HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider release notes HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: 5900-0180 Published: September 2009
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Table of Contents 1 HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider release notes............................................................5 Announcement.......................................................................................................................................6 HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider..........................................................................................................7 What's New in This Release.................................................................................
List of Tables 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 4 RAIDSA Provider Supported Platform and OS Requirement........................................................9 RAIDSA Provider Disk Space Requirement...................................................................................9 RAIDSA HBA Indications Support.................................................................................................9 WBEM Provider Related Documents...................................................................................
1 HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider release notes This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA provider, which is supported on HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems and addresses the following topics: • • • • • • • “Announcement” (page 6) “HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider” (page 7) “Installing HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider” (page 9) “Defects Fixed in This Version” (page 10) “Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations” (page 11) “Related Documentation” (page 12) “S
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 WBEM clients to subscribe to indications, and indication consumers to receive indications on the occurrence of events of interest on the managed system.
HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA provider is used by client applications to retrieve information about Smart Array HBAs present on the system. Using this provider, the WBEM clients can retrieve details about various attributes of Smart Array HBA. The features of RAIDSA provider are described below: • • • • • Reports data for the subsystem. Supports HP-UX WBEM services to provide web access to HP-UX data for management clients.
What's New in This Release The RAIDSA provider is also supported on the latest HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity Superdome systems. This version of the RAIDSA provider requires that the ProviderSvcsBase product is installed to send RAIDSA indications.
Installing HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider The latest WBEM RAIDSA provider depot is available for download on the OE media. It is also available on the Web for download at: http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ hpsim/dl_hpux.html#managed NOTE: The mass storage WBEM providers depot available on the Web does not support CSP and IP features for all the related subsystems. For more information on installing the providers, see the Website at: http://h20392.www2.hp.
Defects Fixed in This Version There are no defects fixed in the current release.
Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations There are no known problems and workarounds in the current release. Following is the limitation of the RAIDSA provider: • It is a read-only provider and hence does not allow users to modify, create, or delete instances.
Related Documentation Table 1-4 lists the available documentation for the WBEM providers: Table 1-4 WBEM Provider Related Documents Description CIM Tutorial Location http://www.dmtf.org/education/cimtutorial.php Information about HP WBEM Services http://software.hp.com and http://www.hp.com Overview of the Indication Schema http://www.openpegasus.org/uploads/40/3452/WBEMIndications.
Software Availability in Native Languages The RAIDSA provider documentation is available in English language only.
