General Diagnostic Tools; Fault Management Overview; Hp-Ux Fault Management; General Diagnostic Tools List - HP Integrity rx2660 User's & Service Manual

General Diagnostic Tools

The following tools are currently available for support on other HP 9000 and Integrity server
platforms. The distribution method is through the web.
Table 5-14 General Diagnostic Tools List
Diagnostic Tool
IPMI Event Decoder
System Event Analyzer (SEA)
MCA Analyzer

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 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 HP website http://docs.hp.com/hpux/diag.
Description
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 CRU information
(see
http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/svctools/webes
for more information about this tool).
Program that assists in the evaluation of an MCA or HPMC.
Available as both a standalone, PC-based program, and as a
monitor.
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