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OnCommand Insight

HDS HiCommand Device Manager data source

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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)