Document Outline

• 1 Introduction
  • Hardware Monitoring Overview
    • What is Hardware Monitoring?
    • How Does Hardware Monitoring Work?
    • Benefits of Hardware Monitoring
    • Products Supported by Hardware Monitors
    • Tips for Hardware Monitoring
    • Hardware Monitoring Terms
• 2 Installing and Using Monitors
  • The Steps Involved
  • Installing EMS Hardware Monitors
    • IOSCAN Utility
    • Supported System Configuration
    • Removing EMS Hardware Monitors
  • Checking for Special Requirements
  • Using Hardware Monitoring Requests
    • What Is a Monitoring Request?
    • Some Monitoring Request Examples
  • Running the Monitoring Request Manager
  • Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring
    • Default Monitoring Requests
  • Listing Monitor Descriptions
  • Viewing Current Monitoring Requests
  • Adding a Monitoring Request
    • Example of Adding a Monitoring Request
  • Modifying Monitoring Requests
  • Verifying Hardware Event Monitoring
  • Checking Detailed Monitoring Status
  • Retrieving and Interpreting Event Messages
    • Sample Event Message
  • Deleting Monitoring Requests
  • Disabling Hardware Event Monitoring
• 3 Detailed Description
  • The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring
    • Components from Three Different Applications
    • Hardware Monitoring Request Manager
    • EMS Hardware Event Monitor
    • Polling or Asynchronous?
    • Startup Client
    • Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM)
    • Event Monitoring Service (EMS)
    • File Locations
    • Startup Process (in Detail)
      • Disabling Monitoring
    • Asynchronous Event Detection (in Detail)
      • Event Decoding
    • Event Polling (in Detail)
      • FC-AL Hub and FC Switch Polling Processes
      • PA Memory Monitor Polling
• 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor
  • Peripheral Status Monitor Overview
  • How Does the PSM Work?
    • PSM Components
    • PSM States
    • PSM Resource Paths
  • Configuring MC/ServiceGuard Package Dependencies with the PSM
    • Configuring Package Dependencies using SAM
    • Configuring Package Dependencies by Editing the Configuration File
  • Creating EMS Monitoring Requests for PSM
  • Monitoring Request Parameters
    • Specifying When to Send Event - <Notify>
    • Determining the Frequency of Events - <Options>
    • Setting the Polling Interval - <Polling Interval>
    • Selecting Protocols for Sending Events - <Notify Via>
      • opcmsg ITO
      • SNMP traps
      • TCP and UDP
      • email
      • syslog
      • Console
      • Textlog
    • Adding a Notification Comment - <Comment>
  • Copying Monitoring Requests
  • Modifying Monitoring Requests
  • Removing Monitoring Requests
  • Viewing Monitoring Requests
  • Using the
• 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files
  • Overview
    • Understanding Multiple-View and Non-Multiple-View Monitor Classes
    • Monitor Configuration File Types
  • Client Configuration File
    • Clients: Targets for Events
    • Creating a Client Configuration File (*.clcfg)
    • Verifying Monitors with a Test Event
    • Sample Client Configuration File
  • Monitor-Specific and Global Configuration Files
    • File Names
    • File Format
    • Considerations for Modifying the Monitor Configuration File Settings
    • Monitor Configuration File Settings
      • Event Definition
      • Severity Action
      • Polling Interval
      • Repeat Frequency
    • Sample Global Configuration File
    • Sample Monitor-Specific Configuration File
  • Startup Configuration File
    • File Names
    • File Format
    • Considerations for Modifying the Startup Configuration File Settings
    • Default File Entries
  • Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File
    • File Names
    • File Format
    • Considerations for Modifying the PSM Configuration File
    • Example File Entries
  • Pushing EMS Hardware Monitors configuration to multiple systems
• 6 Special Procedures
  • Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor
    • History
    • Supported Products
    • Special Requirements
    • Resource Path
    • Executable File
    • Monitor Behavior
    • PSM State Control
    • Initial Monitor Configuration
      • Configuring the FC-AL Monitor Configuration File
    • Adding or Removing an FC-AL Hub
      • Changing the FC-AL Hub Monitoring Configuration
    • Configuration Files
      • Startup Configuration File
      • Monitor Configuration File
      • PSM Configuration File
  • Fibre Channel Switch Monitor
    • History
    • Supported Products
    • Special Requirements
    • Resource Path
    • Executable File
    • Monitor Behavior
    • PSM State Control
    • Initial Monitor Configuration
      • Configuring the FC Switch Monitor Configuration File
    • Adding or Removing an FC Switch
      • Changing the FC Switch Monitoring Configuration
    • Configuration Files
      • Startup Configuration File
      • Monitor Configuration File
      • PSM Configuration File