Offline Support Tools List; Fault Management Overview; Hp-Ux Fault Management; Wbem Indication Providers - HP Integrity rx2800 i4 User Manual

Offline support tools list

Table 25 Offline Support Tools List
Offline Tool
DFDUTIL
COPYUTIL

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 as follows:
To detect issues automatically, as nearly as possible to when they actually occur.
To diagnose issues automatically, at the time of detection.
To automatically report in understandable text a description of the issue, the likely causes of
the issue, the recommended actions to resolve the issue, and detailed information about the
issue.
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. WBEM provides frameworks for monitoring and reporting events.
SysFaultMgmt WBEM indication providers enable 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.

WBEM indication providers

Hardware monitors are available to monitor the following components (These monitors are distributed
free on the OE media):
Server/fans/environment
CPU monitor
UPS monitor*
FC hub monitor*
FC switch monitor*
Memory monitor
Core electronics components
Disk drives
Ha_disk_array
* No SysFaultMgmt WBEM indication provider is currently available for the above-listed components
followed by an asterisk.

Errors and reading error logs

Event log definitions

Often the underlying root cause of an MCA event is captured by system or iLO MP firmware in
both the System Event and Forward Progress Logs (SEL and FPL, respectively). These errors are
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SAS/SCSI Disk Firmware Update Utility
Data Copy Utility
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