HP Integrity Superdome 2 16-socket HP Superdome 2 Health Management Stack Whit - Page 2

Executive Summary The Legacy HP Superdome Health Management Solution In the Classic Health Monitoring Model, HP Server platforms use management processors such as Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3) to monitor fundamental hardware health such as voltage, temperature, power, and fans. In this classic design, the management processor signals software agents running on the OS when it detects a problem that needs an administrator's attention. These server health agents then alert the administrator using standard protocols such as Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), or Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM). HP extended this classic model and applied it to the HP Superdome servers. In these systems, there is a set of management processors, monitoring the shared system hardware. In addition, there are separate components monitoring the partition-specific hardware. Because these servers contain multiple OSpartitions, every OS-partition is notified when a management processor detects a problem in shared hardware. For example, if a power supply fails, every OS-partition is notified. Consequently, every OSpartition sends an alert and the administrator is swamped with redundant error messages. Conversely, problems found only on a single partition's hardware are not shared with monitoring components in other partitions or with the main management processor. Thus administrators must check multiple, separate health logs for complete system information. The HP Superdome 2 Health Management Solution In HP Superdome 2, the legacy health monitoring model has been replaced with the HP Superdome 2 Analysis Engine which runs on the Onboard Administrator. The HP Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator (OA) is the central point of control for all health management tasks. The OA delivers a common, powerful, hardware based management and supports both the Command Line Interface (CLI) and the Web Graphical User Interface (Web GUI). The HP Superdome 2 Analysis Engine (AE) is built into the sx3000 chipset and SD2 firmware, and is currently available only on HP Superdome 2.When a fault is detected, the Analysis Engine automatically attempts to self-heal the problem and reports any problems that require the system to be serviced. It can report directly to customers; and for systems under warranty, to HP Customer Support via HP Insight Remote Support (Insight RS). HP Superdome 2 Analysis Engine Overview The HP Superdome 2 Analysis Engine (AE) correlates, analyzes, and automatically initiates self-repair. When a hardware error occurs in the system, the SD2 AE collects the health data and analyzes it and takes action on the defective hardware part also referred to as the Field Replaceable Unit (FRU). It suggests recommended actions to be taken to rectify the error in the system and where required will clearly indicate which FRU requires service. 2