Operating Environment Software Owner manual

Minimum requirements
SPM supports the following managed storage systems:
Required Management SoftwareFirmwareStorage System Model
HP 3PAR OS 3.1.1 MU1, HP 3PAR
OS 3.1.1MU2, and HP 3PAR OS
3.1.2
HP 3PAR F200, HP 3PAR F400,
HP 3PAR T400, HP 3PAR T800,
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000
HP P6000 Command View Software 9.4
or later
Refer to the Single Point of
Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) for
HP Storage Products for firmware
compatibility at http://www.hp.com/
storage/spock.
EVA4400, EVA6400, EVA8400,
P6300, P6350, P6500, and
P6550
P9500 RWC Micro code: 7002050000XP24000 requires firmware version
60–08–06 or later; refer to the Single
Point of Connectivity Knowledge
(SPOCK) for HP Storage Products for
firmware compatibility at http://
www.hp.com/storage/spock.
XP12000, XP20000, XP24000,
and P9500
1
1
SPM allows importing XP/P9000 arrays that run on older firmware versions.
For more information, see HP 3PAR Utility Storage Family, HP XP Storage System, and HP P6000
Command View Software.
SPM supports the following Brocade Network Advisor software packages:
Brocade Switch FOS/M-EOSc versionSAN Management Software
FOS v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x, v5.3.x, v6.0.x. v6.1.x, v6.2.x,
v6.3.x, v6.4.x, v7.0.x; for specific devices, as listed in the
• HP B-Series Network Advisor 11.1.3 (Enterprise,
Professional Plus, or SMI Agent Only) options
release notes, M-EOSc 9.6.x, 9.7.x, 9.8.x and 9.9.x are
also supported.
• Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) v11.1.3 (Enterprise,
Professional Plus, or SMI Agent Only) options
• HP B-Series Network Advisor 11.1.4 (Enterprise,
Professional Plus, or SMI Agent Only) options
• Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) v11.1.4 (Enterprise,
Professional Plus, or SMI Agent Only) options
NOTE:
• For more information and access to HP B-Series Network Adviser software, see HP B-series
Management Software - Overview & Features. Download information can be found under
“HP Support and Drivers.”
• Brocade's legacy standalone SMI Agent is not supported by SPM. SPM will only support the
SMI Agent installed via HP B-Series Network Advisor/Brocade Network Advisor installation
packages as called out above.
Roles and workflow
Tasks in SPM can be logically broken out into two categories:
Administrative tasks—by default, SPM defines three different roles to handle the administrative
tasks: storage administrator, storage architect and storage operator. People who fulfill these roles
are responsible for setting up and managing the storage resources in the SPM catalog, defining
provisioning policy, and configuring security.
Consumer tasks—SPM defines by default a single consumer role whose primary task is to request
storage from SPM.
12 Introduction