HP SAN - Manual (Page 8)

This chapter addresses the following topics:
• SAN Visibility package contents
• Hardware and software requirements
SAN Visibility package contents
Following are the components of the HP StorageWorks SAN Visibility bundle:
• HP StorageWorks 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 SAN
Visibility.
• Software
To use HP StorageWorks SAN Visibility, following are the necessary applications that need to be
installed on a host where HP StorageWorks SAN Visibility is installed:
Installation
• Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) SE v1.5 Update 1 or higher
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 .
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