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

Microsoft Active Directory with Internet Authentication Service (IAS)
for Windows platform
RADIUS server implementation
• PAP: Password Authentication Protocol
• CHAP: Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
RADIUS authentication mechanisms
To implement RADIUS Authentication, your system administrator must add a RADIUS Vendor-Specific
Attribute (VSA) to the user profile on the RADIUS server. The VSA is required for authorizing XP
Performance Advisor and it must have an attribute type of 1, and a vendor ID of 11 that is assigned
to Hewlett-Packard by IANA. Further, the VSA can have one or both of the following attribute values,
depending on the role assigned to the user profile. In the following examples, a VSA attribute type
and value is assigned to an XP Performance Advisor administrator and user:
Example 2. VSA added to User_1 profile in the XP PA administrators group:
Vendor_ID=11
SubAttributeType=1
Attribute Value= XPPA: role=administrator (For XP Performance Advisor
administrators: XPPA: role=administrator)
Example 3. VSA added to User_2 profile in the XP PA users group:
Vendor_ID=11
SubAttributeType=1
Attribute Value= XPPA: role=user (For XP Performance Advisor users: XPPA:
role=user)
For more information on implementing the above-mentioned types of authentication, see “Implementing
the authentication method” on page 50.
Creating 1 GB of free disk space
At least 1 GB of free disk space in your management station’s TEMP folder is required for a Complete
installation of XP Performance Advisor. In this context, TEMP folder is the location mentioned in your
user or system environment variable named TEMP.
The following components or program features are installed during a Complete installation:
• Operating platform-specific XP Performance Advisor host agents
• CLUI software
• Tools, XPWatch, XPSketch, and XPInfo
If you do not want to install all the associated components, select the custom installation method, and
choose the associated components that you want installed. Each component that you choose displays
the approximate disk space that it requires. For more information, see “Selecting components to install
(custom installation)” on page 59.
Choosing a system where Oracle is not installed
XP Performance Advisor uses its own Oracle database. However, XP Performance Advisor can be
installed on management station, where an Oracle database is already running.
Perform the following procedure before you install XP Performance Advisor, if the management station
is running an Oracle database:
Understanding the XP Performance Advisor installation prerequisites28