Installation guide

Command View XP installation guide 11
1 Installation
HP StorageWorks Command View XP is a disk array management platform for HP StorageWorks
XP48/XP512/XP128/XP1024/XP12000 disk arrays. This guide describes how to install Command View.
In addition to disk array management functions, Command View includes Path Connectivity functionality.
Path Connectivity diagnoses and reports the status of connections between disk arrays and hosts that
consume disk array storage space.
Both Command View and Path Connectivity have graphical user interfaces and command line interfaces.
Additional software (known as snap-in modules) can be purchased to expand Command View functions.
This includes HP StorageWorks Performance Advisor XP and HP StorageWorks Application Policy
Manager.
Information about the integration of Command View with other management platforms such as HP
OpenView is included in this installation guide.
This chapter contains detailed descriptions of the installation procedures listed in ”Installation checklist” on
page 51.
Installation overview
Installing Command View involves the following tasks:
• Verifying that you have met or exceeded the requirements for the management station, any clients, disk
array firmware, host agent disk space, host bus adapters (HBAs), and CLI
• Installing Command View on the management station
• Setting up Command View
• Setting up Path Connectivity (optional)
• Integrating snap-in modules into Command View, if needed
• Integrating Command View with other platforms, if needed