HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software Device Manager server installation and configuration guide (web version) (T1780-96078, March 2008)

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Introduction to XP Command View AE Device

Manager

Enter the Device Manager URL in a web browser, and then, on the Login screen, register the

Core CLI/SMI-S license. For details on how to register a license key, see the manual HP

StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software Device Manager user guide.

3. Create a user if necessary.

To execute CLI, a user who has Device Manager permissions is required. If you want to use a

user other than the System account (built-in account), log in to Device Manager web client, and

then create a user and set permissions. For details on how to create a user and set

permissions, see the manual HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software

Device Manager user guide. For details on the permissions required to execute the CLI

commands, see the manual HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software

Device Manager CLI user guide.

4. Assign a resource group to the user created in step 3.

When using the Core CLI/SMI-S license, only All Resources can be assigned to a user as a

resource group.

5. Download the Device Manager agent.

Download the Device Manager agent from web client.

For details on how to use and set up the Device Manager agent, see the manual HP

StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software Device Manager agent

installation and configuration guide.

6. Download Device Manager CLI.

For details on how to use Device Manager CLI, see the manual HP StorageWorks XP

Command View Advanced Edition software Device Manager CLI user guide.

7. If you want to use the SMI-S interface, set up SMI-S.

For details on how to specify the settings for using the SMI-S interface, see

Appendix A

Overview of CIM/WBEM.

8. Use Device Manager CLI to add storage subsystems to be managed.

Use Device Manager CLI to add storage subsystems to be managed by Device Manager. For

details on how to use Device Manager CLI to add a storage subsystem, see the manual HP

StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software Device Manager CLI user guide.

1-2-3 Checking license information

To check the type of the license registered in Device Manager, perform one of the following:

• Use web client to check the license information.

• Execute the GetServerInfo command of Device Manager CLI.

1-3 XP Command View AE Suite Common

Component

XP Command View AE Suite Common Component is a package of features that are used by the XP

Command View AE Suite (a collective name for HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced

Edition software and plug-in products). It is installed as part of the Device Manager installation.

Common Component is discussed in detail in Chapter

5. Each product bundles the Common

Component to use the following functions:

• Single sign-on

• Integrated logging and repository

• Web service

Common Component is discussed in detail in Chapter