monit o ring 54 EMS Hardware Event Mon itor The EMS hardwa re event mon itor i s the key c omponent in the event monit oring arch itect ure . An ev e nt monit or i s a daemon proc es s , r u nnin g in the backgro und con tinuous ly . The ev ent monit or w atc hes all insta nces [...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escription The Detail ed Pict ur e of Hard war e Moni t ori ng 55 follo wing t he e xec utio n of the IOSCA N u tility , or wh en m anag ing req uests using t he H ardwa re M onitor ing Reque st Ma nage r , the start up clien t reads each c onfigu ratio n file an d crea tes th e moni toring r equest s de fined by t he ent ries [...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escri ption Th e Detai led Pictur e of Hard w are Monit o ring 56 Fil e L o ca t i on s The follo wing tab le lists the locati ons of the files inv olve d in hardwar e moni toring. In the above table, mo nito r_ name is the name of a par ticular moni tor such as armmon . Ta b l e 3 - 1 F i l e L o c a t i o n s Dire ctories and[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escription The Detail ed Pict ur e of Hard war e Moni t ori ng 57 Star tup P roce ss ( in Deta il ) The foll owing s teps des crib e the pr ocess u sed t o s tart t he har dwar e moni toring . Th e startup pr oces s is illustr ated in Figu re 3-2 on pag e 57. The star tup proces s is managed by the startup cli ent ( startc fg_ [...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escri ption Th e Detai led Pictur e of Hard w are Monit o ring 58 Dis abl in g Mon ito ri ng Ha rdware m onitor ing can be dis able d u sing the Ha rdware M onitor ing Req ue st M ana ger . D isab ling mon it oring d isab le s all EMS Ha rdw are Mo ni to rs . Indi vidua l moni tor s cann ot be dis abled using the Hardw are Moni[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escription The Detail ed Pict ur e of Hard war e Moni t ori ng 59 Asynch rono us Ev ent De tect ion ( in De tail ) The foll owing s teps des crib e the pr oc e ss inv olved in asy nchro nous ev ent det ection . Th e async hron ous dete ction is illustr ated in Figure 3- 3 on page 60. 1. A dev ice dr iver det ects an err or du r[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escri ption Th e Detai led Pictur e of Hard w are Monit o ring 60 F igure 3-3 Async hronous Event Detecti on Proces s[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escription The Detail ed Pict ur e of Hard war e Moni t ori ng 61 Event P oll ing ( in Detail ) The follo wing is th e proc ess used for gath ering ev ent inform atio n using p ollin g . The pol ling pr ocess is illustr ated in Figu re 3-4 on pag e 62. 1. At th e interv al def ined by th e pollin g value in the mo nito r config[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escri ption Th e Detai led Pictur e of Hard w are Monit o ring 62 Figur e 3- 4 M on itor ing P ol ling Pr oces s[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escription The Detail ed Pict ur e of Hard war e Moni t ori ng 63 Figur e 3-5 Me mor y Mon ito r P o lli ng Pr oces s[...]

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    Chapter 3 Detailed D escri ption Th e Detai led Pictur e of Hard w are Monit o ring 64[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor 65 4 Using the P eripheral St atus Moni tor This chap ter describe s the periphe ral statu s monitor , whi ch converts h ardware event s to status info rmation fo r use b y M C/Ser vice Guard . The to pics in th is cha pt er i n c lu de: • An overview of the PSM • How to config ure MC/Ser viceGua[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor Per ipher al Status M o nit or Overview 66 P eriphera l Status Mo nitor Overview The pr imary functi on of the peripher al stat us monitor , o r PSM, is t o convert h ardwar e events i nto ch anges in dev ice st at us. The se ch an ges in st at us can then be use d by MC/ Serv ice Gu ard t o cont ro l[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor How Does t he PSM W ork? 67 How Does t he PSM W o rk? The PSM conver ts hard ware events d etected by the EMS H ardwar e Monito rs to “UP ” or “D OWN” stat us, which is us ed by MC/S ervic eGuar d in contro lling pa ckage fail over . Figure 4-1 on p age 68 illus trates ho w the PSM wor ks wi [...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor How Does the P SM W ork? 68 F igu re 4-1 P eriph eral St atus Mo ni tor[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor How Does t he PSM W ork? 69 PSM Components The PSM compri ses the follow ing components , w hi ch are inst alled along wit h t he hard ware ev ent monitor s. Each com pone nt has its ow n man p age co nta ining d etailed inform at ion abo ut its ope rati on. • psmc td - the P eripheral Status Cli e[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor How Does the P SM W ork? 70 The status r esource c lass pat h fo r each mo n itor is incl uded in the mon it or descr iptio ns ar e avai lable on t he W eb at htt p:/ /docs.h p.c om/hpu x/o nlined ocs /diag/e ms/ emd_su mm. htm . An H P-UX m an pag e is available for e ach mon itor . T o access the m [...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor Configur ing MC/ServiceGuar d P ac kage Dependencies with the PSM 71 Con f igu rin g MC /S ervi ceGua rd P ackag e Dep ende ncies with t he PS M The PS M allow s you to cre ate MC/ Serv ice G ua rd pack a g e depen denci es fo r resou rces mon ito red by E MS Ha rdwa re Mo nit ors. T o use th e PSM w[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor Confi guring M C/ServiceGuar d P ackage Depend encies with t he PSM 72 Config uri ng P ac kag e D epe ndenc ies usin g SAM The p rocedu re ass umes y ou have ta ken t he ne cessar y steps t o creat e the package to w hich you w ill be ad din g r eso urce dep e nden cies . Compl et e ins truct io ns f [...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor Configur ing MC/ServiceGuar d P ac kage Dependencies with the PSM 73 Conf iguri ng P acka ge Depe ndenci es by Edi ting the Co nfigura ti on F ile Y o u can also add PSM p ackage d epen dencies by editing the package config uration f ile in /etc/c mcl ust er/pkg .asc ii . See t he Managing M C/Servic[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor Creatin g EMS Monitor ing Requests for PS M 74 Crea ting EMS Monitoring Reques ts for PSM In additi on to cre a tin g M C/S erviceGu ard p ackage depen dencies , y o u can al so u se t he PSM to creat e EM S monit oring reques ts. Because it is a state monitor rather than an event monitor , the proces[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor Monitor ing Requ est Pa r amete r s 75 Monitor ing R equest P arameter s The f ollowin g inf orma tion descr ibes in detail th e mo nitoring r equest param eter s and offe rs tips on h ow t o us e them . Spec ifyin g Whe n to Send Eve nt - <Noti fy> One of the first steps in cr eati ng a monito[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor Moni tori ng Request P arame ter s 76 interval is th e m aximum amo unt of elapse d tim e before EMS will be aware of a ch ange in statu s for th e hard w a re re source be ing m oni tored. A short p ollin g int erval w ill ensur e t hat you h ave r ecent data. Ho wev er , a shor t pollin g int erval [...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor Monitor ing Requ est Pa r amete r s 77 EMS_NORMAL_OID "1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.7.0.1" - Normal notification EMS_ABNORMAL_OID "1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.7.0.2" - Abnormal notification EMS_RESTART_OID "1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.1.7.0.4" - Restart notification Spec ify the ITO message sev[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor Moni tori ng Request P arame ter s 78 T o set for a system lo g notifi catio n: 1. S elect th e Sys log opt ion fro m the < Notify via> li st. Cons ole This option sen ds event n oti fic ation to t he s ys tem consol e . T o set for a co nsol e n oti fica tion: 1. Selec t the Cons ole opti on fr[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor Copyi ng M onit oring Reque sts 79 Copying Monitoring Reque sts Ther e ar e tw o w ays t o use the co py fu ncti on: • T o create request s for multiple re sour ces us ing the sa me m onit oring par ame ters. Thi s is a qu ick way to s et re quests for mu ltiple r esour ces. • To crea te requ est[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor Modi fying Monito r ing Request s 80 Modifying Monitoring Requests T o ch ange the mo nito ring par ame ters of a r eq uest : 1. Fr om th e Event Monitor ing Ser vice mai n s creen, s elect th e monit oring request whose parameters you wis h to mo d ify . 2. Fr om the Actio ns menu sel ect Modi fy M o[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor Removing Mon it or ing Requests 81 Removing Monitor ing Reque sts The Remov e Monitor ing Request s fu ncti ons with mult iple request s as w e ll as single request s . T o remo ve moni tori ng req uests : 1. Fr om th e Event Monitor ing Ser vice ma in s creen, s elec t th e moni toring reques t you [...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor View i ng M onitorin g Requests 82 V iewi ng Monito ring Req uests T o view the pa rameters f or a moni toring re quest: 1. Fr om th e Event Monitor ing Ser vice ma in s creen, s elec t th e moni toring reques t you wish to vi ew and either : • Double- clic k, or •F r o m t h e Ac ti ons menu sele[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eri pheral Status Monitor Using the set_fixed Utility to Restore Hard ware UP State 83 Usi ng the set_fixed U tility to Re store Hardwa r e U P State Mos t har dw are event mon itor s can not det ec t wh en a hard wa re f ail ure ha s be en r epa ire d and t he res ourc e has been r eturned to n or mal oper atio n. Conse quen[...]

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    Chapter 4 Using t he P eripheral Status Monitor Using the set_fixed U tility t o Restor e Har dware UP State 84[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configur ation Files 85 5 Hardware Monit or Configuration Fi les Sever al conf igurati on file s are used to c ontrol the operation of each hardwa re eve nt monitor . The operation of the mo nitor can be altered by e diting the conten ts of the vario us conf igurat ion files. Before al tering the conten ts of a co nfigura[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardwar e Monitor C onf igur at ion Files Moni tor Configu ratio n Files 86 Monitor Con figurat ion F iles Two confi guration files cont rol the o peration of each hardware event monitor : • Gl obal mo nito r co nf igur atio n fi le . The sett ings defin ed in th is file are used for all m onit ors , unless over ridden by a monitor-spec[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configur ation Files Monit or C onfigurat i on Fi l es 87 Fil e N a me s Global configu ration fil e: /va r/st m/c onfig/ too ls/mon ito r/Globa l.c fg The file nam ing c onvent ion for t he startup config uration f iles is: /var/s tm/ con fig/to ols/ monito r/m onitor _na me.cfg monito rna me is t he n am e of t he monit[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardwar e Monitor C onf igur at ion Files Moni tor Configu ratio n Files 88 Conside rat ions f or Modifyin g t he Mo nitor Confi gur atio n File S ettin gs The d efau lt c onfig uration settin gs for each monit or have been c arefu lly select ed to pro vide e ffic ient monito ring for most sys tem s . Howe ver , it may be nec essary to mo[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configur ation Files Monit or C onfigurat i on Fi l es 89 Event Defi n iti on Y o u m ay want to alt er the event def inition in a monito r -spe cific c onfigu ratio n file to chang e the se verit y level ass igned to an event, or to suppress repor ting of an event. NO TE Be aw are that any chang es you make to t he event[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardwar e Monitor C onf igur at ion Files Moni tor Configu ratio n Files 90 SEVERITY_ACTION MAJOR_WARNING NOTIFY SEVERITY_ACTION MINOR_WARNING NOTIFY SEVERITY_ACTION INFORMATION NOTIFY #- # EXPLANATION OF EVENT CONFIGURATION LINES #- # configverb event# severity- action- -msg-number-in-library-catalog- # # DEFINE_EVENT 100001 INFORMATION [...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configur ation Files Monit or C onfigurat i on Fi l es 91 #POLL_INTERVAL 5 # polling interval in minutes #REPEAT_FREQUENCY 1440 # in minutes, for one day #****************************************************************************# #* This list of default actions for each severity also appears in the *# #* global configu[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardwar e Monitor C onf igur at ion Files Startup Configuratio n File 92 St artup Conf igura tion F ile Each ha rdware eve nt moni to r has its own star tup con figur ati on file wh ich co n tains the mo n itori ng re qu es ts curre ntly defined for the monitor . At s tar t up , following the execut ion of the iosc an utility , or whe n u[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configur ation Files Startup C onfigurat ion Fi l e 93 Cons ide rat io ns f or Modi fyin g t he Star tu p Co nfigu rati on File Set tin gs Whil e you c an e dit t he conten ts o f the s tartup config urat ion fi le dir ectly , the b etter appr oach is to use the Ha rdwa re Mo nit oring Requ e st Man age r ( mo nconfi g ) [...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardwar e Monitor C onf igur at ion Files Startup Configuratio n File 94 T a bl e 5-3 Startup Co nfiguration File Entries Keywor d V alues Desc ript ion T a rg et Type (r equi red) V alid va lues incl ude: UDP TCP OP C SNM P TEXTLO G SYSL OG EMAIL CONSOLE Identifies the method of notific ation u sed. Ta r g e t T y p e M o d i f i e r (re[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configur ation Files Startup C onfigurat ion Fi l e 95 Def ault File Entries The follo wing d efault moni toring re ques ts illustra te the stru cture of th e entrie s in the sta rtup conf igurat ion file. T ab le 5-4 Def ault M onit oring Reque sts Des crip tio n En try Entry to send all events to textl og MONITOR: /stor[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardwar e Monitor C onf igur at ion Files P er i pheral Status Monit or (PSM ) Con fi gur ati on File 96 P eriphe ral Status Mo nitor (PSM) Conf igu ration F ile Inter action b etween the PSM and a ha rdware even t monito r is controlle d by a PSM co nfigura tion file. This file define s what se verity le vels wi ll re sult in DOW N statu[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configur ation Files Pe ripheral Status M onitor (P SM) C onfiguration File 97 Conside rat ions f or Modi fyin g t he PSM Conf igurat ion Fil e • T he only ch ang e you sh ould c onsi der m akin g to the PSM conf igur ation file is rede fin ing th e se verity le vels which cause a chang e to DOWN stat us. By default, SE[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardwar e Monitor C onf igur at ion Files P er i pheral Status Monit or (PSM ) Con fi gur ati on File 98 T ab le 5-5 P SM Co nfigura tion File Field s Keywor d V alu es De scripti o n MONITOR_RESO URCE_NAME (required) A valid event monitor reso urc e p ath nam e Identif ies th e hardware even t moni tor to whic h th e entry a pplies No te[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configur ation Files Pe ripheral Status M onitor (P SM) C onfiguration File 99 DOWN_SEVERITY_THRESHOLD (Option al. This v alue is requ ired if DOWN_SEVERITY_OPERATOR is specifie d) V alid valu es inclu de: CRITICAL S ERIOUS ( De fault) MAJ OR _W AR NING MIN OR _W AR NING INFORM A TIO NAL De fi ne s th e ev en t se ve ri t[...]

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    Chapter 5 Hardwar e Monitor C onf igur at ion Files P er i pheral Status Monit or (PSM ) Con fi gur ati on File 100 Example F ile Entries The follo wing e xamples illustr ate the var ious type s of file entr ies that can be ma de fo r the PSM m onitor . Example 1: U se all defau lt valu es. SERIOUS a nd CRITICAL ev ent will c ause DOWN stat us. MON[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures 101 6 Special Proce dures This chapter describes t he s pecial procedure s requ ired for th e Fi bre Channel Arbi trated L oop Moni tor ( dm_fc_ hub ), an d fo r t he F ib r e Ch a nn el S w it ch M on i to r ( dm_fc_ sw) .[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibr e Channel A rbi trated L oop Hub Monitor 102 F ibr e Chan nel Arb itrated L oop H ub Monitor His tor y • IPR 9902: Initial release Su ppor ted Pr od uc ts • Fibre Channel Arb itrated Loop Hub Mode l A3 724A • Fibre Channel Arb itrated Loop Hub Mode l A4 839A Spec ial Req uirem ents The FC- AL Hub monitor r eq[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibr e Channel A rbi trated Loo p Hub Moni tor 103 In itia l Mo ni tor Con f igur a tio n Unlike the oth er EMS H ardware Monitor s, t he FC-A L hub mo nitor requ ires s ome initial c onfigu ra tion befo re it will fun ction. Be cause a FC -AL hub is not par t of the host 's con figuratio n, the ho st cann ot dete [...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibr e Channel A rbi trated L oop Hub Monitor 104 Addi ng or Remo ving an FC -AL H ub Add ing or r emov ing a hub fro m th e m on itor con figur ation invo lves cha nging th e sa me con figu ration fil e sett ings des crib ed in t he prece din g pr ocedur e, HUB_ COUNT and HUB_X_ IP_ ADDRES S . Chan gi ng th e F C-A L H[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibr e Channel A rbi trated Loo p Hub Moni tor 105 • Re peat Freq uen cy: 1 day (1440 minute s) • Severi ty Action: Notify for all le vels The hub m onit or also uses th e followin g settin gs to config ur e the SNMP e nviro nmen t used by the hub. Note that t wo of thes e sett ings ( HU B_COUNT an d H UB_ X_IP_A DD[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibr e Channel A rbi trated L oop Hub Monitor 106 PSM Co nf igur atio n File File name: /var /st m/conf ig/t ool s/moni tor /dm_fc _hu b.psmcf g Defaul t s etting s: • PSM Resou rce Nam e: /conn ectivi ty/ status/ hub s/F C_hub • St ate H and ling : Requ ires th e use of se t_fixed to set UP s tate . • DOWN s ta t[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibre Chann el Swi tc h Monitor 107 F ibr e Chan nel Swi tch Monito r His tor y • IPR 9904: Initial release Su ppor ted Pr od uc ts • G igabit Fibre Channel Sw itch Model A5223A Spec ial Req uirem ents The FC Switch monitor requires : C++ r untime s upport pat ches: • 10 .20 PHSS_16585 (supersed es PHSS _14262) ?[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibr e Channel Switch M onitor 108 Con figur ing t he FC Switc h Mo nito r Conf igur ati on F ile T o conf igur e the FC swit ch monito r conf igurat ion file comp let e the followin g step s: Step 1. Dete rmin e w hich swit che s you wa nt th e moni to r to be re spo n sible for . R ecord th e IP add re ss f or eac h o[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibre Chann el Swi tc h Monitor 109 Chan gi ng th e F C Sw itch Mo nit orin g Conf igu rat io n T o change t he F C switc h monit oring conf igurati on co mpete th e follow ing st eps: Step 1. Det ermine the IP a ddres s for ea ch switc h you are add ing or deleti ng. Step 2. Open file /var /st m/co nfig/t ool s/moni to[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibr e Channel Switch M onitor 110 what swit ches should mon itored . Ch ang es t hat in volve add ing o r de leting switc hes to th e c onfigu ratio n f ile while th e mon itor is runn ing will b e invoked at the next polling inte rval, or follo wing th e selec tion of th e (E)nable M oni toring opti on fr om th e H ar[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibre Chann el Swi tc h Monitor 111 PSM Co nf igur atio n File File name: /var /st m/conf ig/t ool s/moni tor /dm_fc _sw .psmcfg Defaul t s etting s: • PSM Resou rce Nam e: /conn ectivi ty/ status/ swi tch es/FC_ sw • St ate H and ling : Requ ires th e use of se t_fixed to set UP s tate . • DOWN s ta te ma pping :[...]

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    Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibr e Channel Switch M onitor 112[...]

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    113 A addin g event monitor ing requests , 39 add ing P SM mo ni torin g re ques ts , 74 asy nch rono us eve nt det ect ion , 54 , 59 , 60 C cha nging d evic e status , 83 ch ecking de t ail ed monit ori ng sta tus , 47 con f i guration file s globa l , 86 , 89 , 90 modifyi ng , 88 modifyi ng PSM , 97 modifyi ng startu p , 93 monito r , 54 monit or[...]

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    Index 114 desc ription , 54 har dwa re m on ito rin g benefits , 14 con figuratio n file s , 85 detai led d escription , 52 disab ling , 50 , 58 enab ling , 35 files inv olve d , 56 how it works , 13 over view , 12 start up process , 57 support ed hardware , 15 High Availab ility Storage Syste ms support ed by monitors , 28 hub mon itor add ing o r[...]

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    Index 115 U UPS support ed by monitors , 28 V veri fyi ng eve nt mon itori ng re que sts , 46 view ing ev ent mon itoring reque sts , 38 viewi ng PSM monito ring reque sts , 82 , 83[...]