HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

7. Retain the default selections on the subsequent screens.
The Ready to Complete dialog box displays your current selection.
8. Click Finish. If you want to modify the current selection, click Back.
The new hard disk is added to the Hardware list. You can proceed with the host agent
installation.
You can start requesting host updates and performing configuration and performance data collection.
Verifying host agent connectivity to a command device
Before you begin the host agent installation, you must create and assign command devices, so
that the connectivity is established between the XP or the XP7 disk arrays and your host agent. If
a command device is not created and presented to the host, the RAID Manager Library version is
not displayed when you request an host agent update from HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
Use HP XPInfo to verify if a command device is presented to your HP XP7 Performance Advisor
host agent.
IMPORTANT:
• HP XPInfo is available in the Tools folder on the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation
disk 2, and must be executed separately.
• HP does not recommend connecting a command device through multiple paths.
The following commands can be used before and after installing the Windows and UNIX host
agents to verify if the command devices are connected:
• To verify if a command device is presented to a Windows host: In your host's command prompt
window, type xpinfo.exe - i | find “-CM”.
Figure 8 Sample xpinfo -i output for Windows host agent
Where, CM in the Type indicates a command device.
You can also test the host connectivity to a command device during the Windows host agent
installation. For more information, see “Installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows
host agents” (page 70).
• To verify if a command device is presented to a UNIX host: In the command prompt window
of your host, type xpinfo -i.
Figure 9 Sample xpinfo -i output for UNIX host agent
42 Understanding the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation prerequisites