HP manual Overview, Prerequisites, HP P6000 Command View software suite

1 Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the HP P6000 Command View software suite.

IMPORTANT: General references to HP P6000 Command View may also refer to earlier versions of HP Command View EVA. P6000 is the new branding for the Enterprise Virtual Array product family.

Prerequisites

HP P6000 Command View must be installed on at least one of the following:

•HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA4400), P6300 Enterprise Virtual Array (P6300 EVA), or P6500 Enterprise Virtual Array (P6500 EVA) management module

•General-purpose server

•Dedicated management server

•HP X1000/X3000 Network Storage Systems and Gateways

Earlier versions of HP P6000 Command View were required to be installed on a management server. HP P6000 Command View EVA and Command View EVA 8.1 or later is installed on the management module (9.4 or later on the P6300/P6500 EVAs), eliminating the need for a separate management server. Other arrays continue to require a management server.

HP P6000 Command View software suite

Use the HP P6000 Command View software suite to configure, manage, and monitor HP's family of advanced, enterprise storage arrays. The software suite includes:

•HP P6000 Command View—Use the graphical user interface for initial configuration, storage provisioning, and ongoing storage system management and monitoring.

•HP Storage System Scripting Utility—Use the command line interface to script and run repetitive and complex configuration tasks. See HP Storage Scripting Utility Reference for more information.

•HP P6000 Performance Data Collector—Use this tool to monitor array performance (server-based management only).

•Storage Management Initiative Specification for P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array (SMI-S

EVA)—Install SMI-S EVA on a management server to provide a common management interface in a server-based management environment. It is a standard management interface developed by SNIA to ease the management burden in multi-vendor SAN environments.

•HP Management Integration Framework (MIF)—Use the interface provided by the HP MIF software to provide storage-related security for HP P6000 Command View.

•HP P6000 Performance Advisor—Use this tool to monitor HP P6000 storage systems and collect metrics to analyze performance (server-based management only).

•HP P6000 SmartStart—You can use this DVD-based wizard to install HP P6000 Command View. The wizard also helps you configure, provision and mount storage volumes on Windows and Linux servers.

This document describes how to use HP P6000 Command View and HP P6000 Performance Data Collector. For information about other components of the software suite, see the online help or the following:

•HP Storage System Scripting Utility Reference

•HP Management Integration Framework Administrator Guide

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