Description

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

Connector ID: SMISHBA

This connector is superseded by:

• EmulexHbacmd
• HPUXHBA
• QlogicSCLI
• WBEMGenHBA

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

Examples

hws HOSTNAME -t win -f SMISHBA --wbem -u USER

hosts:
- host:
    hostname: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
    type: win
  selectedConnectors: [ SMISHBA ] # Optional, to load only this connector
  wbem:
    protocol: https
    port: 5989
    username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
    password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using hws-encrypt

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)