On each server, the LSMS Surveillance feature continually surveys the LSMS hardware and software and sends surveillance notifications to Serial Port 3 on each server. The Surveillance feature also logs all surveillance notifications in the file survlog.log in the/var/TKLC/lsms/logs directory. The Surveillance feature starts when LSMS starts.
The Surveillance feature also monitors network interfaces. For information about configuring the Surveillance feature for this purpose, refer to the Configuration Guide.
The Surveillance feature enables remote personnel to monitor the LSMS and detect conditions that require immediate action. Some surveillance notifications are sent only when the event occurs; other notifications are sent both when the event first occurs and also every five minutes thereafter until the condition is cleared. Every five minutes, the Surveillance feature also sends a keep alive notification to the Surveillance serial port and logs the keep alive in the file survlog.log.
The following topics are described in this section:
If customers desire a local administration console for displaying Surveillance notifications, they can attach their own administration console to Serial Port 3 on each of the LSMS servers. The following requirements are needed to provide and configure a customer-provided administration console: