The pSeriesMemTest captures the memory usage of the system firmware and the physical memory allocations to the LPARs so that, in the event of a memory contention, administrators are enabled to determine what could be causing the contention. This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the pSeriesMemTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed. 

• Specify the name of the pSeries server in the REAL SERVERNAME text box. If the target pSeries server has been auto-discovered using HMC, the server name will be set automatically in the REAL SERVERNAME text box. However, while configuring this test for a pSeries server that has been manually added, you have to explicitly provide the server name in the REAL SERVERNAME text box.

  Note:
  To obtain the real server name, a user can login to the target pSeries server as a valid pSeries user, go to the shell prompt of the server, and execute the following command: lssyscfg - r sys -F name

• By selecting an option from the IS MANAGED BY list, indicate whether the target pSeries server is managed using an HMC server or an IVM (Integrated Virtual Manager) server. If the target server has been auto-discovered via an HMC server, the HMC option will be automatically chosen from this list.

• This test connects to an HMC/IVM server to perform LPAR discovery and to collect host-level and “outside view” metrics from the pSeries server. To enable this communication, first, provide the IP address/host name of the HMC/IVM server in the MANAGEMENT SERVER text box. If the eG manager had automatically discovered the target pSeries server by connecting to an HMC server in the environment, then, the IP address/host name and user credentials pertaining to that HMC server will be automatically displayed in the MANAGEMENT SERVER, MANAGEMENT USER, and MANAGEMENT PASSWORD text boxes.

  However, if the pSeries server being monitored was manually added to the eG Enterprise system (and not auto-discovered via the HMC server), then, you will have to explicitly indicate whether the target pSeries server is managed by an HMC server or an IVM server by selecting an option from the IS MANAGED BY list. If the HMC option is chosen, then, you will have to provide the IP address of the HMC server that manages the target pSeries server in the MANAGEMENT SERVER text box. In such a case, in the MANAGEMENT USER and MANAGEMENT PASSWORD text boxes, you will have to provide the credentials of an HMC user who is assigned the hmcviewer role.

  On the other hand, if the IVM option is chosen from the IS MANAGED BY list, it implies that the IP address/host name and user credentials pertaining to that IVM server has to be explicitly provided in the MANAGEMENT SERVER, MANAGEMENT USER, and MANAGEMENT PASSWORD text boxes.

  Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD textbox.

• By default, the HMC/IVM server (as the case may be) is not SSL-enabled. Accordingly, the SSL flag is set to No by default. This indicates that the eG agent will communicate with the corresponding MANAGEMENT SERVER via HTTP by default.

• Once the above value is provided, click on the Update button to register the changes made.