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15 Installing the CIM Extension for Sun Solaris
HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition does not support Sun Solaris hosts. See the HP Storage
Essentials Standard Edition Support Matrix for a list of supported devices. The support matrix is
accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).
This chapter contains the following topics:
• About the CIM Extension for Solaris, page 271
• Prerequisites, page 272
• Verifying SNIA HBA API Support, page 272
• Installing the CIM Extension, page 273
• Starting the CIM Extension Manually, page 274
• How to Determine if the CIM Extension Is Running, page 275
• Configuring CIM Extensions, page 275
• Stopping the CIM Extension, page 278
• Rolling Over the Log Files, page 279
• Removing the CIM Extension from Solaris, page 279
NOTE: This chapter describes how to install and manage the CIM extension directly on the host.
You can also install and manage CIM extensions remotely. See ”Deploying and Managing CIM
Extensions” on page 181.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you have reviewed Table 2 on page 2 to ensure you are at the correct
step.
About the CIM Extension for Solaris
The CIM extension for Sun Solaris gathers information from the operating system and host bus
adapters. It then makes the information available to the management server.
IMPORTANT: Install the CIM extension on each host you want the management server to manage.
The CIM extension communicates with an HBA by using the Host Bus Adapter Application
Programming Interface (HBAAPI) created by the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA). The
management server only supports communication with HBAs that are compliant with the HBAAPI.
For more information about the HBAAPI, see the following Web page at the SNIA Web site:
http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/hba_api/