HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 installation guide (T4283-96011, January 2006)

Installing the CIM Extension for IBM AIX118
Keep in mind the following:
• You must have root privileges to stop the CIM Extension.
• When you stop the CIM Extension, the management server is unable to gather information
about this host.
How to Determine if the CIM Extension Is Running
You can determine if the CIM Extension is running by entering the following command at the
command prompt:
# ./status
The process for the CIM Extension is displayed.
The CIM Extension is running when the following message is displayed:
CIM Extension Running: Process ID: 93
where 93 is the process ID running the CIM Extension
Fulfilling the Prerequisites
If your installation failed, you may be missing the following prerequisites. Refer to the information
below on the required maintenance level and file sets.
IMPORTANT: Installation of the devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api.5.1.0.0 file set is
optional. If you do not install this file set, you will be able to discover the AIX host, but you will not
see any information about your host bus adapters or any information they provide. For example, the
Navigation page for the host will not show results for host bus adapters, HBA ports, or bindings.
Also if you do not install the
devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api.5.1.0.0 file set, the host is displayed in the topology,
but devices attached to the host are not displayed, such as switches. This information also applies to
the devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api.5.3.0.0 file set for AIX 5.3.
AIX 5.1
• Maintenance level 03 or later - This is required for the HBAAPI. The operating system level can
be found by entering the following command at the command prompt:
oslevel -r
• bos.rte.libc.5.1.0.36 or later - This is required for Java 1.4 support. The file can be
downloaded from the IBM Technical Support Web site at the following URL:
https://techsupport.services.ibm.com
Both AIX 5.1 and 5.2
xlC.rte.5.0.2.1 or later - The C++ runtime. To obtain the C++ runtime, go to the IBM Technical
Support Web site at the following URL:
https://techsupport.services.ibm.com
AIX 5.3