HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 28)

• Virtualization servers (A physical server where virtual software is installed.)
• Virtual machines (A machine that is created on the virtualization server and operates on virtualiz-
ation software.)
Depending on the user's purpose, multiple choices of methods (such as manual registration, or using
Host Data Collector, or Device Manager agent) are provided for registering the host. For host
prerequisites and environment settings, see the HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite
Software Administrator Guide.
Methods for registering hosts
You can register hosts to be managed by Device Manager so that storage system volumes can be
used by hosts. Methods for registering hosts include:
Description Method Purpose
When you want to register multiple hosts in a batch, register multiple
hosts by specifying the IP address (range specification and listing ad-
dresses are available), and the authentication information of the host on
the network. The host’s WWN information will automatically be obtained.
Host Data Collector setup is required.
Use Host
Data Collect-
or
To register multiple
hosts in a batch
When you want to register hosts individually based on WWN information,
register hosts individually by manually specifying the host name, OS type,
and WWN. The hosts can be registered without setting up Host Data
Collector or Device Manager agent.
Specify the
WWN, and
then manu-
ally register
the hosts
To register hosts
individually based
on the WWN in-
formation
When you want to know the usage status of storage resources for the
virtualization servers, or the correspondence with the virtual machines
and you want to register both the virtualization server and the virtual
machine, the virtualization server must use NPIV HBA, and be connected
with Fibre Channel. For some virtualization server software versions, the
virtualization server can be discovered by either specifying the CIMOM
interface information of vMA or by using Host Data Collector.
For VMware ESX 4.x and VMware ESXi 4.x, a discovery can be
performed either by specifying the CIMOM interface information of vMA,
or by using Host Data Collector. For VMware ESXi 5.x, a discovery can
be performed only by using Host Data Collector. For virtual machines,
install Device Manager agent or use Host Data Collector to specify the
IP address (range specification and listing addresses are available), and
the authentication information of the host on the network.
Note that if the virtualization server is not using NPIV HBA, either a
virtualization server or a virtual machine can be registered per HBA unit
(both a virtualization server and a virtual machine cannot be registered
in the same WWN).
Use Host
Data
Collector
Use vMA
To know the usage
status of storage
resources for the
virtualization serv-
ers, or the corres-
pondence with the
virtual machines
When you want to automatically acquire host information, or to manage
a copy pair by using the replication functionality of the volume, install
Device Manager agent on each host or on the management server of the
copy pair. Host information or copy pair information will be sent from
Device Manager agent. For details about how to install the Device Man-
ager agent, see the HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite
Software Installation and Configuration Guide.
Use the
Device Man-
ager agent
To automatically
acquire host in-
formation, or to
manage a copy
pair by using the
replication function-
ality of the volume
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