HP B6191-90029 - Manual (Page 18)

Chapter 1
Introduction
Hardware Monitoring Overview
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Benefits of Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring provides the following benefits:
• Reduces system downtime by detecting hardware failures when they occur, allowing you to quickly
identify and correct problems.
• Integrates with MC/ServiceGuard and other applications responsible for maintaining system availability.
These applications can now add many hardware resources to the components they monitor.
• Minimizes the time required to isolate and repair failures through detailed messages describing what the
problem is and how to fix it.
• Includes a default monitoring configuration that offers immediate protection for your system hardware
without any intervention on your part after monitoring is enabled.
• Provides a common tool for monitoring a wide variety of system hardware resources.
• Offers a variety of notification methods to alert you when a problem occurs. You no longer need to check
the system console to determine if something has gone wrong.
• Requires minimal maintenance once installed and configured. New hardware resources added to the
system are automatically included in the monitoring structure.