hp ZCentral Connect Hardware Monitor User Guide
- June 4, 2024
- HP
Table of Contents
hp ZCentral Connect Hardware Monitor
Overview
The HP ZCentral Connect Hardware Monitor is an optional ZCentral software component that enhances System Events experience. When installed, ZCentral Connect can monitor the state of Power Supply units for ZCentral 4R systems and notify state changes to the Manager. These notifications will be sent in the form of System Events through the Intel® AMT interface.
Prerequisites
Some items are required before deploying the Hardware Monitor:
- A supported hardware platform. Currently only HP ZCentral 4R workstations are supported.
- The most up-to-date Intel® AMT Firmware
- Supported operating systems for the Hardware Monitor include:
- Windows 10
- Red Hat Enterprise 7
- Red Hat Enterprise 8
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Ubuntu 20.04
If 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
Installation
To install the Hardware Monitor, download and run the ZCentral Connect Agent installer package for one of the following supported platforms:
Windows (signaturele)
RHEL7-RHEL8 (signature le)
Ubuntu-18.04-Ubuntu-20.04 (signature le)
The package will include the Hardware Monitor installer as well as an install script.
Install Scripts
The Agent packages come with an installation script (install.cmd for Windows
and install.sh for Linux) which will determine if the platform is supported by
HP ZCentral Connect Hardware Monitor. If supported, then both Hardware Monitor
and the Agent will be installed. The installers can still be run manually if
desired.
Linux Script: To upgrade a package, instead of performing a fresh install, the
script can be passed the –upgrade argument. This will ensure that on a Red
Hat-based Linux OS the rpm command will use the upgrade command. On a Debian
OS the dpkg command does not change.
Windows Script: The script will, by default, only call msiexec /i MSI. Any
additional arguments can be passed in as an argument to the script. This can
be done for both installers or individually. Run install.cmd with –help to
view the available arguments.
Signature Verification
Key Details:
Download public key
Key ID: HP ZCentral Connect hpss-admin@hp.com
Fingerprint: 66CF 5025 AA35 1EB7 CC78 136F C75F B106 E198 51F0
To verify the signature of an RPM or DEB Hardware Monitor installer or the TGZ or ZIP packages, download the following les to your Host: the RPM, DEB, TGZ or ZIP, the accompanying signature le (For DEB installers and TGZ or ZIP packages only), and the public key. Next, execute the following commands for the specic le type:
RPM Installers
Import the public key to the RPM key ring:
rpm –import GPG-KEY-hpzcentralconnect
Verify the signature of the RPM le by running the following: rpm –checksig
hpzcentralconnecthardwaremonitor.x86_64.rpm
Console output:
hpzcentralconnecthardwaremonitor.x86_64.rpm: rsa sha1 (md5) pgp md5 OK
DEB Installers and TGZ or ZIP packages
NOTE To verify the signature on a Windows OS a 3rd party tool such as
GPG4Win will be required to add GPG support. Import the public key to the gpg
key ring:
gpg –import GPG-KEY-hpzcentralconnect
Console output:
gpg: key E19851F0: public key “HP ZCentral Connect hpss-admin@hp.com”
imported gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
Verify the signature of the DEB, TGZ or ZIP le by passing in the DEB, TGZ, or
ZIP and its corresponding signature le (the signature le ends in the .asc
extension):
gpg –verify hpzcentralconnecthardwaremonitor.deb.asc
hpzcentralconnecthardwaremonitor.deb
Console output:
gpg: Signature made XXX XX XXX 2020 XX:XX:XX XX MST using RSA key ID E19851F0
gpg: Good signature from “HP ZCentral Connect <hpss-admin@hp.com>”
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary
key fingerprint: 66CF 5025 AA35 1EB7 CC78 136F C75F B106 E198 51F0
NOTE If you’d like to remove the warning message regarding the trustworthiness of the key, you can mark the key trusted using the following commands (more details can be found here):
gpg –edit-key “HP ZCentral Connect” gpg> trust
gpg>
Supported Events
The ZCentral Connect Hardware Monitor will monitor the health of the Power Supply Units on HP ZCentral 4R workstations while the OS is running. The dual PSUs on a 4R can each be in 1 of 3 states: Uninstalled, Installed and Providing Power, and Installed and Not Providing Power. Additionally, when 2 Power Supply Units are installed, they can be congured in Redundant or Non- redundant (Aggregate) mode depending on the workload of the workstation. This conguration 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)
- Power Supply installed and providing power. (Good State)
- Power Supplies installed but only 1 providing power running in redundant mode. (Error State)
- Power Supplies installed but only 1 providing power running in non-redundant mode. (Error State)
Troubleshooting
Logs
The logs for ZCentral Connect Hardware Monitor can be found in the following locations:
- On Windows: %PROGRAMDATA%\HP\ZCentralConnectHardwareMonitor\HardwareMonitor.log.
- On Linux®: /var/log/hpzcentralconnecthardwaremonitor/HardwareMonitor.log.
To change the level of information displayed in the log les edit the
log4net.cong le and change the
- On Windows (by default): %PROGRAMFILES%\HP\ZCentralConnectHardwareMonitor\bin\log4net.config.
- On Linux®: /opt/hp/zcentralconnecthardwaremonitor/log4net.config.
The Hardware Monitor will also log to the Windows Event Log under Application logs.
central Connect Hardware Monitor Installation Errors and Warnings
Error: This application requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019
Redistributable
The Windows installer and the Hardware Monitor requires the Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable. Installation will not be able to be performed without this installed. The vc_redist.x64.exe package will need to be downloaded from Microsoft and installed before reattempting installation.
Warning : HP ZCentral Connect Hardware Monitor requires the Intel® Management Engine Interface driver to be installed
Without the Intel® Management Engine Interface driver the Hardware Monitor
service will be unable to be started, but it will still be able to be
installed. The driver can be installed by installing the Intel® Management
Engine Software (Chipset Driver) softpaq for the platform. This can be
downloaded from the HP Drivers website
(https://www.hp.com/drivers). Once the driver is installed the service can
be started.
ZCentral Connect Hardware Monitor Errors
Copyright and License
© Copyright 2018-2021 HP Development Company, L.P.
Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession,
use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer
Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial
Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor’s standard commercial
license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express
warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein
should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be
liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
Trademark Credits
Intel vPro is a trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Intel® Active Management Technology is a trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. Intel® AMT is a trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. Windows, Edge and Explorer are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. in the United States and other countries. macOS® and Safari® are trademarks of Apple, Inc in the U.S. and other countries.
Third-party notice
Third-party source code and licenses are redistributed, if required, with HP
ZCentral Connect. Document Version
Edition: 22.0.0
Part Number: M46647-007
References
- Validating other keys on your public keyring
- Official HP® Drivers and Software Download | HP® Customer Support