The Steps Involved - HP B6191-90029 User Manual

Installing and Using Monitors

The Steps Involved

The Steps Involved
The steps involved in installing and configuring hardware monitoring are shown in Figure 2-1 on page 27.
Each step is described in detail in this chapter on the page indicated. Installation of Support Tools is
necessary if you have Diagnostic/IPR Media release earlier than the June 1999 release only. With HP-UX 11i,
the Support Tools are automatically installed when the OS is installed.
Step 1: Install the Support Tools from the most current copy of Support Plus Media you can find. You can
also download this package over the Web. See "Installing EMS Hardware Monitors". This step is
necessary if you have Diagnostic/IPR Media release earlier than the June 1999 release only.
Step 2: Examine the list of supported products to see if any of your devices has special requirements in
order to be monitored. For example, if monitoring FC-AL hubs, edit the file:
/var/stm/config/tools/monitor/dm_fc_hub. See "Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor".
Step 3: Enable hardware event monitoring. See "Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring". This step is
necessary if you have Diagnostic/IPR Media release earlier than the June 1999 release only.
Step 4: Determine whether default monitoring requests are adequate. See "Viewing Current Monitoring
Requests".
Step 5: Add or modify monitoring requests as necessary. See "Adding a Monitoring Request" and
"Modifying Monitoring Requests".
Step 6: If desired, verify monitor operation (recommended, but optional). See "Verifying Hardware Event
Monitoring".
NOTE How Long Will it Take to Get Hardware Monitoring Working? (For Diagnostic/IPR
Media released earlier than the June 1999 release only.)
You can get hardware monitoring installed and working in minutes. Once the software is
installed, you simply need to run the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager and enable
monitoring. The default hardware monitoring configuration should meet your monitoring
requirements without any changes or modifications. If you find that the default monitoring
should be customized, you can always return later and add or modify monitoring requests as
needed.
NOTE If I'm Already Using EMS HA Monitors, Can I Also Use the EMS GUI to Manage
Hardware Monitoring?
For the most part, no. Hardware event monitoring is managed using the Hardware Monitoring
Request Manager, which serves the same function the EMS GUI serves for the EMS HA
monitors. The only portion of hardware monitoring that is managed using the EMS GUI is
status monitoring done using the PSM described in Chapter 4, "Using the Peripheral Status
Monitor."
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