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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Storage Integration Using SNMP
»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Storage Integration Using SMI-S
Storage Integration Using SNMP
»About Storage Discovery Using SNMP
»Discovering Storage Using SNMP
»Using HP Systems Insight Manager with SNMP Storage Solutions
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Overview
» Storage Events
» Storage Inventory Details
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

Overview

Storage devices can be broken down into real-time access and back up systems. Real-time access systems can be subdivided into internal disks, redundant disks (RAID), tape libraries, storage area networks (SAN), and network attached storage (NAS).

Most data centers have combinations of these systems including:

  • Small Business. Almost entirely internal disk drives

  • Medium Business. Varying combination of internal disks and RAID systems

  • Large Business. Varying combination of internal disks, RAID, and some SAN or NAS

  • Enterprise Business. Mostly large SAN or NAS, and some RAID and internal disks might be present

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) can retrieve the information for the internal disk drives for systems being monitored. This does not mean that HP SIM actively manages and configures each of the systems previously indicated.

HP SIM can:

  • Discover and identify storage systems that are directly attached to a server

  • Discover and identify storage systems that are on the network, including tape libraries

  • Discover and identify HP StorageWorks Command View storage device manager systems

  • Receive storage system events and associate them with the system that generated the event (through Command View) running on a system, or from a tape library management card

  • Context launch appropriate management application from the context of the event or the context of the system running the Command View that generated the event

Storage Events

HP SIM enables administrators to monitor inventory and, configure and manage hardware resources and the system software that affects the systems.

HP SIM provides the administrator with a complete overview of the hardware status. Storage events provide notification that a problem exists that could affect the availability of storage resources, which can affect system and application availability. HP SIM receives detailed event messages through WBEM events or SNMP traps. These events identify the system and the affected disk and provides an error number for looking up details and a description of the problem. The event details also contain links to the Command View server that generated the event. HP SIM associates a disk or RAID subsystem with the controller managing these drives for internal storage.

Storage Inventory Details

HP SIM inventory retrieves and stores the following information from internal disk drives:

  • Disk

    • Total number of disk slots

    • Number of used slots

    • Slot ID

    • The type of disk in slot

    • Disk manufacturer

    • Disk model

    • Disk part number

    • Disk characteristics

    • Firmware version

    • Controller ID that is managing this disk

  • Controller details

    • Total number of controllers

    • Controller type

    • Controller manufacturer

    • Model number

    • Part number

    • Slot ID in that this card is installed in

    • Firmware version

    • Controller characteristics

  • RAID details

    • RAID type

    • RAID configuration

  • SAN and NAS

    • Network addresses

    • Manufacturer

    • Model

  • IS and MNHA

    • Part number

    • Total number of disks

    • Disk details

    • Servers being serviced by this system

Related Procedures

» Storage Integration Using SNMP - Discovering Storage Using SNMP
» Storage Integration Using SNMP - Using HP Systems Insight Manager with SNMP Storage Solutions

Related Topics

» Tools that Extend Management - System Page
» Storage Integration Using SNMP - About Storage Discovery Using SNMP
» Tools that Extend Management - System Page
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