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

Components of SFM
This section discusses the following topics:
• EVWEB
• Error Management Technology (EMT)
• CIMUtil
• IPMI Event Viewer
• providers
EVWEB
EVWEB is a component of SFM that enables you to administer and view WBEM indications
generated on the local system on which SFM is installed. For more information on EVWEB, see
“Evweb overview” (page 50).
EMT
EMT is a component of SFM that enables you to view and administer information about errors
which can occur on the server. For more information on EMT, see “EMT Overview” (page 72).
CIMUtil
SFM introduces the CIMUtil command. Using CIMUtil, you can enumerate instances related to
various devices and create filters, handlers, and subscriptions supported by SFM. For more
information on CIMUtil, see man CIMUtil
IPMI event viewer
Starting March 2009 release, the IPMI Event Viewer, slview will be delivered as part of
SysFaultMgmt. In the earlier releases it was delivered as part of Online Diagnostics bundle. IPMI
Event Viewer is used to display low-level system log information.
Starting September 2009 release, the IPMI Event Viewer support will be available for the new IPMI
event format.
Providers
SFM providers are components of SFM that retrieve information about the inventory on a system
and the events that occur on the hardware resources. SFM providers can be classified as instance
providers or as indication providers.
instance providers
On request, an SFM instance provider dynamically queries the local or remote system for the
property information described in Table 1 and reports the information to the CIMOM.
Table 1 Instance providers
DescriptionInstance provider
The Blade instance provider retrieves the following information:BladeProvider and BladeStatusProvider
• Blade ID
• Blade Physical location
• Blade Hardware path
• Blade Serial number
• Blade Part number
• Blade Status
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