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 Systems32
IMPORTANT: Because of subtle differences between discovery from HP SIM and HP SE, HP
strongly recommends you do either all of your discovery steps in HP SIM or HP SE. See ”Differences
Between HP SE and HP SIM Discovery” on page 30 for more information about the differences
between HP SIM and HP SE discovery.
Discovery from HP SIM Steps
Discovery of switches, storage systems, filers and tape libraries consists of several steps:
1. Discover your switches by using HP Systems Insight Manager. See ”Step 1 - Discover Switches”
on page 45. Refer to the documentation for HP SIM for detailed information about discovery.
2. Discover your storage systems, filers and tape libraries by using HP Systems Insight Manager.
See ”Step 2 - Discover Storage Systems, Filers and Tape Libraries” on page 67.
3. Obtain details about the elements you previously discovered by using the Run Discovery Data
Collection feature. You must run Get Details to obtain provisioning information. This step takes
some time to complete. Run Get Details when the network is not busy. See ”Step 4 - Discovery
Data Collection or Get Details” on page 94 for more information.
Discovery from HP SE Steps
Discovery for switches, storage systems, filers and tape libraries consists of several steps:
1. Discover your switches. See ”Step 1 - Discover Switches” on page 45.
2. Discover your storage systems, filers and tape libraries. See ”Step 2 - Discover Storage Systems,
Filers and Tape Libraries” on page 67.
3. (Optional) If you want to view the topology quickly in System Manager, obtain the topology as
described in ”Step 3 (Discovery from HP SE Only) - Build the Topology” on page 89. Keep in
mind this step only gathers the information necessary for displaying the topology.
4. Perform Get Details. Get Details is required to obtained detailed information from the elements
you discovered. You must run Get Details to obtain provisioning information. This step takes
some time to complete. Run Get Details when the network is not busy. See ”Step 4 - Discovery
Data Collection or Get Details” on page 94 for more information.
IMPORTANT: Before performing any provisioning operations that involve a brocade switch you
must perform Discovery Step 3 for any subset of elements that includes this brocade switch.
Overall Discovery Tasks
Make sure you have reviewed Table 2 on page 1 to ensure you are at the correct step.
Keep in mind the following:
• Accessing the Discovery pages for discovery from HP SIM or HP SE differs. See ”Accessing the
Discovery Pages for HP SIM and HP SE” on page 31 for details.
• To save time, make sure the user names and passwords are correct. When credentials are not
supplied, the default user names and passwords are tried for the element.