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Overview• Dell Open Manage Data management environments
Dell� Managed Node software consists of
- Dell OpenManage™ Data Agent for NT
- Dell OpenManage™ Data Integrator
- Dell OpenManage™ Data CLI for NT
Dell OpenManage™ Data Agent for NT lets Dell OpenManage™ data management
software access Dell PowerVault 650F and 651F storage systems connected to a Windows NT host.
The Dell OpenManage™ data management software includes products such as Dell OpenManage™ Data Supervisor, Dell OpenManage™ Data Administrator, or Dell
OpenManage™ Data CLI for NT.
Data Agent must run on each host connected to PowerVault 650F or 651F storage systems
that you want to manage.
Dell OpenManage™ Data Integrator is required for managing the PowerVault 650F and
651F storage systems using Dell NNM SE software. Dell OpenManage™ Data Integrator consists
of two parts: one part that runs on the hosts connected to the storage systems and is a piece
of the Dell Managed Node software; and one part that runs on the Dell OpenManage™ data
management station and is a piece of the Dell OpenManage™ Data Management Station
software.
Dell OpenManage™ Data CLI for Windows NT is a command line interpreter that you
can use to configure and manage PowerVault 650F and 651F storage systems if you do not have Dell
OpenManage™ Data Supervisor or Dell OpenManage™ Data Administrator. You can run
it on the host connected to the storage systems or on a Dell OpenManage™ data management
station.
This guide is about the Dell OpenManage™ Data Agent and the part of Dell
OpenManage™ Data Integrator that is a piece of the Managed Node software. For information on Dell
OpenManage™ Data CLI for NT, refer to the Dell OpenManage� Data CLI for
NT Installation and Operation Guide (P/N 4967C). For information on the management station part of Dell
OpenManage™ Data Integrator, refer to the Dell OpenManage&�;
Data Supervisor, Event Monitor, and Integrator Installation and Operation Guide
(P/N 9867C).
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NOTE:
Within in this guide we use the following
terms: |
- Data Agent for Dell OpenManage™ Data Agent for NT
- Data Agent Configurator for Dell OpenManage™ Data Agent Configurator
- Data Integrator for Dell OpenManage™ Data Integrator
- Data CLI for Dell OpenManage™ Data CLI for NT
- Dell NNM SE for Dell OpenManage™ Network Node Manager Special Edition for HP
OpenView
- Management station for the host running Dell OpenManage™ data management software
- Managed array for a Dell PowerVault� 650F or 651F storage
system that is managed by Dell OpenManage™ data management software
- Array server or server for a host that is connected to a managed arrays and is running
Data Agent
A management station can also be an array server. If a management station is running
Dell NNM SE, it is a Dell NNM SE management station.
Environment without a Dell NNM SE management station
The figure on the next page illustrates a Dell OpenManage™ data management
environment in which the management station is not running Dell NNM SE and is not an array
server. From this management station, you can manage all the arrays connected to servers
on the network using Data Supervisor, Data Administrator, or Data CLI.
Figure 1-1. Environment with a non-Dell NNM SE management station that is not an array server
The figure below illustrates a Dell OpenManage™ data management environment in
which the management station is not running Dell NNM SE and is an array server, From this
management station, you can manage all the arrays connected to servers on the network
using Data Supervisor, Data Administrator, or Data CLI.
Figure 1-2. Environment with a non-Dell NNM SE management station that is also an array server
The data management software runs on the management station and communicates with the Data Agent running on each array server. Data
Agent on an array server communicates with the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) running on an array's storage processors (SPs). The data
management software and Data Agent communicate with each other over a TCP/IP network. Data Agent and the LIC communicate with each other using a SCSI protocol over a Fibre
Channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL). The figure below illustrates how these components
interact.
Figure 1-3. Interrelationships between components in an environment with a non-Dell NNM SE management
station
Environment with a Dell NNM SE management station
To monitor managed arrays and start Data Supervisor or Data Administrator from a Dell
NNM SE management station, you must have the following software:
On each array server
- Windows NT SNMP Service, which provides the Windows NT SNMP extendable agent
- Dell SNMP extensions, which is the part of Data Integrator for an array server
On the Dell NNM SE management station
- Dell NNM SE
- Dell NNM SE extensions, which is the part of Data Integrator for the management station
- Data Event Monitor
The figure on the next page illustrates a Dell OpenManage™ data management
environment in which the management station is running Dell NNM SE and is not an array
server, From this Dell NNM SE management station, you can use Dell NNM SE to monitor all
the arrays connected to servers on the network. When you want to configure a managed array
or view detailed status information about a managed array's hardware, you can start Data
Supervisor or Data Administrator from Dell NNM SE.
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NOTE:
The Part of Data Integrior on the Dell NNM
SE management station is the Dell NNM SE exetensions; the part on a Windows NT server is
the Dell SNMP extensions. |
Figure 1-4. Environment with a Dell NNM SE management station that is not an array server
The data management software running on the Dell NNM SE management station communicates with the Data Agent running on each array server
in the same way that is does on a non-Dell NNM SE management station. Data Agent on an array server communicates
with the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) running on an array's storage processors (SPs). The
data management software and Data Agent communicate with each other over a TCP/IP network.
Data Agent and the LIC communicate with each other using a SCSI protocol over a Fibre
Channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL).
The Dell NNM SE extensions, which are part of Data Integrator on the Dell NNM SE
management station, let the Dell NNM SE find arrays on array servers that it discovers on
the network.
Data Event Monitor on the Dell NNM SE management station communicates with Data Agent
on each array server about status changes in a server's managed arrays. It passes the
array status information it receives to the Dell NNM SE using generic SNMP traps. Data Event
Monitor communicates with Data Agent on each array server using the Windows NT SNMP
extendable agent with the Dell SNMP extensions over the TCP/IP network. Data Event
Monitor also communicates with the Dell NNM SE TCP/IP network. The figure below
illustrates how these components interact.
Figure 1-5. Interrelationships between an Dell NNM SE management station, server, and managed array
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