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16 Installing the CIM Extension for Microsoft Windows
IMPORTANT: Do not install the CIM extension onto the management server.
This chapter contains the following topics:
• About the CIM Extension for Windows, page 281
• Verifying SNIA HBA API Support, page 282
• Installing the CIM Extension, page 283
• Installing the CIM Extension Using the Silent Installation, page 284
• Upgrading a Host with the Latest CIM Extension, page 284
• Configuring CIM Extensions, page 285
• Rolling Over the Log Files, page 288
• Removing the CIM Extension from Windows, page 288
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 Windows
The CIM extension for Windows gathers information from the operating system, devices and host
bus adapters. It then makes the information available to the management server.
The CIM extension communicates with a host bus adapter (HBA) by one of two methods:
• The Microsoft HBAAPI.DLL
• The Microsoft HBAAPI.DLL is available with Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1 and later. This is
default method that the CIM extension uses.
• The CIM Extension requires hbaapi.dll 5.2.3790.2753 which ships with Microsoft
Windows 2003 SP2 or can be downloaded from Microsoft Knowledge Base KB922772
for earlier versions of Windows.
• If you are running Windows 2000 or a version of the hbaapi.dll before version
5.2.3790.2753, the SNIA HBA API will be used.
• The SNIA HBA API (appiq_hbaapi.dll)
• The Host Bus Adapter Application Programming Interface (HBA API) created by the Storage
Network Industry Association (SNIA).