On Power Systems compute nodes, both hardware events and operating system events are detected and sent to the IBM Flex System Manager.
The following diagram shows the flow of events from a Power7 compute node node
to the IBM Flex System Manager:
Event flow
To understand how events flow
through the Flex System chassis,
consider an example in which there is an error in a microprocessor
on a Power7 compute node (the reboot policy on the Power7 compute node has been
set to reboot). When the problem is detected by the flexible service
processor (FSP) on a Power7 compute node, the
following actions occur:
- The FSP logs the event as a serviceable event and sends alerts
to the CMM.
- The FSP logs a serviceable event in the Advanced System Management
(ASM) event log.The following example shows how the event might appear in the FSP log:
Log ID Time Failing Subsystem Severity SRC 5011FC2A 2011-07-27 19:40:55 Processor Unit (CPU) Unrecoverable Error, B113E504 Degraded Performance
In addition, when the server is restarted the following error might be displayed in the ASM log:Log ID Time Failing Subsystem Severity SRC 5011FC84 2011-07-27 19:42:27 Processor Unit (CPU) Unrecoverable Error B113E504
- The FSP sends an alert to the CMM, which is posted to the event log on the CMM.
- The FSP logs a serviceable event in the Advanced System Management
(ASM) event log.
- The FSP restarts the Power7 compute node, removing the microprocessor from the configuration.
- The FSP sends an alert to each operating system partition on the Power7 compute node. The
event is posted in each operating system log.
If an IBM Flex System Manager agent is installed on the Power7 compute node, it will send an alert to the CMM from each operating system partition. These alerts will also be posted to the CMM event log.
The following example shows how the event from an operating system partition might be displayed in the CMM event log:Event Text Severity System Category Time Received State of the virtual server hstfb19p01 changed to Stopped hstfb19p01 Information Alert July 27, 2011 9:44:40 PM State of the virtual server hstfb19p01 changed to Not Available hstfb19p01 Warning Alert July 27, 2011 9:48:12 PM State of the virtual server hstfb19p01 changed to Started hstfb19p01 Information Alert July 27, 2011 9:52:32 PM
This event is considered to be a call home event. Therefore, if Electronic Service Agent is enabled on the CMM, the event (along with service data) will be automatically sent to the Support team, who will notify you about a resolution to the issue.