Managing Superdome Complexes: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Planning Superdome Configurations
Building Blocks and Definitions
Appendix A322
Support Management Station (SMS)
The Support Management Station (SMS), sometimes called a scan
station, is an HP-UX workstation (A500 or equivalent) that runs
Superdome diagnostics and testing tools. These tools are used by HP
Customer Engineers or Service Engineers to monitor the health of your
Superdome systems and to aid in system upgrades and hardware
replacement.
An SMS can monitor up to sixteen Superdome complexes; the intention
is that there should be one per site or data center. It is best to install the
SMS near the complex or complexes it manages, so that the diagnostic
tools and the hardware under inspection are all in one spot.
The SMS is connected to the complexes it monitors by means of a
dedicated LAN; a second LAN card can be connected to the local site
LAN. If the SMS monitors more than one complex, it will require a hub
for the dedicated LAN.