HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

• 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 SIM with storage systems
For optimal interaction between HP SIM and storage systems , complete the following procedures.
Configuring HP SIM to discover storage systems
Subscribe to WBEM indication events
If a storage systems SMI-S provider supports WBEM indication events and you want to view WBEM indication
events on the event table view page, you must subscribe to WBEM events for the storage system. For
instructions, see “Subscribing to WBEM indications”.
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 SIM enables you to view storage system information for collections and individual storage systems.
Viewing storage system collections
1. In the System and Event Collections panel, expand Systems, Shared, Systems by Type, and
Storage Systems.
2. Select one of the following:
• All Storage Systems
• All Storage Hosts
• All Storage Switches
• All Storage Arrays
• All Tape Libraries
The system table view page for that collection appears. For more information, see “Navigating the system
table view page”.
Viewing individual storage systems
1. In the System and Event Collections panel, expand Systems, Shared, Systems by Type, and
Storage Systems.
2. Expand the storage system collection that contains the system you want to view.
3. Click the name of the storage system you want to view.
The System Page for that system appears. For more information, see “System Page” .
270 Storage integration