Systems Insight Manager 6.1 User Guide

22 Storage integration using SMI-S
About storage systems
Storage systems are SAN-attached Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts (with Fibre
Channel host bus adapters). Systems Insight Manager uses WBEM SMI-S providers to discover and collect
data from storage systems. To view the latest information about Systems Insight Manager device support
and for information about obtaining and installing SMI-S providers, see http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/
providers .
The default collection Storage Systems is listed under Systems by Type in the tree in the System and
Event Collections panel. The following collections are available under Storage Systems:
• All Storage Systems This category includes all devices that were discovered through an SMI-S provider .
• All Storage Hosts A storage host is a server, desktop, or workstation that is connected by a HBA to a
SAN Storage hosts are also included in the All Servers and All Systems collections.
• All Storage Switches A storage switch is a Fibre Channel switch that is connected to a SAN. Storage
switches are also included in the All Systems and All Network Devices collections.
• All Storage Arrays A storage array is a disk array that uses a Fibre Channel controller to connect to a
SAN. Storage arrays are also included in the All Systems collection.
• All Tape Libraries A tape library is a tape drive that is connected to SAN. Tape libraries are also
included in the All Systems collection.
Storage integration using SNMP
Storage devices can be broken down into real-time access and backup systems. Real-time access systems
can be subdivided into internal disks, RAIDs, tape libraries, SANs, and NAS.
Most data centers have combinations of these systems including:
• Small Business Almost entirely internal disk drives
• Medium Business Varying combination of internal disks and RAID systems
• Large Business Varying combination of internal disks, RAID, and some SAN or NAS
• Enterprise Business Mostly large SAN or NAS, but some RAID and internal disks might be present
Systems Insight Manager can retrieve the information for the internal disk drives for monitored systems. This
does not mean that Systems Insight Manager actively manages and configures each system previously
indicated.
Systems Insight Manager can:
• Discover and identify storage systems that are directly attached to a server.
• Discover and identify storage systems that are on the network, including tape libraries.
• Discover and identify HP StorageWorks Command View storage device manager systems.
• Receive storage system events and associate them with the system that generated the event (through
Command View) running on a system, or from a tape library management card.
• Context launch appropriate management application from the context of the event or the context of the
system running the Command View that generated the event.
Storage events
With Systems Insight Manager, administrators can monitor inventory and configure and manage hardware
resources and the system software that affects the systems.
Systems Insight Manager provides the administrator with a complete overview of the hardware status. Storage
events provide notification that a problem exists that might affect the availability of storage resources, which
can affect system and application availability. Systems Insight Manager receives detailed event messages
through WBEM events or SNMP traps. These events identify the system and the affected disk and provide
an error number for looking up details and a description of the problem. The event details also contain links
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