HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.4.0-00 Administrator Guide (web) (TB581-96325, December 2012)

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7 Configuring Device Manager for
CIM/WBEM
This chapter explains how to configure Device Manager for CIM/WBEM .
Device Manager and CIM/WBEM
Device Manager supports WBEM, which is defined by the standards-setting organization DMTF.
WBEM is a standard proposed by the DMTF for managing networked devices, including hosts and
storage systems, over the Internet. WBEM enables you to share data about devices in different
environments (such as environments with different vendors, operating systems, or protocols) without
considering the differences. WBEM is based on CIM, an object-oriented information model.
CIM, defined by DMTF, is a standardized approach for managing systems in network environments.
CIM provides a framework for expressing the data to be managed. Applying CIM to storage systems
enables you to use standardized methods to manage the configuration and status of storage systems
in networks.
CAUTION:
In Device Manager, when registering a storage system that is to be managed, use the account of an
administrator for the entire storage system. Do not use the account of an administrator who only has
permissions for part of the storage system.
The CIM models provided by Device Manager conform to the SMI-S specifications (SNIA-CTP) endorsed
by SNIA. The CIM models of the Device Manager server are defined in MOF (Managed Object
Format) files provided by Device Manager.
CIM clients can access Device Manager by using the CIM XML/HTTP interface defined by WBEM.
The following figure shows the CIM components for Device Manager.
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