Snmp Configuration; Raid Manager Command Devices - HP StorageWorks P9000 Configuration Manual

Your HP representative might need to set specific disk array system modes for these products.
Check with your HP representative for the current versions supported.
For I/O path failover, different products are available from Oracle, Veritas, and HP. Oracle
supplies software called STMS for Solaris 8/9 and Storage Multipathing for Solaris 10. Veritas
offers VxVM, which includes DMP. HP supplies HDLM. All these products provide multipath
configuration management, FCAs I/O load balancing, and automatic failover support, however
their level of configuration possibilities and FCAs support differs.
For instructions on STMS, Storage Multipathing, or VxVM, see the manufacturers' manuals.

SNMP configuration

The P9000 family of disk arrays supports standard SNMP for remotely managing arrays. The
SNMP agent on the SVP performs error-reporting operations requested by the SNMP manager.
SNMP properties are usually set from the SVP but they can also be set remotely using Remote Web
Console or Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software. For specific procedures, see the
applicable user guide.
Figure 1 SNMP configuration

RAID Manager command devices

The following applies to OpenVMS, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, Solaris, VMware, and Windows.
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Software manages HP StorageWorks P9000 Business
Copy Software or HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software
operations from a host server. To use RAID Manager, you must designate at least one LDEV
as a command device. This can be done with Remote Web Console or Command View
Advanced Edition Suite Software. For information about how to designate a command device,
see the applicable user guide.
Creating scripts to configure all devices at once could save you considerable time.
The following applies to OpenVMS.
When creating a command device, HP recommends creating a LUN 0 device of 35 megabytes
(the smallest allowed). This allows you to use host-based RAID management tools available from
HP, and will allow HP support to perform some additional diagnostics.
NOTE: Storage assigned to the LUN 0 device is not accessible to OpenVMS.
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