Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012

1 Introduction
The System Fault Management (SFM) supports HP Integrity Superdome 2 (HP Superdome 2), HP
Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2 & BL890c i2 Server Blades and rx2800 i2 in addition to other HP
Integrity Servers. All the features supported on systems running the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system
are available for HP Integrity Servers.
This chapter introduces you to the System Fault Management (SFM) software and the tools that
SFM includes.
The chapter discusses the following topics:
• “Overview” (page 7)
• “Features and benefits” (page 7)
• “Components of SFM” (page 9)
• “User interfaces” (page 15)
• “Architecture” (page 15)
Overview
The SFM software is a collection of tools used to monitor the health of HP servers running HP-UX
and deconfiguring the CPU, memory etc. based on the events. SFM retrieves information about a
system’s hardware devices such as CPU, memory, power supply, and cooling devices. SFM operates
within the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) environment.
WBEM is an industry-wide standards-based initiative to aid the management of large scale systems.
WBEM has the following components:
• A WBEM infrastructure, such as HP WBEM services. SFM uses the Common Information Model
Object Manager (CIMOM) WBEM service to route query requests and responses between
WBEM providers and clients. Clients must be compliant with the Common Information Model
(CIM) (2.7.2 or later) schema of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).
• A WBEM-based network management application, such as the HP Systems Insight Manager
(HP SIM) and HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH), a user interface for controlling
and monitoring resources within a large-scale system. SFM can use HP SIM to display query
information for local and remote systems.
• WBEM providers that obtain information. SFM includes instance and indication providers,
which are one set of WBEM providers among many. SFM providers query and provide system
hardware property and event information.
You must be familiar with WBEM technology before reading this guide. For more information on
WBEM technology, see the HP WBEM Services for HP-UX and Linux System Administrator's Guide
and HP WBEM Services Release Notes at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs
Features and benefits
SFM dynamically queries property information about a hardware device on a local or remote
system. It offers the following features and benefits:
• Displays information on standards-compliant graphical and command-line system management
applications, such as HP SIM and HP SMH.
• Operates within the WBEM environment.
• Supports the Central Management Server (CMS) running on HP-UX, Linux®, or Windows®.
Overview 7