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ESMPRO Agent for Linux
ESMPRO Agent Considerations
Module Status Messages
A message indicating the change of module status may be sent twice.
Devices Not Supported
Monitoring of the SCSI enclosures, SCSI electronics, SCSI slots, and SCSI
buses is not supported. "Unknown" is displayed for unsupported devices
displayed in the data viewer. Disk failures reported to the ESMPRO Manager
are confirmed using the alert viewer.
Monitoring with NEC ESMPRO Manager Version 3.7 or Before
Some items cannot be monitored with NEC ESMPRO Manager, version 3.7 or
before. In addition, some malfunctions may occur in the disk array monitoring
function of the data viewer. Use of NEC ESMPRO Manager version 3.8 or later
is highly recommended.
Display of the Ethernet Board Status
"Failure" may be displayed as an Ethernet board status during PCI module
startup. Once PCI module startup has completed and SIMPLEX or DUPLEX
indicating the normal PCI module state is displayed, the correct Ethernet board
status is displayed.
Change of Installation States of CPU and PCI Modules
When you change the configuration of a CPU or PCI module using data viewer,
a message prompting you to reconstruct the tree of the data viewer displays. If
you click on the [Yes] button, the tree is reconstructed in the data viewer to
reflect the change of the system configuration. Clicking the [No] button does not
reconstruct the data viewer tree and the change of the system configuration is
not reflected in the data viewer. To avoid an erroneous data viewer display,
always select the [Yes] button when receiving a message prompting you to
reconstruct the tree of the data viewer.
LAN Monitoring Report
LAN monitoring status is derived from the number of transmission packets and
the number of packet errors within a certain period of time. Therefore, the LAN
monitoring function may report a line fault or high line load when in a
temporary high line impedance state.
If a normal state recovery is reported immediately after a line fault or high line
load, temporary high line impedance has occurred and is not a fault.
Current Value of MTBF
If a device failure occurs, the current value of MTBF is not displayed correctly
on the data viewer of NEC ESMPRO Manager.
