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
Storage Essentials 5.00.01 Installation Guide 85
Discovery from HP SE
To discover an Xiotech storage system:
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 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 the IP address or DNS name for the storage system
and its namespace. For example:
<IP address/DNS name>/root/cimv2
where
• <IP address/DNS name> is the IP address or DNS name of the storage system.
• /root/cimv2 is its namespace.
6. You can leave the user name and password for the Xiotech storage system blank.
7. In the Comment field (optional), type a comment for additional information. The information
typed into this field is displayed under the Comment column in the Addresses to Discover list
(Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Setup).
8. Do not select the Do Not Authenticate option.
9. Click OK.
10.To start discovering elements on the network, click the Start Discovery button on the IP
Addresses tab.
Discovering HP Filers
The management server treats HP Filers as Windows hosts. Discover HP Filers just as you would a
host.
Discovery from HP SIM
To discover an HP Filer, provide the following information in HP Insight Manager:
• IP address or system name of the HP filer to discover. 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.
• User name of the HP Filer. You must provide a privileged login.
• Password used to access the HP Filer.
Refer to the HP SIM documentation for more information about HP SIM.
Discovery from HP SE
To discover an HP Filer:
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.