HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Installation Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96055, November 2006)

Installing the CIM Extension for IBM AIX156
• tools - The files to stop, start and show the status of the CIM Extension
Prerequisites
The installation checks for the following. If the installation fails, see ”Fulfilling the Prerequisites” on
page 162.
AIX 5.1
• Maintenance level 03 or later
• bos.rte.libc.5.1.0.36 or later
Both AIX 5.1 and 5.2
xlC.rte.5.0.2.1 or later
AIX 5.3
• bos.rte.libc 5.3.0.0
• xlC.rte 6.0.0.0
Required Disk Space
The CIM Extension for AIX requires 40 MB.
Network Port Must Be Open
The CIM Extension uses port 4673 by default to communicate with the management server. Verify
the network port is open. Refer to the documentation accompanying your AIX host for more
information. If you need to use a different port, see ”Permanently Changing the Port a CIM
Extension Uses (UNIX Only)” on page 308.
bos.perf.libperfstat Required for Performance Data
The file bos.perf.libperfstat is required for the management server to obtained performance data.
Without bos.perf.libperfstat, the following occurs:
• 32-bit kernel - You do not receive information about the amount of virtual memory used.
• 64-bit kernel
• You are shown zero on the navigation page for “Total Physical Memory.”
• You are shown the following error message in the log:
bos.perf.libperfstat not installed - required for 64-bit Kernel to get disk
or cpu statistics.
• You do not obtain information for the following in Performance Manager:
• statistics on the operating system
• disk (disk utilization, disk read, disk write)
• CPU (processor utilization)
Verifying SNIA HBA API Support
The management server can only talk to host bus adapters (HBAs) that support the SNIA HBA API.
You can run the hbatest program, which is accessible from the CIM Extension CD-ROM. The