HP Intelligent Infrastructure Analyzer Software - Manual (Page 5)

1 Overview
Intended Audience
The HP Intelligent Infrastructure Analyzer Software is intended for customers having HP storage
hardware in their
SAN . HP IIAS can be used to monitor and diagnose the physical layer of Storage
Area Network (SAN) in real-time, with an emphasis on the Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) on
FC Switch, HBA, and Storage device. The solution is highly beneficial for enterprise SAN, where
SAN management becomes cumbersome and tedious.
Introduction
HP IIAS uses industry-standard protocols (such as SNMP , SMI-S , CIM, and Telnet) to monitor the
physical layer (SFPs) across SAN, diagnose changes or events in SFP states or characteristics, and
presents the SAN
topology , inventory, and diagnostic information to the user in real-time.
HP IIAS enables you to:
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Discover and collect data of B-Series and H-Series switches in SAN.
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Discover and collect data of 8Gb/16Gb HP branded Qlogic FC HBAs .
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Discover and collect data of HP 3PAR storage device.
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Periodically monitor the active profile in SAN, based on the user-configured time intervals.
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Monitor or diagnose the degrading, or failing of SFPs in an active profile.
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Generate reports (current and historical).
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Notify the user on any change in the topology or SAN component state.
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Provide SAN summary in terms of component inventory.
Acronyms and abbreviations
CIM Common Information Model
CIMOM Common Information Model Object Manager
DC Data Collection
HBA Host Bus Adapter
HP IIAS HP Intelligent Infrastructure Analyzer Software. This will be installed on the management
station.
HP IIAS
CIMSERVER HP Intelligent Infrastructure Analyzer Software Common Information Model Server
LAN Local Area Network
SAN Storage Area Network
SFP Small Form-Factor Pluggable
SMI-S SNIA’s Storage Management Initiative Specification
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
WWN World Wide Name
XML eXtensible Markup Language
System requirements for HP IIAS management station
The following are the system requirements for HP IIAS management station:
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