You can create a failover monitor using the monitor wizard. Failover monitoring allows you to select events for which to monitor and automatically enact blade failover when an event occurs. You also select a standby pool.
Note: Advanced BOFM does not provide failover support on a
BladeCenter HX5 blade server in a partitioned scalable blade complex.
For more information on scalable blade complex, see the documentation
for your blade server.
Select to monitor
the following events:
- Microprocessor failure
- Blade removal
- Hard disk drive failure
- Blade denied power
- Memory failure
- Voltage warnings
- Predictive failure analysis (PFA) events
To create a failover monitor, complete the following steps.
- Select the Templates tab.
- Right-click Failover Monitor.
-
Select Create.
- Define a name for the monitor template and click OK.
- Select a standby pool and click Next.
- Select the blades and events to monitor and click Save.