HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 101)

The following components can be provided in several different ways:
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Embedded agent The hardware device has an embedded SMI-S agent. No other installation of
software is required to manage the device.
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SMI solution The hardware or software ships with an agent installed on a host. The agent must connect
to the device and obtain unique identifying information. This is the method used by all HP storage
devices and most SAN devices.
About storage security using SNMP
Discovery and identification
Systems Insight Manager discovers storage systems on the LAN and Command View storage device managers
running on managed systems or devices. For internal disks, the Systems Insight Manager inventory component
can identify all drives installed, disk manufacturer, models, disk types, firmware revision, internal location
of the drive in the system, and details about the controllers that manage the systems. For RAID drives, the
RAID type (1 to 5) and manufacturer are discovered in addition to the details gathered for the internal drives.
For SAN systems, Systems Insight Manager discovers the Command View servers that manage the SAN
devices.
Systems Insight Manager displays storage systems as follows:
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Internal drives These systems must appear in the Properties pages and the inventory database as
components of their respective systems.
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Tape libraries These devices are identified and included in the All Systems, All Storage Systems,
and All Tape Libraries collections.
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SAN The Command View systems for these devices are identified and available from the Tools &
Links tab of the System Page for the systems serving the Command View systems.
NOTE: Systems Insight Manager discovers SAN and NAS management applications and provides user
access to system information when those applications are started.
Using storage solutions
Creating a storage by type group
You can create a search for systems of type, such as ESL or MSL, for tape libraries, or create a search for
Web Agents of type for each type of Command View system.
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HP StorageWorks Command View SDM Search for Web Agent == HP StorageWorks Command
View SDM
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HP StorageWorks Command View XP Search for Web Agent == HP StorageWorks Command View
XP
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HP StorageWorks Command View ESL Search for Web Agent == HP StorageWorks Command View
ESL
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HP StorageWorks Tape Libraries Search for system type == storage device
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HP StorageWorks Management Appliance Search for Web Agent == Management module
hp_OpenView_Storage_Management_Appliance or Web Agent == Management Module
OpenSANManager
Event collection and launch
To receive events, the Command View software must be configured to send SNMP events to the Systems
Insight Manager CMS.
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