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HP ZCentral Hardware Monitor-Installation

The HP ZCentral Hardware Monitor is an optional ZCentral software component that enhances the System Alerts experience. When installed, Anyware Manager can monitor the state of Power Supply units for ZCentral 4R systems and display alerts as errors on the Anyware Manager console.

System Requirements

  1. A supported hardware platform (Currently only HP ZCentral 4R workstations are supported).
  2. The most up-to-date Intel® AMT Firmware.
  3. Supported operating systems such as:
    • Windows 10
    • Red Hat Enterprise 7
    • Red Hat Enterprise 8
    • Ubuntu 18.04
    • Ubuntu 20.04

When installing on Windows the following are also required:

- Intel® Management Engine Interface Driver (Intel® Management Engine Software [Chipset Driver] softpaq from the HP Drivers website)
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable

HP ZCentral Hardware Monitor Installation

To install the Hardware Monitor, download and run the installer package for one of the following supported platforms, which is available on the Installers page of the Anyware Manager console:

  • Windows
  • Red Hat 7, Red Hat 8
  • Ubuntu-18.04, Ubuntu-20.04

The package will include the Hardware Monitor installer and an install script.

Install Scripts

The installer packages come with an installation script (install.cmd for Windows and install.sh for Linux) that determines the platform support for HP ZCentral Hardware Monitor. If supported, then the Hardware Monitor is installed. The installers can be executed manually if required.

  • Linux Script: To upgrade a package, instead of performing a fresh install, the script can be passed the --upgrade argument. This ensures that the rpm uses the upgrade command on a Red Hat Linux OS. On a Debian OS the dpkg command does not change.
  • Windows Script: By default, the script only calls msiexec /i MSI. Any arguments should be additionally passed to the script. This can be done for both installers or individually. Run install.cmd with --help to view the available arguments.

Supported Events

The ZCentral Hardware Monitor scans the health of the Power Supply Units on HP ZCentral 4R workstations while the OS is running. The dual Power Supply Units (PSUs) on a 4R are each in 1 of 3 states: 1. Uninstalled. 2. Installed and Providing Power. 3. Installed and Not Providing Power.

Additionally, when 2 Power Supply Units are installed, they are configured in Redundant or Non-redundant (Aggregate) mode depending on the workload of the workstation. This configuration is done through BIOS and the Hardware Monitor gathers this information during start-up.

The following is a list of states that the Hardware Monitor is aware of:

  • 2 Power Supplies installed and providing power running in redundant mode. (Good State)
  • 2 Power Supplies installed and providing power running in non-redundant mode. (Good State)
  • 1 Power Supply installed and providing power. (Good State)
  • 2 Power Supplies installed but only 1 providing power running in redundant mode. (Error State)
  • 2 Power Supplies installed but only 1 providing power running in non-redundant mode. (Error State)