HP Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management for Storage - Manual (Page 12)

Configuring HP Storage Adapter for HP XP P9000 Storage Arrays
Fibre channel connectivity to HP Storage Provider
To manage the SAP instances running on the HP XP P9000 storage arrays, HP Storage Provider
must be installed on Windows platform. There must exist a Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity between
the servers where the HP Storage Provider and HP XP P9000 Storage arrays are installed.
HP Storage Provider and HP XP P9000 Storage array communicate with each other using a
command device. So you must export the command device to the server where HP Storage Provider
is installed. However, if the server is a virtual machine, then the command device must be a raw
device mapped to the guest VM machine. For more information about creating and exporting a
command device to a host, see the HP P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide.
Use the XPInfo tool to verify connectivity between HP Storage Adapter and the HP Storage array.
To configure HP Storage arrays that have to be managed by SAP LVM:
1.
Click Configuration
→Infrastructure→Storage Manger, and select HP P9000 Storage Adapter.
2. Enter the following details:
•
Label—Each adapter imported into SAP LVM must have a label. Labels help you to
logically differentiate the adapters.
•
URL—The URL of the installed HP Storage Provider.
For example, if the HP Storage Provider is installed on the same server as that of SAP
LVM at port 3501, then the URL will be
https://localhost:3501/ .
NOTE: Enter username as admin.
•
Password—The password for the installed HP Storage Provider configured during the HP
Storage Provider plug-in installation.
•
vCenter host—The IP address or hostname of the vCenter managing the virtual
infrastructure. HP Storage Adapter supports and manages the SAP instances running on
the VMware virtual machines. This requires the adapter to have access to the ESX servers
where the SAP instances are running. It is not mandatory to specify the vCenter host if
the managed SAP instances are physical servers.
•
vCenter user—The username to connect to the vCenter.
•
vCenter password—The password to connect to the vCenter.
NOTE: If the managed SAP instances are physical servers, then the vCenter username
and password are optional.
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