NonStop Operations Guide for H-Series and J-Series RVUs

11 Processors and Components: Monitoring and Recovery..............................120
When to Use This Chapter.....................................................................................................120
Overview of Processors.........................................................................................................120
Processors in NonStop Systems Running J-Series RVUs...........................................................121
NonStop NS16000 Series and NS14000 Series Blade Complex Processors............................122
NonStop NS1200 and NS1000 Blade Element Processors....................................................124
Monitoring and Maintaining Processors...................................................................................124
Monitoring Processors Automatically Using TFDS..................................................................125
Monitoring Processor Status Using the OSM Low-Level Link....................................................125
Monitoring Processor Status Using the OSM Service Connection............................................125
Managing and Setting NonStop BladeSystems NB54000c, NB54000c-cg, NB56000c, and
NB56000c-cg Processor Power Usage with Insight Control Power Management.......................127
Monitoring Processor Performance Using ViewSys................................................................128
Identifying Processor Problems................................................................................................128
Processor or System Hangs................................................................................................128
Processor Halts................................................................................................................128
OSM Alarms and Attribute Values......................................................................................129
Recovery Operations for Processors.........................................................................................129
Recovery Operations for a Processor Halt............................................................................130
Halting One or More Processors........................................................................................130
Reloading a Single Processor on a Running system...............................................................130
Using TACL RELOAD to Perform Reload..........................................................................131
Using the OSM Service Connection to Perform Reload.....................................................132
Recovery Operations for a System Hang.............................................................................133
Enabling/Disabling Processor and System Freeze.................................................................134
Freezing the System and Freeze-Enabled Processors.............................................................134
Dumping a Processor to Disk.............................................................................................134
Loading a Down System to Perform a Processor Dump to Disk...........................................135
Using RCVDUMP to Dump a Processor to Disk................................................................135
Before You Begin....................................................................................................135
Dumping a Processor Using RCVDUMP (Excludes NonStop NS16000 Series and NS14000
Series Systems).......................................................................................................135
Dumping a Processor Using RCVDUMP for NonStop NS16000 Series and NS14000 Series
Systems......................................................................................................................136
Backing Up a Processor Dump to Tape...............................................................................137
Replacing Processor Memory.............................................................................................137
Replacing the Processor Board and Processor Entity..............................................................137
Submitting Information to Your Service Provider....................................................................138
Submitting Tapes of Processor Dumps............................................................................138
Submitting Tapes of Configuration and Operations Files...................................................138
Additional Information Required by Your Service Provider ................................................138
Related Reading for Processors...............................................................................................139
12 Disk Drives: Monitoring and Recovery......................................................140
When to Use This Chapter.....................................................................................................140
Overview of Disk Drives ........................................................................................................140
Internal SCSI Disk Drives...................................................................................................141
M8xxx Fibre Channel Disk Drives.......................................................................................141
Enterprise Storage System (ESS) Disks.................................................................................142
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Disks and Solid State Drives........................................................142
Monitoring Disk Drives..........................................................................................................143
Monitoring Disk Drives With OSM.....................................................................................143
Monitoring Drives With SCF .............................................................................................145
Examples...................................................................................................................146
Monitoring the State of Disk Drives.....................................................................................148
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