Storage Resource Manager Enterprise Edition Installation Guide

Storage Resource Manager Enterprise Edition 6–1

Installing and Registering Plug-ins

This chapter describes installation and registration procedures for the plug-ins

provided with SRM. For information about a particular plug-in, refer to the separate

sections at the end of this chapter or to the Readme file included in the same directory

as the plug-in you want to install.

What are Plug-Ins?

A plug-in is software that allows SRM to scan, collect, and report information from

various types of objects, such as SAN switches. By installing a plug-in onto a system

where an SRM Windows NT/Windows 2000 Agent is installed, you allow that SRM

Agent to become a proxy for the SRM Server to use for communication with the

object that the installed plug-in supports.

Plug-In Types

There is a different plug-in defined for each type of object that SRM supports. The

following list describes the plug-in types:

• Network Appliance Filer (NetApp) — This type represents Network Appliance

Filer. These systems can be scanned through an appropriate plug-in and viewed by

SRM as a managed computer.

• NetWare — This type represents Novell

NetWare

server systems. These

systems can be scanned through an appropriate plug-in and viewed by SRM as a

managed computer.

• RAID — This type represents RAID subsystems (redundant array of independent

disks). These plug-ins report on the enclosure, controller, and logical drive

configuration of a RAID subsystem on your enterprise storage network.

• SAN Switch — This type represents a storage area network (SAN) object called a

switch. These plug-ins report information about the configuration of a given SAN

switch, including operating parameters and port information.