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

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7 Installing the CIM Extension for HP-UX
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About the CIM Extension for HP-UX” on page 129
• ”Prerequisites” on page 129
• ”Verifying SNIA HBA API Support” on page 130
• ”Installing the CIM Extension” on page 131
• ”Starting the CIM Extension Manually” on page 132
• ”Finding the Status of the CIM Extension” on page 136
• ”Modifying the Boot Time RC Start Script (Optional)” on page 136
• ”Stopping the CIM Extension” on page 137
• ”Rolling Over the Logs” on page 137
• ”Fulfilling the Prerequisites” on page 137
• ”Removing the CIM Extension from HP-UX” on page 137
Make sure you have reviewed Table 2 on page 1 to ensure you are at the correct step.
About the CIM Extension for HP-UX
The CIM Extension for HP-UX gathers information from the operating system and host bus adapters.
It then makes the information available to the management server.
IMPORTANT: Install the CIM Extension on each host you want the management server to manage.
The CIM Extension communicates with an HBA by using the Host Bus Adapter Application
Programming Interface (HBAAPI) created by the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA). The
management server only supports communication with HBAs that are compliant with the HBAAPI.
For more information about the HBAAPI, see the following Web page at the SNIA Web site:
http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/hba_api/
Prerequisites
The installation checks for the following. If the installation fails, see ”Fulfilling the Prerequisites” on
page 137.
HP-UX 11i and 11.0
Software Requirements
Following software driver bundles must be installed on HP-UX 11i and 11.0 hosts. FC SNIA HBA
API software is bundled with the driver and is installed at the same time the driver is installed.