Description

Provides hardware status information for the fiber channel HBA cards on HP UX systems.

Connector ID: HPUXHBA

This connector supersedes:

• CpqHBA
• SMISHBA

Target

Typical platforms: HP 9000, HP Integrity, HP SuperDome

Operating system: HP-UX

Prerequisites

Leverages: HP UX system commands (ioscan, fcmsutil)

Technology and protocols: System Commands

This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the commands below:

• /opt/fcms/bin/fcmsutil
• /usr/sbin/ioscan

This connector therefore needs to run as root or you need to configure a privilege-escalation mechanism like sudo on the managed host to allow the monitoring account to run the commands listed above.

Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above commands to be run as root by the hwsagent account:

hwsagent ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /opt/fcms/bin/fcmsutil
hwsagent ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/ioscan

Examples

hws HOSTNAME -t hp -f HPUXHBA --ssh -u USER --sudo-command-list /opt/fcms/bin/fcmsutil,/usr/sbin/ioscan

hosts:
- host:
    hostname: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
    type: hp
  selectedConnectors: [ HPUXHBA ] # Optional, to load only this connector
  ssh:
    username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
    password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using hws-encrypt
    useSudo: true
    useSudoCommands: [ "/opt/fcms/bin/fcmsutil", "/usr/sbin/ioscan" ]

Connector Activation Criteria

The HP-UX - HBA connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The command below succeeds on the monitored host
  • Command: /usr/sbin/ioscan -fnC fc
  • Output contains: /dev/ (regex)