HP SAN - Manual (Page 11)

1 Overview
HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility provides a quick and easy way to review the topology
and inventory in complex Storage Area Network (SAN) environments.
HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility offers the following features:
• Provides an intuitive, simple, and easy to use graphical user interface (GUI).
• Collects SAN information, such as Fibre Channel (FC) switch details, Host Bus Adaptor (HBA)
details, and Storage Array Connectivity information, by logging in to the FC switches.
• Sends raw data collected by SAN Visibility to HP (sent automatically by the SAN Visibility software
or sent manually). A processed report is generated on receipt of the data file.
• Sends processed reports containing SAN topology diagram, device inventory, high level SAN
summary, HBA-Host mapping details, and recommendations in HTML or Microsoft Excel format.
• Allows data collection from the FICON enabled switches.
• Provides report on FICON supported devices in your SAN using IOCP file.
• Improves SAN implementation process.
• Simplifies initial SAN implementation and helps reduce SAN infrastructure cost and complexity.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• SAN Visibility package contents
• Hardware and software requirements
• Supported operating systems
SAN Visibility package contents
Following are the components of the HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility bundle:
• HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility installer (SANVisibility_Setup.exe)
• Product documentation
• Licenses
Hardware and software requirements
This section discusses the hardware and software requirements for installing HP StorageWorks Essentials
SAN Visibility.
• Standard LAN connectivity with target FC switches
• To use HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility, following are the necessary applications that
need to be installed on a host where HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility is installed:
• Internet Explorer v5.01 or later
• Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) SE v1.5 Update 1 or higher
• Microsoft Excel viewer
• Microsoft Visio viewer
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