HP-UX WBEM DAS (Direct Attached Storage) Provider Release Notes (766961-001, March 2014)

1 DAS (Direct Attached Storage) provider release notes for
March 2014 release
This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX WBEM DAS (Direct Attached
Storage) Provider, which is supported on HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems. Table 1 (page 5) lists
the product version for which the document is applicable.
Table 1 Documentation Support for DAS (Direct Attached Storage) Provider
VersionOperating system
B.11.31.1403.05.01HP-UX 11i v3
Announcement
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) is an industry-wide initiative to unify the management
of system, networks, and applications across multiple and diverse vendor environments. The WBEM
clients use the mass storage providers to gather information about various subsystems. The WBEM
standard enables the clients to subscribe to indications, and indication consumers to receive
indications on the occurrence of events of interest on the managed system.
This release supports HP-UX WBEM DAS (Direct Attached Storage) Provider which is part of a suite
of Mass Storage IO WBEM Providers. The other providers in this suite, supported in the current
release are:
• HP-UX WBEM FC (Fibre-Channel) provider
• HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA provider
• HP-UX WBEM SAS provider
• HP-UX WBEM LAN provider
• HP-UX WBEM IOTree indication provider
• HP-UX WBEM SCSI provider
HP-UX WBEM DAS (Direct Attached Storage) Provider
This product is used to diagnose the hardware using the industry standard WBEM format. The
provider enables WBEM client applications to retrieve information about DAS (Direct Attached
Storage) systems.
The HPUXStorageNativeProviderModule monitors the following:
• Standalone disk with HP-UX firmware
• MSA 60 and MSA 70 (JBODs)
The HPUXStorageIndicationProviderModule monitors the following:
• DS2500 Storage Enclosure
• MSA 30 and MSA 1000/1500 (Storage Arrays)
The features supported by the provider are described below:
• Supports Instance provider feature: This feature provides information about the stand-alone
or fixed disks available on the system.
NOTE: The instance provider feature is not supported for LUNs.
• Supports Consolidated Status Provider (CSP) feature: This feature reports the consolidated
status of the stand-alone or fixed disks available on the system.
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