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

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9 Installing the CIM Extension for OpenVMS
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About the CIM Extension for OpenVMS” on page 161
• ”Prerequisites” on page 161
• ”Installing the CIM Extension for OpenVMS” on page 163
• ”Starting the CIM Extension Manually” on page 164
• ”Finding the Status of the CIM Extension” on page 165
• ”Configuring CIM Extensions” on page 165
• ”Finding the Version of a CIM Extension” on page 168
• ”Stopping the CIM Extension” on page 169
• ”Rolling Over the Log Files” on page 169
• ”Increasing the Native Logging Level” on page 169
• ”Removing the CIM Extension from OpenVMS” on page 170
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 OpenVMS
The CIM Extension for OpenVMS is compatible with OpenVMS for Alpha. The CIM Extension for
OpenVMS gathers information from the operating system and host bus adapters (HBAs) and 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 on the SNIA Web site:
http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/hba_api/
Prerequisites
The required prerequisites are listed below: