What packages to install on linux for monitoring?

[Anna Cheng]

I am new to the HP hardware and am currently looking into hardware monitoring of ProLiant 585. The OS will be SuSE.

Looking at the so many tools available on the HP platform, it seems that I only need to install PSP, am I right?
All I need is for it to send out e-mail and generate SNMP trap when it detects a hardware error. I have looked into the HP ProLiant Support Pack and Deployment Utilities User Guide, however, while I have installed psp, I am not able to find documentation for PSP configuration.
Any pointer will be appreciated.

[David Claypool · Accepted solution]

Check out 'Managing ProLiant Servers with Linux' from http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux for more information to your question.

[Anna Cheng]

Thanks.
I have looked at "Managing ProLiant Servers with Linux" as well. It was how I found out the hpasm, however, I think it gave a broad introduction of the variousa agents. But I need a deep dive into the configuration of the various agents. So far, I assumed I can use /opt/compaq/cma.conf to send mail and play with the snmpd.conf for sending snmp trap, but is it the correct route for configuration? Are there any documentation on how to configure the agents? is psp sufficient? do I need Insight Manager ?

[Rick Garland]

For the ProLiants, do use the HP Insight Manager.

It will do all that you want it to do. SNMP traps, monitoring hardware, monitoring software, monitoring logs, etc.
(These are just some examples)

There is no $ cost to the download

[Rick Garland]

BTW:

Another URL to look at;

http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/download.html#linux

[Ross Minkov]

HP Systems Insight Manager will add value if you have more than one or two ProLiant servers to manage. If you only have one ProLiant server then you probably don't need HP SIM. The PSP for Linux comes with a deployment utility. During installation it will ask you a bunch of questions, so you can customize your installation. After the PSP is installed if you want to reconfigure you can use service hpasm reconfigure. BTW, hpasm stands for hp Advanced System Management. It comes with the PSP for Linux and is a collection of driver and tools which enable monitoring of fans, power supplies, temperature and other management events. After you install the PSP don't forget to try pointing your browser to https://:2381. Also try hplog -v from the command line. To edit snmp settings edit /etc/snmpd.conf and follow with service snmpd reload.

-Ross

[Vipulinux]

Hi

You can try using HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM)

Cheers