A Report to Identify External Storage Boxes?

[Ken Rackow_1]

Is there a report option or approach, using HP SIM 5.0, to create a list of servers whose array controllers are attached to External Storage Boxes? I can see this information by pulling up individual Systems Management Home pages, but I can't seem to see it in Data Collection Reports, or using any of the report options.

[Rob Buxton · Accepted solution]

There are developments in the Storage Monitoring and its integration into HPSIM.
Some external boxes can be seen quite clearly, e.g. the MSA range of SANs appear like local storage arrays as far as I remember. Others are being enhanced.

You may want to check the SMI-S protocols as that seems to be the way storage management is going.