Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 440, System Design Manual

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CHAPTER 4 Hardware System Management
4.3 PSA Functions
The PSA functions are indicated by PSA in Figure 4.22 which shows all of the
PRIMEQUEST functions.
This section describes each PSA function.
Remarks: If a PRIMEQUEST series machine is operated, be sure to install the PSA.
If the PSA is not installed, the following restrictions apply:
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Notification of errors of I/O devices (PCI cards, HDDs, etc.) and trap
notification to the administrator cannot be performed.
•
Partition monitoring by using the watchdog function cannot be
performed.
•
The following error notification through failure prediction and trap
notification to the administrator cannot be performed:
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Correctable error count of a CPU, DIMM, or chip set, that exceeds
the threshold
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Exceeded threshold in the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology system) monitoring of an HDD
•
The operation management software cannot collect information from
the partition side.
•
When a REMCS contract is entered, software errors are not reported.
• HDD cannot be hot-maintained. The partition must be stopped during
maintenance.
• PRIMECLUSTER linkage cannot be used.