HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array owner's guide (AE002-96029, October 2006)

Storage area management software

HP OpenView Storage Area Manager suite

HP OpenView Storage Area Manager provides comprehensive, centralized management

across distributed, heterogeneous storage networks. The HP Storage Are a Manager

product suite includes the following applications:

• HP Storage Node Manager

• HP Storage Accountant

• HP Storage Allocater

• HP Storage Builder

• HP Storage Optimizer

HP Storage Area Manager provides:

• Automatic discovery and mapping of supported devices in the storage net work,

including hosts, interconnect devices, bridges, storage devices, and NAS devices

• Integrated device, capacity, per formance, allocation, and cost management

• Support for Storage Management Initiative Speciﬁcation (SMI-S) d evices

• Monitoring and management of all discovered devices

• Centralized monitoring, management, and planning for Oracle and Microsoft

Exchange applications

• Event management including the ability to set thresholds and conﬁgure triggers

to perform automated actions when event criteria is met

• Reports to identify wasted or unused storage space

• Reports to identify trends to analyze and predict storage demand

• Integration with third -party reporting tools

Software