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Chapter 2
Installing and Using Monitors
The Steps Involved
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The Steps Involved
The steps involved in installing and configuring hardware monitoring are shown in Figure 2-1 on page 23.
Each step is described in detail in this chapter on the page indicated.
Step 1: (HP-UX 10.20 or 11.x only.) 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 only necessary for HP-UX 10.20 or 11.x. With HP-UX 11i, the Support Tools are
automatically installed when the OS is installed.
Step 2: Examine the list of supported products to see if any of your devices have 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: (Releases earlier than June 1999 only.) Enable hardware event monitoring. See “Enabling
Hardware Event Monitoring”. This step is only necessary if you have a release of the Diagnostic/IPR
Media earlier than June 1999.
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?
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 Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) described in Chapter 4,
“Using the Peripheral Status Monitor.”