HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.1.1 Administrator Guide (web) (TB581-96065, September 2011)

NOTE:
Only Host Data Collector can be installed on a separate computer.
Device Manager agent
The Device Manager agent component collects information about hosts or storage systems that
it then reports to the Device Manager server. This component is required for the following opera-
tions:
Managing copy pairs
The Device Manager agent is required when creating a copy pair, changing the copy pair
configuration, or changing the copy pair status in Device Manager or Replication Manager
in conjunction with RAID Manager.
Managing storage usage
The Device Manager agent is required for managing in Device Manager volume usage
statuses on a host (OS) whose volume information cannot be collected by Host Data Collector.
Setting a host from the Device Manager agent so that host information can be updated regu-
larly makes it possible for you to check the latest information on a management client.
Acquiring performance information
The Device Manage agent is required for acquiring performance information about P9500,
XP24000/XP20000, and XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 by using the CIM/WBEM function
of Device Manager.
RAID Manager
This component controls copy pairs in a storage system.
RAID Manager is required to control the configuration and the status of a copy pair in Device
Manager.
GUI
This component provides a Web-based graphical user interface.
CLI
These components provide a character-based interface. Using CLI improves the efficiency when
a system is initially installed or the same setting changes are applied to a large number of com-
puters.
Network security configuration
P9500, XP24000/XP20000, XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 and XP1024/XP128 come equipped
with a service processor, which is usually abbreviated as SVP. The SVP has two Ethernet adapters.
The first adapter is for a private (internal) Ethernet LAN, which is intended for intra-array
communications only. The Service Processor (SVP) is the only user-accessible device that can access
the internal LAN. The second adapter is used for other applications to communicate with the SVP.
This LAN is referred to as the public LAN, because it is visible to other computers outside the array.
Device Manager uses the public LAN to communicate with a storage system and with an SVP used
to make configuration changes to a storage system.
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