Hardware Sentry KM for PATROL v1.6.01
Release Notes for v1.6.01
Getting Started
Customer Support
Supported Platforms & Requirements
Integrating Hardware Sentry
Inside Hardware Sentry
The Connectors
The Detection Process
The Discovery Process
The Collection Process
Installing Hardware Sentry
Migrating from Previous Versions
Packages
Licensing
Trial Period
Targeted Computers
Setting up Hardware Sentry
License Keys
Getting the BMC Software Installation Utility
Installation Procedure
Extracting the Setup Files
Preloading Hardware Sentry
Tuning the PATROL Agent
Uninstalling Hardware Sentry
Monitoring with Hardware Sentry
The Basics
Automatic Detection - No Configuration
Hardware Sentry Menu Commands
KM Commands for the Managed System's Settings
KM Commands for the Monitored Devices
Critical Device Monitoring
Monitoring Memory Module
Monitoring Processor
Network and Fiber Ports Monitoring
Environment Monitoring
Monitoring Fan
Monitoring Power Supply
Monitoring Temperature
Monitoring Voltage
Disk Monitoring
Monitoring Disk Controller
Monitoring Physical Disk
Monitoring Logical Disk
Connector Monitoring
Monitoring a Remote System or an External Device
Typical Scenarios of Remote Monitoring
Reporting the Space Available in a Disk Array
Reporting Electricity Consumption
Reporting Data Traffic on a Fiber Switch in a SAN
How to Locate a Device in a System
Missing Device Detection
Thresholds, Alerts and Notifications
Threshold Mechanism Selection
Modify Alert Thresholds
Network Link Alerts
Tune Threshold Tolerance
Alert after N Times
Alert Actions
Edit Alert Actions
Alert Actions Macro Variables
Internal KM Issues Notification
Intrusion Detection Alerts
Unknown Status Management
Basic Configuration and Administrative Tasks
KM Commands for KM Settings
Connection, Credentials and Connectors on Local Host
Customize the Discovery Cycle
Show Instant Hardware Health Report
Customize the Polling Interval
Java Settings
Pause/Resume Monitoring
Reinitialize the KM
Restore Device Monitoring
Terminate the Monitoring of a Device
UNIX Console Mode
Trigger a KM Discovery
Automatic ErrorCount Reset
Reporting
Hardware Inventory Report
Schedule Hardware Inventory Reports
Ethernet/Fiber Port Traffic Report
Energy Usage Report
Troubleshooting
Enabling the Debug Mode
Hardware Sentry shows nothing
Monitors nothing other than network interfaces
Note about SNMP on Windows Server 2003, 2008
Unable to see any disk information
Reference
Classes and Parameters
MS_HW_BATTERY
MS_HW_BATTERY_CONT
MS_HW_BLADE
MS_HW_CAPACITYREPORT
MS_HW_BLADE_CONT
MS_HW_CONNECTOR
MS_HW_CONNECTOR_CONT
MS_HW_CPU
MS_HW_CPU_CONT
MS_HW_CPUCORE
MS_HW_CPUCORE_CONT
HS HW ENCLOSURE
MS_HW_DISKCONTROLLER
MS_HW_DISKENCLOSURE
MS_HW_FAN
MS_HW_FAN_CONT
HS_HW_LED
MS_HW_LED_CONT
MS_HW_LOGICALDISK
MS_HW_LOGICALDISK_CONT
MS_HW_MAIN
MS_HW_MEMORY
MS_HW_MEMORY_CONT
MS_HW_NETWORK
MS_HW_NETWORK_CONT
MS_HW_OTHERDEVICE
MS_HW_OTHERDEVICE_CONT
MS_HW_PHYSICALDISK
MS_HW_PHYSICALDISK_CONT
MS_HW_POWERSUPPLY
MS_HW_POWERSUPPLY_CONT
MS_HW_ROBOTICS
MS_HW_ROBOTICS_CONT
MS_HW_TAPEDRIVE
MS_HW_TAPEDRIVE_CONT
MS_HW_TEMPERATURE
MS_HW_TEMPERATURE_CONT
MS_HW_VOLTAGE
MS_HW_VOLTAGE_CONT
Connectors and Platforms
Connectors & Platforms Reference Table
Cisco UCS Manager (Blade, Fabric Interconnect Switch)
IPMI
Adaptec IOManager
Adaptec Storage Manager (DPT)
Adaptec Storage Manager Web Edition (AAC)
Cisco MDS9000 Series - SSH/Telnet
DataDirect Networks (DDN) Disk Array - SNMP Agent
Dell OpenManage Array Manager
Dell DRAC/MC (Dell Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis)
Dell CMC (Dell Chassis Management Controller)
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
Dell OpenManage Storage Manager
Fibre Alliance SNMP Agent (Switches)
Fujitsu-Siemens Management Blade (FSC BX Blade Servers)
Fujitsu-Siemens ServerView RAID Agent
Fujitsu-Siemens Serverview
HP BladeSystem
HP BladeSystem - Telnet/SSH
HP Insight Management Agent - Drive Array
HP Insight Management Agent- Fiber Array
HP Insight Management Agent - HBA
HP Insight Managerment Agent - IDE Storage
HP Insight Management Agent - iLO
HP Insight Management Agent - SCSI Storage
HP Insight Management Agent - Server
HP Insight Management Agent - Server (Alpha)
HP Insight Management Agent - Server - WMI
HP MP/GSP card (iLO)
HP TopTools Agent
HP TopTools NetRaid Agent
HP-UX - Common
HP-UX - Disks
HP-UX - Network
HP-UX - SASMGR Managed Disks
HP-UX-STM
IBM BladeCenter Management Module
IBM AIX - CHRP Environment
IBM AIX - Common
IBM AIX - Environment
IBM AIX - HBA
IBM AIX - SCSI disks
IBM Director Agent 3.x - Windows
IBM Director Agent 4.x - Linux
IBM Director Agent 4.x - Windows
IBM Director Agent 5.10x - Linux
IBM Director Agent 5.10x - Windows
IBM Director Agent 5.20.x - Linux
IBM Director Agent 5.20.x - ServeRAID - Linux
IBM Director Agent 5.20.x - Windows
IBM Director Agent 5.20.x - ServeRAID - Windows
IBM DS (LSI) Disk Arrays (smcli)
IBM Netfinity Manager 5.20.x - Basic
IBM Netfinity Manager 5.20.x - Disks
IBM Netfinity Manager 5.20.x - Normal
IPMI - In-band (IpmiTool)
LSI 1030-based GAM Server
LSI 1030-based GAM Server (Alternate MIB)
LSI Logic LsiUtil
LSI Logic - LsiUtil - RAID (Windows)
LSI Logic MegaRAID PowerConsole
LsiLogic MegaRAID SAS
LsiLogic MegaRAID SAS (Newer Controllers)
LSI/Mylex GAM Server
Linux - Network
MIB-2 Standard SNMP Agent - Network Interfaces
MIB-2 Standard SNMP Agent - Network Interfaces - Linux
MIB-2 Standard SNMP Agent - Network Interfaces - Windows
MIB-2 Standard SNMP Agent - Network Interfaces - Solaris
Motherboard Monitor
NetApp Filer - SNMP Agent
NEC ESMPRO Agent
Promise FastTrack
Quantum (ADIC) Based Tape Libraries
SmartMonTools
SMI-S Compliant Disk Arrays
SMI-S Compliant HBAs
SMI-S Compliant Storage Libraries
SMI-S Compliant SAN Switches
SNIA Compliant Tape Libraries
StorageTek LSeries Tape Library
StorageTek StreamLine Tape Library
Sun Advanced Lights-Out Management (ALOM) card
SUN Blade Chassis
Sun Fire F12K/F15K/F20K/F25K (SMS)
Sun Fire Mx000 (XSCF)
SUN ILOM (SNMP)
SUN ILOM (SSH)
Sun Solaris - Environment (ALOM-CMT snapshot)
Sun Solaris - Environment (prtpicl)
Sun Solaris - Environment (prtdiag, lom)
Sun Solaris - Fault Manager (Memory)
Sun Solaris - Memory modules
Sun Solaris - Network
Sun Solaris - Non-Sun Disks
Sun Solaris - Processors (psrinfo)
Sun Solaris - RAID Disks (Raidctl)
Sun Solaris - SPARC T1/T2 Processors (psrinfo)
Sun Solaris - Sun Disks
Sun Solaris - Tape Drives
VMware ESXi
VMware ESX4i
VMware ESX4i - Disks (IPMI)
VMware ESX4i - Disks (VMware)
WMI - Network
WMI - Battery
WMI - Disks
WMI - Network
Configuration Variables
Host-Specific Configuration Variables
Macros
Monitoring Hardware on Specific Platform with Hardware Sentry
Hardware Sentry on Dell™ PowerEdge Servers
About Dell™ PowerEdge Servers
Hardware Instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Dell™ PowerEdge Servers
Discovered Components and Monitored Parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on Dell™ Blade Servers
About DELL Blade Servers
Hardware instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Dell™ Blade Servers
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on IBM© xSeries Servers
About IBM® xSeries Servers
Hardware Instrumentation
Supported Configurations
Setting up Hardware Sentry on IBM® xSeries Servers
Discovered Components and Monitored Parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on IBM© BladeCenter Systems
About IBM BladeCenter
Hardware Instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on IBM BladeCenter
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on Sun™ Servers
Hardware Sentry on Sun™ Solaris Systems (sun4u)
About Sun Solaris systems (sun4u)
Hardware Instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Sun Solaris servers (sun4u)
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on Sun™ SPARC T1 and T2 systems (sun4v)
About Sun SPARC T1 and T2 systems (sun4v)
Hardware Instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Sun Solaris servers (sun4v with Sun Explorer)
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Sun Solaris servers (sun4v with ALOM)
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on Sun™ X86 and X64 Systems
About Sun X64 systems
Hardware Instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Sun X64 servers (i86pc) running Solaris
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Sun X64 servers running Linux
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on Sun™ Fire F12K, F15K, E20K and E25K Servers
About Sun Fire F12K, F15K, E20K and E25K servers
Hardware Instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Sun Fire F12K, F15K, E20K and E25K (on the SC)
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Sun Fire F12K, F15K, E20K and E25K (remotely)
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on Sun™ Fire M4000, M5000, M8000 and M9000 Servers
About Sun Fire Mx000 servers
Hardware instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on Sun Fire Mx000
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on HP ProLiant Servers
About HP ProLiant Servers
Hardware Instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on HP ProLiant Servers
Discovered Components and Monitored Parameters
Troubleshooting
Hardware Sentry on IBM© IAX Servers
About IBM IAX Servers
Hardware instrumentation
Setting up Hardware Sentry on IBM AIX servers
Discovered components and monitored parameters
Troubleshooting


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