HDS HiCommand Device Manager data source

The HDS HiCommand and HiCommand Lite data sources support the HiCommand Device Manager server. OnCommand Insight communicates with the HiCommand Device Manager server using the standard HiCommand API.

Terminology

OnCommand Insight acquires the following inventory information from the HDS HiCommand and HiCommand Lite data sources. For each asset type acquired by Insight, the most common terminology used for this asset is shown. When viewing or troubleshooting this data source, keep the following terminology in mind:

Vendor/Model Term	Insight Term
PDEV	Disk
Journal Pool	Disk Group
Storage Array	Storage
Port Controller	Storage Node
Array Group, DP Pool	Storage Pool
Logical Unit, LDEV	Volume

Note: These are common terminology mappings only and might not represent every case for this data source.

Inventory Requirements

IP address of the HiCommand Device Manager server
Read-only user name and password for the HiCommand Device Manager software and peer privileges
Port requirements: 2001 (http) or 2443 (https)
Validate access:
- Log in to the HiCommand Device Manager software using peer user name and password.
- Verify access to the HiCommand Device Manager API: telnet <HiCommand Device_Manager_server_ip> 2001

Performance Requirements

HDS USP, USP V, and VSP performance
- Performance Monitor must be licensed.
- Monitoring switch must be enabled.
- The Export Tool (Export.exe) must be copied to the OnCommand Insight Server.
- The Export Tool version must match the microcode version of the target array.
HDS AMS performance
- Performance Monitor needs to be licensed.
- The Storage Navigator Modular 2 (SNM2) CLI utility needs to be installed on the OnCommand Insight Server.
- You must register all AMS, WMS, SMS storage arrays whose performance needs to be acquired by OnCommand Insight by using the following command:
  auunitaddauto.exe -ip <IP address of Controller0> IP address of Controller1>
- You must ensure that all the arrays that you registered are listed in the output of this command: auunitref.exe.

Configuration

Field	Description
HiCommand Server	IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the HiCommand Device Manager server
User Name	User name for the HiCommand Device Manager server.
Password	Password used for the HiCommand Device Manager server.
Devices - VSP G1000 (R800), VSP (R700), HUS VM (HM700) and USP storages	Device list for VSP G1000 (R800), VSP (R700), HUS VM (HM700) and USP storages. Each storage requires: Array's IP: IP address of the storage User Name: User name for the storage Password: Password for the storage Folder Containing Export Utility JAR Files: The folder containing the Export utility .jar files
SNM2Devices - WMS/SMS/AMS Storages	Device list for WMS/SMS/AMS storages. Each storage requires: Array's IP: IP address of the storage Storage Navigator CLI Path: SNM2 CLI path Account Authentication Valid: Select to choose valid account authentication User Name: User name for the storage Password: Password for the storage
Choose Tuning Manager for Performance	Choose Tuning Manager for performance and override other performance options
Tuning Manager Host	IP address or fully-qualified domain name of tuning manager
Tuning Manager Port	Port used for Tuning Manager
Tuning Manager Username	User name for Tuning Manager
Tuning Manager Password	password for Tuning Manager

Note: In HDS USP, USP V, and VSP, any disk can belong to more than one array group.

Advanced configuration

Field	Description
HiCommand Server Port	Port used for the HiCommand Device Manager
HTTPs Enabled	Select to enable HTTPs
Inventory Poll Interval (min)	Interval between inventory polls (default 40 minutes)
Choose 'Exclude' or 'Include' to specify a list	Specify whether to include or exclude the array list below when collecting data
Exclude or Include Devices	Comma-separated list of device ID's or array names to include or exclude
Query Host Manager	Select to query host manager
HTTP Timeout (sec)	HTTP connection timeout (default 60 seconds)
Performance Polling Interval (sec)	Interval between performance polls (default 300 seconds)
Export timeout in seconds	Export utility timeout (default 300 seconds)