Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v1 April 2006

Introduction
Overview
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Overview
The SFM software is a collection of tools used to monitor the health of
HP servers running HP-UX. 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) 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.