HP StorageWorks P9000 Application Performance Extender Software User Guide (5697-0984, September 2012)

2 Installing and removing P9000
Application Performance Extender
This chapter describes the procedure to install the P9000 Application Performance Extender in your
SAN environment.
IMPORTANT:
HP recommends that you meet the prerequisites for all the P9000 Application Performance Extender
components prior to initiating installation for quick deployment.
The P9000 Application Performance Extender installer kit includes the following:
• P9000 Application Performance Extender management station (P9000APEX_MS.exe) — Install
on a host running on Windows.
• P9000 Application Performance Extender communication agent (HP-UX and Linux x86 and x86_64
— P9000APEX_CA.bin) (Linux IA64 — P9000APEX_CAIA64.bin)(Windows —
P9000APEX_CA.exe) — Install on all the hosts (HP-UX, Linux, and Windows).
• P9000 Application Performance Extender controller (HP-UX and Linux x86 and x86_64 —
P9000APEX_Controller.bin) (Linux IA64 — P9000APEX_ControllerIA64.bin) (Windows
– P9000APEX_Controller.exe — Install on all the hosts (HP-UX, Linux, and Windows).
For information on supported software and hardware platforms, see the following documents:
• HP StorageWorks P9000 Application Per formance Extender Release Notes
• HP StorageWorks P9000 Application Per formance Extender Support Matrix
.
NOTE:
• P9000 Application Performance Extender supports one controller per XP or P9500 disk array.
For multiple XP and P9500 disk arrays, multiple instances of the controller on different hosts ac-
cessing each of the arrays are required.
• HP recommends that you reserve a dedicated port for command devices.
• Ensure that SOM696 and SOM716 are enabled on the XP disk arrays, and SOM696 is enabled
on the P9500 disk arrays.
Installing the management station
This section describes the procedure to install the P9000 Application Performance Extender management
station.
The following components are installed when you install the management station:
• Web Server
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