HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

Related topics
• Storage integration
• Viewing storage systems
• Viewing storage system reports
• Viewing storage array capacity
• Changes to HP SIM storage functionality when HP Storage Essentials is installed
• Using HP SIM with SNMP storage solutions
Configuring HP SIM with storage systems
Configuring HP Systems Insight Manager with storage systems
For optimal interaction between HP SIM and storage systems , complete the following procedures.
Configure HP SIM to discover storage systems
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) discovers and identifies storage systems .
To discover and collect data from a storage system:
1. Verify that the storage system has an installed and configured SMI-S provider . See HP Systems Insight
Manager Storage management and SMI-S providers at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/
servers/management/hpsim/smi-s-providers.html and the HP SIM user guides located at http://
h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html for more information
about obtaining and installing SMI-S providers.
2. Enter the user name and password for the SMI CIMOM in the Default WBEM settings section on the
“Setting global protocols” page.
3. Add each SMI CIMOM IP address to the System A utomatic Discovery task, or create a new discovery
task. See “Editing a discovery task” and “Creating a new discovery task” for instructions.
Your storage systems will be discovered after the next automatic discovery task. If you want to discover
your storage systems immediately, run the discovery task. See “Running a discovery task” for instructions.
Subscribe to WBEM indication events
If a storage system's SMI-S provider supports WBEM indication events, and you want to view WBEM
indication events on the Event View page, you must subscribe to WBEM events for the storage system. See
“Subscribing to WBEM indications” for instructions.
Related procedures
• Setting global protocols
• Subscribing to WBEM indications
• Editing a discovery task
• Running a discovery task
• Creating a new discovery task
• Viewing storage systems
• Viewing storage system reports
Related topic
▲ Storage integration using SMI-S
Viewing storage systems
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) enables you to view storage system information for collections and
individual storage systems.
Viewing storage system collections
To view a storage system collection :
248 Storage integration