Getting started with HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 in a smaller Windows environment

White paper | HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2
27 | March, 2013
As with other HP Systems Insight Manager tools, you can configure the Configure or Repair
Agents tool to run on a schedule or manually. Only one instance of Configure or Repair Agents
tool can run at a time.
Setting up managed storage systems
Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is a Storage Networking Industry Association
(SNIA) standard that enables interoperable management for storage networks and storage
devices. Systems Insight Manager uses this standard to discover and manage the storage systems
it supports.
You must have a storage system WBEM SMI-S provider installed and configured on a managed
node for Systems Insight Manager to discover SAN storage. This includes storage devices such as
Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts (with Fibre Channel host bus adapters).
See the Systems Insight Manager SMI-S Provider webpage,
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers, to view the latest information regarding Systems Insight
Manager support for a particular device. This webpage offers information on obtaining, installing,
and configuring SMI-S providers.
Installing SMI-S providers
Each storage vendor provides the SMI-S provider and installation instructions for its storage
system. The webpage referenced in the previous section provides information on obtaining SMI-S
providers. Also, consult the storage vendor website or representative for more information
regarding their SMI-S providers.
For each storage system:
Verify that the applicable SMI-S provider is installed.
If the SMI-S provider is not installed, obtain and install it according to the vendor installation
instructions.
Verifying SSL
Systems Insight Manager requires that SSL is enabled for the SMI-S provider in order to discover
and manage the storage system that the provider supports. Verify that SSL is enabled for each
SMI-S provider.
Configuring SMI-S providers
You might have to modify an SMI-S provider port number or password. Use the provider
documentation to perform these modifications.
For example, if two CIMOMs exist on the same host, you must configure them to use different
ports to communicate with the CMS.
Configuring Systems Insight Manager to discover storage systems
After verifying that each storage system SMI-S provider is installed and configured, configure
Systems Insight Manager to discover the storage systems by performing the following steps:
1. Enter the user name and password for each provider SMI CIMOM in the Default WBEM
settings section on the Setting Global Protocols page.
2. Add each SMI CIMOM IP address to the System Automatic Discovery task or to the Creating a
New Discovery task. For more information, see the HP Systems Insight Manager User Guide
at http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/docs.
Systems Insight Manager discovers the storage systems after the next automatic discovery task. If
you want to discover your storage systems immediately, run the discovery task as described in the
“Running a Discovery Task” section of the HP Systems Insight Manager User Guide at
http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/docs.