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

HP SIM displays storage systems as follows:
• Internal drives These systems must appear in the Properties pages and the inventory database as
components of their respective systems.
• Tape libraries These devices are identified and included in the All Systems, All Storage Systems,
and All Tape Libraries collections.
• SAN The Command View systems for these devices are identified and available from the Tools &
Links tab of the System Page for the systems serving the Command View systems.
NOTE: HP SIM discovers SAN and NAS management applications and provides user access to system
information on launch of those applications.
Related procedures
• Discovering storage using SNMP
• Using HP SIM with SNMP storage solutions
Related topic
▲ System Page
Discovering storage using SNMP
The HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) discovery process for systems running Command View includes
the following:
NOTE: To access the links to Command View, select Tools→System Information→System Page→Links.
• CV XP on port 80 (http)
• CV VA/SDM on port 4096 (http)
• CV TL on port 4095 (http)
• Discovery of Command View EVA is encapsulated within the discovery of the HP StorageWorks Storage
Management Appliance on ports 2301 or 2381
HP SIM must be permitted to access the web server.
To configure Command View and SDM:
1. Verify that the HP Systems Insight Manager CMS is within a secure IP range in the Command View
server configuration.
• Host based CMS IP address included in .../sanmgr/hostagent/config/access.dat.
• Storage Area Manager management server (if applicable) CMS station IP address included in
/sanmgr/managementserver/config/authorizedClients.dat.
2. Run Discovery to discover or re-identify the Command View systems. See “Discovery and identification”
for more information regarding running discovery.
3. When discovery is complete, you can group systems in HP SIM and launch Command View from the
System Page. See “System Page” for more information regarding the System Page.
To load the EVA MIB, enter mxmib -a cpqhsv110v3.cfg.
Note: Loading the MIB could take several minutes to complete. See “Managing MIBs” for more information
about MIBs.
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