HP StorageWorks 9000s HP OpenView Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Ser - Page 6

Overview Figure 1 shows a configuration that includes the Storage Area Manager server, client, and a NAS device attached to storage. In this configuration, the Storage Area Manager host agent is installed on the NAS device, which acts as a managed host. Management Client Management Server LAN Win2K pull Client application downloaded to remote system via browser push Host Agent s/w pushed to NAS Managed Host NAS Device B3000v2 E7000v2 4000s 9000s FC / SCSI / ENET SAN- or directAttached Storage H EW LE TT P A CK ARD Arrays, Disks, Tape NAS Figure 1: Storage Area Manager and NAS host configuration Instructions for using Storage Area Manager and NAS functionality together begin on page 8. To learn more about Storage Area Manager and the supported NAS servers, see "About HP OpenView Storage Area Manager" and "About the HP StorageWorks NAS family" below. About HP OpenView Storage Area Manager The Storage Area Manager solution includes a management server, one or more clients, and one or more SAN hosts. The management server software is installed on a Windows 2000 system. The management client is a Windows 2000, Windows XP, HP-UX, Linux, or Sun Solaris host on which the Storage Area Manager user interface is installed. You access and run Storage Area Manager from the management clients. Storage Area Manager also employs host agent software on each SAN host. Once installed, the host agent enables communication between the server and the storage devices that are connected to the host. Storage Area Manager supports HP Windows-powered NAS servers as Windows hosts. The Storage Area Manager software suite consists of five applications: ■ Storage Node Manager, for device management ■ Storage Builder, for capacity management ■ Storage Optimizer, for performance management ■ Storage Allocator, for storage allocation and virtualized access control ■ Storage Accountant, for storage usage metering and billing. These applications function individually and together to enable integrated storage resource, application capacity, and infrastructure management. 6 Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes