HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider release notes HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: 5900-0176 Published: September 2009
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Table of Contents 1 HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider Release Notes.................................................................5 Announcement.......................................................................................................................................6 HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider..................................................................................................................7 What's New in This Release..........................................................................
List of Tables 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 4 SAS Provider Supported Platform and OS Requirement...............................................................9 SAS Provider Disk Space Requirement...........................................................................................9 SAS HBA Indications Support........................................................................................................9 Defect fixes for September 2009 HP-UX 11iv3 Update Release.......................................
1 HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider Release Notes This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX WBEM SAS 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 SAS Provider” (page 7) “Installing HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider” (page 9) “Defects Fixed in This Version” (page 10) “Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations” (page 11) “Related Documentation” (page 12) “Software Avai
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 SAS Provider HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider is used by client applications to retrieve information about SAS HBAs present on the system. Using this provider, the WBEM clients can retrieve details about various attributes of SAS HBAs. The features of SAS 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 This version of the product supports native indication provider on all HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity systems. The indication provider deliver events that are generated by SAS HBAs on the latest Integrity system.
Installing HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider The latest WBEM SAS 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.com/ portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.
Defects Fixed in This Version The following defect is fixed in the SAS provider for September 2009 release. Table 1-4 Defect fixes for September 2009 HP-UX 11iv3 Update Release Defect ID QXCR1000904989 Description In the previous version, the deviceID property of the SAS HBA was not displayed on the HP SMH web page of the subsystem. In the current version, the deviceID property of the SAS HBA is displayed on the HP SMH web page of the subsystem.
Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations There are no known problems and workarounds in the current release. Following is the limitation of the SAS provider: • SAS is a read-only provider and hence does not allow users to modify, create, or delete instances.
Related Documentation Table 1-5 lists the available documentation for the WBEM providers: Table 1-5 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 SAS provider documentation is available in English language only.
