HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software v4.6 Install Guide (T1789-96096, July 2010)

• Five host agents (three XP disk arrays per host)
• 15 XP disk arrays (2000 LDEVs per XP Disk Array)
• Collect performance data every 2 minutes for all the resources in your XP disk arrays
• Collect configuration data every week, during the weekend
• Use stagger schedule – Yes
Determining the coexistence with other storage products
The following configurations are supported for XP Performance Advisor:
• HP StorageWorks Command View XP Advanced Edition (Command View XP Advanced Edition
or Command View XP AE)
• HP StorageWorks Command View EVA
For optimal performance, HP recommends that you install XP Performance Advisor as a standalone
product. For more information on the supported versions, see the XP Performance Advisor streams
document available at http://h20272.www2.hp.com/Pages/spock2Html.aspx?htmlFile=
sw_array_xp.html.
CAUTION:
HP recommends not to install any other array management application, such as the HP StorageWorks
Command View XP, HP Systems Insight Manager, XP RAID Manager, and HP Storage Essentials on
the management station, where XP Performance Advisor is installed.
Management station prerequisites
This section describes the prerequisites that you must complete for installing XP Performance Advisor
on a management station.
After you complete the prerequisites, start the XP Performance Advisor installation. For more information,
see “Installing the XP Performance Advisor” on page 45.
• “Verifying the supported configurations for XP Performance Advisor” on page 23
• “Getting the fully qualified domain name or IP address of your management station” on page 25
• “Determining the authentication type for XP Performance Advisor” on page 26
• “Creating 1 GB of free disk space” on page 28
• “Choosing a system where Oracle is not installed” on page 28
• “Configuring a Loopback Adapter or static IP address” on page 29
• “Switching the IIS Admin service to manual start mode” on page 29
• “Assigning port 80 for XP Performance Advisor” on page 29
• “Disabling the UAC on a Windows Vista management station” on page 30
• “Configuring firewall settings on a Windows XP Professional management station” on page 30
• “Configuring the web browser proxy server settings” on page 31
Verifying the supported configurations for XP Performance Advisor
To install XP Performance Advisor, verify that you have the supported configurations for:
• Hardware on page 24
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