Description

This connector discovers the HBAs of a server. It relies on the WBEM technology and supports SMI-S compliant HBAs only.

Connector file name: MS_HW_SMISHBA.hdf

This connector is superseded by:

• MS_HW_EmulexHbacmd.hdf
• MS_HW_WBEMGenHBA.hdf
• MS_HW_HPUXHBA.hdf
• MS_HW_QlogicSCLI.hdf

Target

Typical platforms: Any system with Emulex, Any system with QLogic

Operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, IBM AIX, HP-UX, HP Tru64, HP OpenVMS, Oracle Solaris, Out-of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: SMI-S Agent provided by the HBA vendor

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Connector Activation Criteria

The SMI-S Compliant HBAs connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The WBEM query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: Automatic
  • WQL Query: SELECT PortType FROM CIM_FCPort
  • Result contains: \(0\)\|\(1\)\|\(10\)\|\(11\)\|\(12\); (regex)
• The WBEM query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: Automatic
  • WQL Query: SELECT CreationClassName FROM CIM_FCPort
  • Result contains: \([Hh][Bb][Aa]\)\|\([Qq][Ll]ogic\)\|\(IBM_FCPort\)\|\(HPUX_FCPort\)\|\(ELX\) (regex)