Storage Area Manager and SMA Implementation

The Storage Area Manager and Storage Management Appliance solution is delivered by Storage Area Manager Implementation Service professionals, who install and configure the software suite on the SMA. The service provides for trained, experienced, HP-certified professionals to conduct the planning, implementation, verification, and demonstration of Storage Area Manager within your SAN environment. This ensures that the software is set up and configured correctly so you can start managing your storage efficiently in the shortest possible time.

This section discusses special considerations for running Storage Area Manager on the SMA, including:

■Hardware and Software Requirements, page 7

■Accessing Storage Area Manager, page 8

■Event Notification, page 9

■Licensing, page 9

■Security, page 10

■Databases, page 10

■Discovery, page 10

■Performance Considerations, page 10

■Compatibility Between Storage Area Manager and SMA Components, page 10

Storage Management Appliance software v2.0 supports Storage Area Manager v3.0; Storage Management Appliance software v2.1 supports Storage Area Manager v3.0 or v3.1. This document clearly identifies the configuration procedures required for each version.

Hardware and Software Requirements

To successfully install and run Storage Area Manager on the SMA, you need the following:

■Storage Management Appliance II, with an additional 1 GB of memory or Storage Management Appliance III

■Storage Area Manager v3.0 (v03.00.03.0021 or later) or v3.1

■Storage Management Appliance software v2.0, with Service Pack 4 or Storage Management Appliance software v2.1

See “Installation Prerequisites” on page 12 for additional requirements.

When installing Storage Area Manager on an SMA, the maximum recommended configuration is 50 hosts and 10,000 host-LUNs.

Note: The first generation Storage Management Appliance (previously called SANworks Management Appliance) cannot be upgraded to run Storage Area Manager. Storage Area Manager installation can be performed only on a Storage Management Appliance II or later.

Using Storage Area Manager on the Storage Management Appliance Application Notes