HP Storage Essentials: Discovery - Overview & Features

Overview

Storage Essentials Manager automatically discovers storage systems, fabric switches, and hosts through a combination of SMI-S, CIM, and SNMP interfaces and device vendor APIs. You can specify which elements to discover simply by entering IP addresses or IP address ranges. Once the devices are discovered, an additional detailed scan is performed to capture the complete set of asset, capacity, performance, and configuration details. Scans can be performed on individual elements, groups of elements, or your entire infrastructure on demand or on a scheduled basis.

Information for all elements is stored in the common Oracle® database shared by all HP Storage Essentials Suite plug-ins. The database schema is CIM-compliant, and SMI-S is used to graphically represent each managed device, enabling you to view element attributes and dependencies and manage devices from different vendors using the same, standards-based interface.

Storage Essentials Manager discovers supported elements, models them according to SMI-S,
and provides a Web-based interface for drilling down to element details, as shown by the
navigation page for this Brocade Silkworm 3800 fabric switch

Features

Agentless technology

• Discovers storage system and fabric switch resources and element details without requiring any host agents to be deployed
• Host discovery requires installation of single, common CIM extension (agent)

Flexible scanning options

• Scans IP addresses and IP address ranges for fast auto-discovery of all storage resources
• Separate detailed scan collects complete set of asset, capacity, performance, and configuration details
• Scans can be performed on individual elements, groups of elements, or your entire infrastructure on demand or on a scheduled basis
• "Test" option verifies that elements are reachable before scanning starts

Detailed storage system discovery

• Physical storage system details, including:
   
  • Storage System Processors
  • SCSI Controllers
  • FC Ports
  • LUNs
  • LUN Maskings
  • Disk Extents
  • Disk Drives
• Logical storage system details, including:
   
  • Volumes
  • Pools
  • Composite Disk Extents
• Dependencies of other elements on each storage system, including:
   
  • Applications
  • Host Servers
  • Fabric Switches
• Asset details, including:
   
  • Date Last Contacted
  • Discovery Status
  • Install Date
  • Vendor
  • Name Detected
  • OID
  • Description
  • Primary Owner Contact
  • Primary Owner Name
  • Model
  • WWN
  • DNS Name
  • IP Address
  • Manufacture Date
  • Serial Number
  • Version
  • Reset Capability
  • Status
  • DKC Microcode Version
  • Device Type
  • Other Identifying Information
  • Management IP Address

Detailed fabric switch discovery

• Physical switch details, including:
   
  • FC Ports
• Logical switch details, including:
   
  • Zone Sets
  • Zones
  • Zone Aliases
• Dependencies of other elements on each storage system, including:
   
  • Applications
  • Host Servers
  • Fabric Switches
  • Storage Systems
• Asset details, including:
   
  • Vendor
  • Serial Number
  • Model
  • Fabric
  • WWN
  • Switch State
  • Status
  • IP Gateway
  • Switch ID
  • DNS Name
  • Polled At
  • Firmware Version
  • Domain ID
  • IP Address
  • IP Network Mask
  • FC Network Address
  • FC Network Mask
  • Role
  • Last Contacted
  • Discovery Status
  • Install Date
  • Name Detected
  • OID
  • Description
  • Primary Owner Contact
  • Primary Owner Name
  • Manufacture Date
  • Zoning Installed
  • Max Number of Modules
  • Current Zoning Enforcement
  • Manageable
  • Management IP Address

Detailed host server discovery

• Physical server details, including:
   
  • FC Ports
• Logical server details, including:
   
  • Volume Management
  • Multipathing
  • Zone Aliases
• Dependencies of other elements on each server system, including:
   
  • Applications
  • Fabric Switches
  • Storage Systems
  • Asset details, including:
     
    • Description
    • Vendor
    • Model
    • Serial Number
  • IP Address
  • Operating System
  • Version
  • Total Physical Memory
  • Number of Processors
  • DNS Name
  • Last Contacted
  • Discovery Status
  • Install Date
  • Name Detected
  • OID
  • Primary Owner Contact
  • Primary Owner Name
  • WWN
  • Manufacture Date
  • Supports OS Device Name Mapping
  • Management IP Address

Detailed HBA discovery

• Physical HBA details, including:
   
  • Ports
  • Cards
• Asset details, including:
   
  • Description
  • Vendor
  • Model
  • Serial Number
  • Hardware Version
  • Firmware Version
  • Driver Version
  • Card Type
  • Last Contacted
  • Discovery Status
  • Install Date
  • Name Detected
  • OID
  • Primary Owner Contact
  • Primary Owner Name
  • WWN
  • DNS Name
  • IP Address
  • Manufacture Date