HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance and Software - Manual (Page 78)

Monitoring the SAN
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While users with Administrator privileges can use all log features, users assigned
the Operator privilege level can only view and download the Event Log. See
Appendix C, “
Menu Options and Access Requirements ” on page 101 for detailed
information about privilege levels required to access log features.
SAN Events and Event Notification
As described in Chapter 3 , the Storage Management Appliance identifies devices
and applications in your storage environment through discovery processes. Many
of the discovered devices and applications generate events that help you monitor
SAN operations. An event can identify a routine occurrence, such as starting an
application, or a critical occurrence, such as a hardware failure.
A discovered device or application forwards information about an event to the
Storage Management Appliance where it is logged. See “
Storage Management
Appliance Logs ” on page 58 for more information about available logs.
For most events, you can set notification parameters that specify how you want the
Storage Management Appliance to distribute event information received from a
device or application. You can send event information to specific people using
standard e-mail or an e-mail pager. You also have the option to forward event
information as an SNMP trap to another host.
Application Events
You can configure the following management applications to send event
information to the Storage Management Appliance:
■ HP StorageWorks Command View EVA (element manager for HSV)
■ HP StorageWorks HSG Element Manager
■ HP OpenView Storage Provisioner
■ HP StorageWorks Secure Path Manager
Installing the Storage Management Appliance software v2.1 update automatically
configures the HSG element manager to send event information to the Storage
Management Appliance.
To configure Command View EVA to send events to the Storage Management
Appliance, add the SMA IP address or 127.0.0.1 to the Event Notification: Host
Options for each storage cell in Command View EVA.