HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Installation Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96055, November 2006)

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13 Installing the CIM Extension for Sun Solaris

This chapter describes the following:

• ”About the CIM Extension for Solaris” on page 219

• ”Prerequisites” on page 219

• ”Verifying SNIA HBA API Support” on page 220

• ”Installing the CIM Extension” on page 221

• ”Starting the CIM Extension Manually” on page 222

• ”How to Determine if the CIM Extension Is Running” on page 223

• ”Configuring CIM Extensions” on page 223

• ”Stopping the CIM Extension” on page 227

• ”Rolling Over the Logs” on page 227

• ”Removing the CIM Extension from Solaris” on page 227

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 149.

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: