HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.3 Install Guide (T1789-96323, August 2011)

Installing P9000 Performance Advisor
Install P9000 Performance Advisor on your management station.
At this point, return to the P9000 Performance Advisor Installation Wizard Welcome window to proceed
with the installation. For more information, see “Installing the P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 43.
IMPORTANT:
After installing P9000 Performance Advisor, return to this checklist to complete the remaining
prerequisites and tasks for downloading and installing the P9000 Performance Advisor host
agents.
After installing P9000 Performance Advisor
For Windows System Authentication, add users, administrators, and grant them privileges on your
management station.
For more information, see “Configuring P9000 Performance Advisor related settings” on page 63.
Launch P9000 Performance Advisor and log in using your credentials.
IMPORTANT:
Install Adobe Flash Player on the system from where you will access P9000 Performance Advisor.
Download Adobe Flash Player and Flash Player Plugin, v10.0.0 or later from the following
location: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/.
For more information, see “Launching P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 65.
Add users and grant them the administrator, or user privileges, if you have implemented Performance
Advisor Native Authentication.
For more information, see “Configuring P9000 Performance Advisor related settings” on page 63.
Download the P9000Info software and the host agent files (.tar) to the Windows and UNIX hosts from
the P9000 Performance Advisor Support screen.
For more information, see “Downloading the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents and P9000Info
software” on page 71.
Verify connectivity from the Windows and UNIX host agents to the respective command devices using
the P9000Info software.
For more information, see “Verifying host agent connectivity to a command device” on page 41.
Configure your web browser to not use any web proxy servers.
For more information, see For more information, see “Configuring the web browser proxy server
settings” on page 33.
Installing the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents
Install the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents.
At this point, return to the respective P9000 Performance Advisor host agents installation procedures
for the host agents you want to install. For more information, see “Installing P9000 Performance Advisor
host agents” on page 71.
IMPORTANT:
After installing the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents, return to this checklist to complete
the remaining prerequisites and tasks to use P9000 Performance Advisor.
Understanding the P9000 Performance Advisor installation prerequisites18