HP SAN - Manual (Page 7)

This chapter addresses the following topics:
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“HP Storage SAN Visibility package contents” (page 7)
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“Hardware and software requirements” (page 7)
HP Storage SAN Visibility package contents
Following are the components of the HP Storage SAN Visibility bundle:
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HP Storage SAN Visibility installer (SANVisibility_Setup.exe)
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Product documentation
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Licenses
Hardware and software requirements
This section discusses the hardware and software requirements for installing HP Storage SAN
Visibility.
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Software
To use HP Storage SAN Visibility, following are the necessary applications that need to be
installed on a host where HP Storage SAN Visibility is installed:
Installation
◦ Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) v1.5 or v1.6.
Data Collection
◦ Windows Remote Management version 2.0 (WinRM)
Run following commands to complete the winrm setup
1.
Open command prompt.
2. Execute winrm quickconfig
– If the system prompts to start the WinRM service, press 'y' followed by the
'enter'
3. Execute “winrm set winrm/config/Service/auth @{Basic="true"}”
4. Execute “winrm set winrm/config/Service
@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}”
– Brocade SMI Agent (120.6.0 a) installed for SMI-S based data collection. For
more information, see the SMI-Agent user guide.
NOTE: Brocade SMI-Agent installation is not mandatory for SAN Visibility data collection. If
Brocade SMI-Agent is not installed, then the collection takes place through SNMP (and Brocade
APIs). For more information on data collection methods, see
“Data collection methods” (page 37) .
Viewing Report
• Internet Explorer 8 or Internet Explorer 9
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Microsoft Excel viewer
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Microsoft Visio viewer
Table 1 (page 8) lists the hardware requirements.
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