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

Storage Essentials 5.00.01 Installation Guide 5
• Quicker deployment of storage infrastructure and business applications
• Protection of customer flexibility and investments with a standards-based interface
Key Features
• End-to-end visibility of business applications - Provides an interface for you to monitor your
business applications, including their associated infrastructure and interdependencies.
• Integrated storage management - Lowers cost of acquiring and managing a heterogeneous
storage environment using multiple disparate, point solutions.
• Standards-based architecture - Protects customer flexibility and investments with a
standards-based interface for managing heterogeneous storage environments.
• Storage server, network and subsystem provisioning - Reduces manual processes and risk
of downtime due to free-space outages with multi-level storage provisioning.
• Reporting - Offers flexible, in-depth report generation in both predefined and user defined
formats, or export data to other management applications.
• Integrated asset management and chargeback - Centralizes all aspects of storage inventory
for maximum asset utilization. Improves accountability and budgeting with cost accounting
based chargeback on user defined utilization characteristics.
• Web-based global management console - Provides management of heterogeneous storage
environments through a web-based user interface.
Software Requirements
To find the software requirements for the management server and for the elements you plan to
discover, refer to the support matrix (SupportMatrix.html), which can be found on the top-level
of the management server CD-ROM.
Web Browser Configuration Requirements
Before you can use the management server, verify the following are enabled on your Web browser:
• cookies
• JavaScript
• Java
You can verify these settings by doing the following:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer - Go to the Internet Options window by selecting Tools >
Internet Options.
• To verify if cookies are enabled - Click the Privacy tab. This setting requires a medium or
lower security setting.
• To verify if Java is enabled - Click the Advanced tab. Under the Sun setting, verify that
the option, Use JRE <version number> is selected.
• Netscape - Go to the Preferences window by selecting Edit > Preferences in Netscape.
• To verify if cookies are enabled - Expand the Privacy & Security category, and then
click Cookies.
• To verify if Java is enabled - Click Advanced.