HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.1 Administrator Guide (web) (TB581-96050, May 2011)
2. Restart the host OS.
3. Execute the HiScan command.
Upgrading the host OS
If you have installed the Device Manager agent and then upgraded the host OS under any of the
following conditions, perform an overwrite installation of the Device Manager agent:
• Upgrading Solaris from a version earlier than 9 to version 9 or later
• Upgrading AIX from a version earlier than 5.2 to version 5.3 or later
• Upgrading HP-UX from a version earlier than 11i v2 to version 11i v2 or later
When the host OS is Windows
This section provides notes that are specific to hosts using Windows.
Allocation device drives
The Device Manager agent will not acquire data from devices assigned drive letter A or B. Assign a
drive letter from C to Z for a device managed by the Device Manager agent.
When a firewall is enabled
To run a Device Manager agent on a computer on which Windows Firewall is active, you need to
add the following ports, which are used by the Device Manager agent, to the Windows Firewall
exceptions list:
• Port set for the server.agent.port property (default: 24041/tcp)
• Port set for the server.http.port property (default: 24042/tcp)
• Port set for the server.http.localPort property (default: 24043/tcp)
To add the ports to the exceptions list:
1. Log on as a member of the Administrators group.
2. Use the firewall_setup command to add the ports used by the Device Manager agent to
the Windows Firewall exceptions list.
When the host OS is AIX
This section provides notes that are specific to hosts using AIX.
Notes on changing SED mode to all
The Java process to be used by the Device Manager agent must be registered as an SED exception
by following the procedure below.
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