HP StorageWorks Command View XP Advanced Edition Device Manager Server Installation and Configuration Guide (December 2005)

Introduction to Command View XP AE Device Manager 13
1 Introduction to Command View XP AE Device
Manager
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• Overview of Command View XP AE Device Manager (see section
1-1 )
• Command View XP AE Device Manager Software Components (see section
1-2 )
• Command View XP AE Suite Common Component (see section
1-3 )
• Related Software Products (see section 1-4 )
1-1 Overview of Command View XP AE Device Manager
Device Manager provides a consistent, easy to use, and easy to configure interface for managing
storage products. Device Manager provides a web-based graphical client interface for real-time
interaction with managed storage arrays as well as a command line interface (CLI) for scripting.
Device Manager gives storage administrators access to the configuration, monitoring, and
management features that are already integrated into existing HP software products. Device Manager
allows you to view the configuration of the disk arrays added to the Device Manager system, and
perform configuration operations such as allocating storage or securing LUNs. Device Manager allows
you to quickly discover disk arrays based on key attributes, and efficiently manage complex and
heterogeneous storage environments. Device Manager allows you to back up and restore your
configuration database. In addition, Device Manager can securely manage storage management
remotely, by means of SSL-based communications.
Command View XP AE Device Manager provides:
• Disk array discovery and configuration display.
• Hierarchical group management for storage.
• Alert presentation.
• Volume (LUN) configuration.
• Management of hosts and WWNs.
• Several levels of access and functionality for end users, including access control, storage
management and system support:
• Access control handles support for the system administrator, storage administrator,
maintenance user and guest user.
• Storage management functions including storage configuration and manipulation.
• System support functions include user administration, host agent activity and security.
IMPORTANT: Command View XP AE Device Manager cannot be used to set information for mainframe
volumes on a mainframe system, however, it can be used to view reference such volume information.
NOTE: The use of the Command View XP AE Device Manager product and all other HP products is
governed by the terms of your agreement(s) with HP.
1-2 Command View XP AE Device Manager Software
Components
Command View XP AE Device Manager consists of the following basic components:
• Server. This document describes and provides instructions for installing and configuring the
Device Manager server. The Device Manager server communicates with HP StorageWorks XP
Series disk arrays. In addition, the Device Manager server manages client connections with the
Device Manager Web Client and the Device Manager agent(s) using the http protocol. The
Device Manager agent and the Device Manager server can be installed on the same host
machine.