HP Intelligent Infrastructure Analyzer Software Quick Start Guide

Overview
HP IIAS uses industry-standard protocols (such as SNMP, SMI-S, Telnet) to monitor the physical
layer Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFPs) across a SAN, diagnose changes/events in SPF
states/characteristics and presents the SAN topology, inventory and diagnostic information to the
user in real-time.
The HP Intelligent Infrastructure Analyzer Software (IIAS) is targeted at customers who have HP
storage hardware in their SAN. The HP Intelligent Infrastructure Analyzer software can be used to
monitor and diagnose the physical layer of a Storage Area Network (SAN) in real-time, with an
emphasis on the Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) on FC Switch only. The solution is highly
beneficial for enterprise SAN, where SAN management becomes cumbersome and tedious.
Product Features
Benefits
HP IIAS enables you to:
• Discover and collect data of B-Series and H-Series switches in SAN.
• Periodically monitor the SAN of an active profile as per the configured intervals.
• Monitor or diagnose, degrading or failing SFPs in an active profile.
• Generate reports (current and historical).
• Notify the user on any change in the topology or SAN component state.
• Provide SAN summary in terms of component inventory.
Key Features
Manage SAN Profiles
includes creation, deletion, modification, activation, and deactivation of SAN Profiles.
Rescan SAN
Initiates a Data Collection for the active profile.
SAN Topology
Graphically depicts in real-time, the topology of the SAN being monitored.
SAN Inventory
Displays detailed inventory information for the discovered SAN components (such as Switches,
Host End points and Storage devices).
Event Manager
Manages events and diagnostic logs.
Configuration
Allows user to change the product configuration settings for HP IIAS.
Reporter
Generates Current report for active profile, and Historical reports for any profile. The information
in each report includes SAN inventory, SAN topology, Events, and Diagnostics.
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