Management By Psa; Psa Functions; Monitoring Mechanism; Acquiring Hardware Monitoring/Configuration Information - Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series General Description Manual

PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series General Description
CHAPTER 4 Functions Provided by the PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series
4.3

Management by PSA

This section provides an overview of the PSA management function.
Note
PSA is provided only with the PRIMEQUEST 1800E.
In the PRIMEQUEST 1800E2, SVS provides the management function of PSA. For details on the SVS function,
see the SVS manual.
4.3.1

PSA functions

PSA monitors the CPU, memory on the SB, and all other mounted hardware units in a partition. It also monitors
the IOB and GSPB as well as the HDDs on the SAS disk unit and PCI Express slots. If the PCI_Box is connected,
PSA also monitors the PCI card in the PCI_Box.
PSA on each partition operates independently of the PSA on each other partition, and it is linked with the MMB.
The MMB Web-UI is used for PSA operations.
4.3.2

Monitoring mechanism

PSA monitors the log output to the system log (Linux and VMware) and event log (Windows), filters the events
that have occurred according to the filter definition in PSA, and takes the required action (e.g., e-mail notification,
REMCS notification, TRAP notification, log output) depending on the result.
To issue reports, the monitoring mechanism uses a dedicated LAN between PSA and the MMB to link with the
MMB. The reports are sent through the MMB.
Notes
For VMware, the hardware messages below, which are output to the Console OS system logs, are monitored. The
relevant sections of the PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series Message Reference (C122-E111EN) are indicated in
parentheses. See these sections for details on messages.
- LAN (3.1.5 LAN-related messages [Linux])
- FC (3.1.6 Fibre Channel messages [Linux])
- SCSI (3.1.7 SCSI messages [Linux])
However, the driver messages of the SCSI common layer and those specific to VMware and different from those
of Linux are not monitored. Also, vmkernel or vmkwarning is not monitored.
4.3.3

Acquiring hardware monitoring/configuration information

Hardware monitoring/configuration information is acquired from a lower-level driver.
- For monitoring/configuration management of a PCI card and connection I/O: Via the I/O driver (LAN, FC,
or SCSI)
- For resources configuring a partition (SB, CPU, or DIMM): Via the IPMI driver
PSA also uses SNMP/MIB and the Trap function to link with operations management software (e.g., Systemwalker).
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