HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Installation Guide

Table 3 Network connectivity requirements
SpecificationInsight Control for vCenter module
Network connectivity to the following:All Insight Control for vCenter modules
Systems running vCenter Server
Systems running VMware vSphere Client
ESXi host system
Network connectivity to the following:Server Module for vCenter
HP SIM (required for SIM-enabled functionality)
All instances of iLO that you want to manage
All Onboard Administrator modules that you want to manage
All Virtual Connect modules that you want to manage
NOTE: It is recommended that the iSCSI targets be discovered using
Dynamic Discovery rather than Static Discovery. Configuring iSCSI targets
using Static Discovery may cause the iSCSI adapter to not detect newly
assigned iSCSI volumes upon rescan of the adapter.
Storage Module for vCenter
Network connectivity to the following:
HP 3PAR StoreServ requires:
Network connectivity to the management port of the HP 3PAR
StoreServ
CIM provider must be enabled
SSH service must be enabled
To verify, log into the array’s management server as an administrator.
Install the HP 3PAR InForm OS Command Line Interface and run it.
If you can log into it, the SSH service is running and enabled.
HP XP requires:
Fibre Channel access to a command device from the storage system
Network connectivity to the SVP (where XP Remote Web Console
is running)
SMI-S provider must be enabled
HP EVA requires:
Network connectivity to all Command View servers managing the
storage system
One Command View server must be actively managing the storage
system
SMI-S provider must be enabled in Command View
To verify, log into the Command View server. In the Services window,
verify that the HP StorageWorks SMI-S CimServer service is installed
and running.
HP StoreVirtual requires:
Network connectivity to the storage system’s management port
CIM provider is always enabled on LeftHand OS
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