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

Storage Essentials 5.1 Installation Guide 191
10 Installing the CIM Extension for OpenVMS
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About the CIM Extension for OpenVMS” on page 191
• ”Prerequisites” on page 192
• ”Installing the CIM Extension for OpenVMS” on page 193
• ”Starting the CIM Extension Manually” on page 194
• ”Finding the Status of the CIM Extension” on page 195
• ”Manually Starting the CIM Extension to Specify Multiple Users in a Colon-separated List” on
page 195
• ”Changing the Port Number” on page 196
• ”Configuring the CIM Extension to Listen on a Specific Network Card” on page 197
• ”Finding the Version of a CIM Extension” on page 198
• ”Stopping the CIM Extension” on page 199
• ”Rolling Over the Log Files” on page 199
• ”Increasing the Native Logging Level” on page 199
• ”Removing the CIM Extension from OpenVMS” on page 200
NOTE: This chapter describes how to install and manage the CIM Extension directly on the host.
You can also install and manage CIM Extensions remotely. See ”Deploying and Managing CIM
Extensions” on page 149.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you have reviewed Table 2 on page 1 to ensure you are at the correct
step.
About the CIM Extension for OpenVMS
The CIM Extension for OpenVMS is compatible with OpenVMS for Alpha. The CIM Extension for
OpenVMS gathers information from the operating system and host bus adapters (HBAs) and 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 HBA API.
For more information about the HBA API, see the following Web page on the SNIA Web site:
http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/hba_api/