HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Installation Guide First Edition (T4283-96025, August 2006)

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11 Installing the CIM Extension for SGI IRIX
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About the CIM Extension for SGI IRIX” on page 181
• ”Prerequisites” on page 181
• ”Verifying SNIA HBA API Support” on page 182
• ”Installing the CIM Extension” on page 182
• ”Starting the CIM Extension” on page 183
• ”How to Determine if the CIM Extension Is Running” on page 183
• ”Configuring CIM Extensions” on page 183
• ”Stopping the CIM Extension” on page 187
• ”Rolling Over the Logs” on page 187
• ”Removing the CIM Extension from SGI IRIX” on page 187
NOTE: This chapter describes how to install and manage the CIM Extension directly on the host.
You can also install and manage CIM Extensions remotely. See ”Deploying and Managing CIM
Extensions” on page 119.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you have reviewed Table 2 on page 1 to ensure you are at the correct
step.
About the CIM Extension for SGI IRIX
The CIM Extension for SGI IRIX gathers information from the operating system and host bus
adapters. It then makes the information available to the management server.
IMPORTANT: Install the CIM Extension on each host you want the management server to manage.
The CIM Extension communicates with an HBA by using the Host Bus Adapter Application
Programming Interface (HBAAPI) created by the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA). The
management server only supports communication with HBAs that are compliant with the HBA API.
For more information about the HBA API, see the following Web page at the SNIA Web Site:
http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/hba_api/
Prerequisites
The installation requires the SGI Origin system and 120 MB of disk space. It also requires one of
the following operating systems:
• IRIX version 6.5.22, limited to internal processors 27 and 35