HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 installation guide (T4283-96011, January 2006)
Table Of Contents
- HP
- Storage Essentials 5.00.01 Installation Guide
- Contents
- Overview
- Installing the Management Server on Microsoft Windows
- Discovering Filers, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems
- Deploying CIM Extensions
- Installing the CIM Extension for IBM AIX
- Installing the CIM Extension for SGI ProPack for Linux
- Installing the CIM Extension for HP-UX
- Installing the CIM Extension for SUSE and Red Hat Linux
- Installing the CIM Extension for OpenVMS
- Installing the CIM Extension for HP Tru64 UNIX
- Installing the CIM Extension for SGI IRIX
- Installing the CIM Extension for Sun Solaris
- Installing the CIM Extension for Microsoft Windows
- Discovering Applications, Backup Servers and Hosts
- Managing Security
- Troubleshooting
Discovering Filers, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems80
NOTE: You do not need to provide the interop namespace because the management server
includes the interop namespace for IBM storage systems in its default list.
Discovery from HP SIM
IMPORTANT: First discover the host running the IBM CIMOM. See ”Adding an IP Range for
Scanning” on page 37 or ”Adding a Single IP Address or DNS Name for Discovery” on page 38
for more information. Then, select Options > Protocol Settings > System Protocol Settings
and select the host you discovered as a target. On the System Protocol Settings page, provide the
port number for the host under the WBEM section. You can also provide the user name and
password for the element if it is not one of the default user name and passwords.
To discover an IBM storage system, provide the following information in HP Insight Manager:
• IP address or system name for the system running the IBM CIMOM you want to discover.
• Port number for the IBM CIMOM. Enter its port number on the System Protocol Settings page
(Options > Protocol Settings > System Protocol Settings) under the WBEM section. Refer
to the HP SIM documentation for more information.
• User name of the system running the IBM CIMOM.
• Password of the system running the IBM CIMOM.
Refer to the HP SIM documentation for more information on discovering storage systems with HP
SIM.
Discovery from HP SE
To discover an IBM storage system, you must discover its CIMOM, as described in the following
steps:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home on the HP SIM home page menu. The HP SE home
page opens in a separate web browser window. Click Discovery > Setup in the upper-right
pane of the HP SE home page window.
2. Select Step 1 at the top of the page.
3. Click the IP Addresses tab.
4. Click the Add Address button.
5. In the IP Address/DNS Name field, enter one of the following for the system running the IBM
CIMOM you want to discover.
• <host> - server where the CIM Agent has been installed.
where <host> is the IP address or DNS name of the system running the IBM CIMOM you want
to discover.
6. Enter the User Name of the system running the IBM CIMOM.
7. Enter the Password of the system running the IBM CIMOM.
8. Retype the password in the Verify Password field.