HP P6000 SmartStart User Guide (Windows) (T5494-96559, October 2012)

The following is a brief summary of requirements for a management server. Detailed requirements
are in the HP Enterprise Virtual Array Compatibility Reference. See Related documentation.
• Supported Microsoft Windows server operating system
• 1.26 GHz processor and 2 GB RAM (minimums)
• Internal disk drive with 4 GB for the HP P6000 Command View software suite, plus 10 MB
for each managed HP P6000 storage system's log files.
Additional space is required for optional HP P6000 management software, such as HP Web
Based Enterprise Services (WEBES), HP Insight Remote Support, and HP Replication Solutions
Manager (RSM).
• DVD/CD drive, keyboard, video monitor, mouse (or KVM switch) for installing software from
DVDs or CDs
• Network adapter
• Supported Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) and driver
• Supported multipath software (if the server is also an application server)
HP P6000 MPIO DSM multipath software
Multipath software is installed on a server in conjunction with multiple host bus adapters to provide
and manage multiple I/O paths to a storage system. HP P6000 SmartStart can install HP MPIO
DSM drivers and HP MPIO DSM Manager software on your Windows application servers.
HP MPIO DSM for HP P6000 storage systems
HP MPIO DSM (Device Specific Module) for HP EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 storage system provides
multipath support that is based on the Microsoft MPIO framework. Multipath support includes
features such as I/O load balancing, path failover, path recovery, and path failback.
HP MPIO DSM Manager
HP MPIO DSM Manager is a snap-in HP application to Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
for viewing and managing disk devices in Windows MPIO environments.
HP P6000 VDS hardware provider software
HP P6000 VDS hardware provider is a software package that is installed on a server to support
Microsoft Virtual Disk Services (VDS). HP P6000 SmartStart can install HP P6000 VDS software
on your Windows application servers.
The P6000 VDS hardware provider enables volume and logical unit management of HP P6000
arrays from a central Microsoft Management Console. Administrators can discover, configure and
monitor supported HP storage devices from Windows Server operating environments.
HP Management Integration Framework software
HP Management Integration Framework software provides storage-related security features and
user interface capabilities and is included with HP P6000 Command View.
HP MI software provides the following interfaces and high level features:
• Security interface
• Enhanced storage-related security integration and Management Group administration
• Configuration interface
• Command line tools
• Automatic discovery of machines on a LAN
• User interface integration for Management Integration Framework capable products
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