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Installing Hitachi Device Manager 8.x

The discovery of Hitachi disk arrays and HP P9000 relies on the SMI-S agent that is installed with Hitachi Command Suite or the HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition. Because the HP P9000 is a Hitachi rebranded USP-V disk array, the configuration procedure is the same for both the Hitachi Command Suite and the HP P9000 Command View Advance Edition.

Hitachi Device Manager is part of the Hitachi Storage Command Suite. The installation files are contained on the Hitachi Device Manager Server CD.

Before installing the Hitachi Device Manager, make sure that:

  • The server’s definitive name has been set. Some features may be DNS Name-based.
  • Adobe Flash Player is installed.

Installation Procedure

  1. Double-click the Index.htm file
  2. Click Install to launch the Hitachi Command Suite installer.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Choose the installation folder and click Next.
  5. When the installation is complete, click Finish.
  6. Open the Hitachi Command Suite: http://127.0.0.1:23015/DeviceManagerWebService/index.jsp
  7. Click Licenses and Install License.

Installing the Device Manager Agent

  1. Click Install to launch the Device Manager agent installer:
  2. Click Next.
  3. Choose the install folder and click Next. A screen will appear to ask you permission to add a firewall exception even if your server’s firewall is not enabled
  4. Select YES and click Next.
  5. Select the user account to be used for launching the agent service. Selecting NO will use the Local System Account (recommended). Click Next.
  6. When the installation is complete, click Yes to setup the Device Manager agent. The agent will then check connection to Device Manager (Hitachi’s Name for Command View Advanced Edition).
  7. Select YES to specify the Device Manager server Information, change the IP address to 127.0.0.1 and click Next.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Select YES to enable the Execution Period of the HiScan Command. Select per-determined or random hour (do not use the default 2:30am) to prevent agent conflict. Click Next.
  10. Select NO in order not to set up the P9000 RAID Manager (it is not needed by CVAE) and click Next.

You now need to configure the connection to the Hitachi Device Manager.

 

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