HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software - Manual (Page 29)

Methods for registering hosts
Methods for registering one or more hosts, using host installed agents or agent-less discovery include:
Table 1 Methods for registering hosts
Description Method Purpose
When you want to register hosts in Command View AE Suite based on
WWN, manually specify the host name, OS type, and WWN information.
Hosts can be registered without Host Data Collector or Device Manager
agent setup.
Register each
host by
WWN To manually re-
gister individual
hosts
When you want to register multiple hosts in a batch, register multiple
hosts by specifying the IP address (range specification and listing
addresses are available), and the authentication information of the host
on the network. The host’s WWN information will automatically be
obtained.
If you want to allocate volumes to an FCoE port, you need to manually
add a WWN.
Host Data Collector setup is required.
Use Host
Data Collect-
or
To register multiple
hosts in a batch
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 (N-Port ID Virtualization)
HBAs, and be connected with Fibre Channel. For some virtualization
server software versions, the virtualization server can be discovered by
either specifying the vMA IP address and account, 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 vMA information, 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 HBAs, 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
or
Use vMA
(vSphere
Management
Assistant)
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
Manager agent, see the HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition
Suite Software Installation and Configuration Guide.
To exclude a host from management by Command View AE Suite, uninstall
the Device Manager agent, and then remove the host using Command
View AE Suite.
If you want to allocate volumes to an FCoE port, you need to manually
add a WWN.
Use Device
Manager
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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