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

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12 Installing the CIM Extension for Sun Solaris
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About the CIM Extension for Solaris” on page 189
• ”Prerequisites” on page 189
• ”Verifying SNIA HBA API Support” on page 190
• ”Installing the CIM Extension” on page 191
• ”Starting the CIM Extension Manually” on page 192
• ”How to Determine if the CIM Extension Is Running” on page 193
• ”Configuring CIM Extensions” on page 193
• ”Stopping the CIM Extension” on page 197
• ”Rolling Over the Logs” on page 197
• ”Removing the CIM Extension from Solaris” on page 197
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 Solaris
The CIM Extension for Sun Solaris 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 HBAAPI.
For more information about the HBAAPI, see the following Web page at the SNIA Web site:
http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/hba_api/
Prerequisites
The management server requires certain packages and patches. The installation checks for the
required packages listed in the following section and verifies that Solaris 8 has been installed.
You need the core set SUNWCreq. If you have only the core environment packages installed,
install the following manually in the exact order: