UPS software

[Rob Keultjes]

Hello,

Does any known the PowerEdge software?
(poweredge is a trade mark of CompuSci Inc. Fenton Missouri USA)

We have a software package of Poweredge for HP-UX 9.02 and we like to install it on a HP-UX 10.20 platform. Is this possible????
Is HP-UX 10.20 supplying standard UPS software? (found a setting within SAM UPS manager)

Regards
Rob Keultjes
* The Netherlands *

[Magdi KAMAL]

Hi Rob,

Have allok on the following ( it's from www.docs.hp.com ):

The UPS Monitor (dm_ups) is not running after computer boot-up
Known problem (JAGad37359). The UPS hardware monitor (dm_ups) may core dump with a SIGABRT signal during HP-UX boot-up. A core file may be left in /etc/opt/resmon. Afterwards dm_ups is not running and EMS does not provide any hardware monitoring for UPSs on the system.
The problem can occur on Dec 00 and previous diagnostic releases (HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11i). A fix for this problem is planned for an upcoming release of the diagnostics

The work-a-round for this problem is to verify whether the dm_ups is running with the command:

ps -ef | grep dm_ups.

If dm_ups is found, then it is running and there is no problem. Otherwise, start dm_ups manually.
(NOTE: dm_ups should be running only if the computer system contains a UPS.)

To start dm_ups manually:

Log on as root and run monconfig:
/etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig

From the prompt enter "e" to enable monitoring. You will see the messages:
This may take a while...

Waiting for changes in monitoring requests or in hardware configuration
to take effect...

After you see the message "EVENT MONITORING IS CURRENTLY ENABLED", you can leave monconfig with the "q" command.

The disk monitor (disk_em) does not seem to be monitoring Hitachi XP256/XP512 drives and EMC Symetrix drives
The disk monitor (disk_em) does not support Hitachi XP256/XP512 drives and EMC Symetrix drives. These drives have their own monitoring (not EMS).

The UPS Monitor generates Event 42 ("The fifo pipe connection to ups_mond does not exist ") and does not run.
In some cases, the UPS monitor (dm_ups) will not function and will instead generate event 42. As of the June 2001 release, the cause/action statement tells what to do:
Probable Cause / Recommended Action:

The monitor was unable to locate the fifo pipe that should have been
created by ups_mond. Therefore, information about the ups cannot be sent
to the monitor.

You need version (80.1.2.3) of ups_mond or greater. To update your
system with the correct version of ups_mond, install one of the
following patches:
HPUX 10.20/s800 : PHCO_23830
HPUX 11.00 : PHCO_23831
HPUX 11.11 : PHCO_23832

To fix the problem, load the indicated patch.
This problem will affect most systems with a UPS when the June 2001 diagnostics are installed. The only systems not affected will be those which are being updating from certain versions of the diagnostics (September 2000 through March 2001) and which do not have patch PHCO_19031 (HP-UX 10.20) or PHCO_19040 (HP-UX 11.00) installed.

The problem also occurs on releases before June 2001 if certain patches are installed on the system after the diagnostics have been installed. The patches that cause the problem are PHCO_19031 (HP-UX 10.20) and PHCO_19040 (HP-UX 11.00). These problem patches overwrite the version of the UPS daemon, ups_mond, that was installed as part of the diagnostic product and is required for the UPS monitor to function. These problem patches have been contained in the General Release patch bundles, but not in the Hardware Critical patch bundles. Only a few instances of this problem have been reported.


HTH.

Magdi

[Mark Vollmers]

Rob-

I'm not sure about the poweredge software being able to run on 10.20; you might just want to call them and see (or find a website). The UPS setting in SAM works with the UPS that HP supplies. It will cause problems with other USP software (like powerchute) and you cannot configure controls on other UPS systems (like the APC UPS). I'd imagine that your software will fall under this, so I'd just avoid using SAM.

Mark