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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Tools

General Diagnostic Tools

The following tools are currently available for support on other Integrity server platforms. The distribution
method is through the Web.
Table 5-13 lists the general diagnostic tools.
Table 5-13 General Diagnostic Tools List
Diagnostic Tool
IPMI Event Decoder
System Event Analyzer (SEA)

Fault Management Overview

The goal of fault management and monitoring is to increase system availability, by moving from a reactive
fault detection, diagnosis, and repair strategy to a proactive fault detection, diagnosis, and repair strategy.
The objectives are:
• To detect problems automatically, as nearly as possible to when they actually occur.
• To diagnose problems automatically, at the time of detection.
• To automatically report in understandable text a description of the problem, the likely cause(s) of the
problem, the recommended action(s) to resolve the problem, and detailed information about the problem.
• To ensure 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 Service and WBEM
provide frameworks for monitoring and reporting events.
SysFaultMgmt WBEM indication providers and the EMS Hardware Monitors allow users to monitor the
operation of a wide variety of hardware products, and alert them immediately if any failure or other unusual
event occurs. By using hardware event monitoring, users can virtually eliminate undetected hardware
failures that could interrupt system operation or cause data loss.
Complete information on installing and using EMS hardware event monitors, as well as a list of supported
hardware, can be found in the EMS Hardware Monitors Users Guide. An electronic copy of this book is
provided on the Web site http://docs.hp.com/hpux/diag.
WBEM indication providers and EMS Hardware Monitors
Hardware monitors are available to monitor the following components (These monitors are distributed free
on the OE media.):
• Chassis/Fans/Environment
• CPU monitor
• UPS monitor*
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Provides detailed information about the IPMI event (Problem
description, cause, action)
Program which automatically analyzes system error logs and IPMI
SEL events. Produces callout reports and FRU information (see
http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/svctools/webes for more
information about this tool).
Description
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