1. HiCommand Device Manager
Simulator Installation
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2. Device Manager Simulator
HiCommand Device Manager provides the simulation mode. With Hitachi RAID Array simulator, some of the Device Manager operations can be simulated on your laptop PC.
This Module describe the installation and setup of the simulator- mode Device Manager with following steps.
Device Manager Simulator Installation
Configure Device Manage as “simulation mode”
Start RAID Array simulator
Discover pre-registered subsystem on the simulator
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3. Device Manager Simulator
(1) Install Device Manager Server on you laptop PC
(2) Install RAID Array Simulator
The RAID Array simulator is provided as “BUILD_0400_08_sim_Windows.zip” file and located in the directory of /0400_HP/BUILD_0400_07/English/product.
Extract the zip archive and you will find the files under the directory “Simulator”.
Copy the whole directory “simulator” to the C:/Program Files/HiCommand/
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4. Device Manager Simulator
(3) Configuration for Simulator
Modify the HDvM server property
Open the “servers.properties” file in the directory of C:/Program Files/HiCommand/DeiceManager/HiCommandServer/config/
Edit the entry “server.http.mode=true” to “server.http.mode=simulation”.
(4) Restart Device Manager Server
Use the prepared command.
“Start” – “All Program” – “HiCommand” – “Device Manager” – “Stop HDvM” and “Start HDvM”
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5. Device Manager Simulator
(5) Start RAID Simulator
Use the bat command to start the simulator
“/simulator/runSimServer.bat”
[Registered Storage Type]
HDS9200 (HDS9200)
HDS9530V (HDS9530V)
HDS9570V (HDS9570V)
HDS9580V (HDS9580V)
HDS9910 (HDS9910)
HDS9960 (HDS9960)
HDS9970V (HDS9970V)
HDS9980V (HDS9980V)
USP (USP)
[Stored Arrays]
HDS at , (Dual Port)
HDS9570V at , (Dual Port)
HDS9570V at , (Dual Port)
HDS9580V.0016 at , (Dual Port)
HDS9580V at , (Dual Port)
HDS at
HDS9980V at
USP at
USP at
Complete initialization
Start HiCommand Device Manager RAID simulator on port 1099
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6. Start Device Manager in Simulator Mode
(6)Start your Browser and open
(7) Input the license key and login as System user.
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7. Discover the Subsystem
(8) Discover subsystem using “Add Subsystem”
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8. Discover Subsystem
(9) Select the subsystem type and specify the IP address of the SVP
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9. Discover Subsystem
(10) The following message will be shown if you succeed to discover
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10. Discover Subsystem
(11) The new subsystem is registered on you Device Manager
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11. Module Review
What are the four Windows services that must be running in order for the server to function?
SNMP traps must be enabled on the server. True or False?
To verify that the server is running on Solaris, you must confirm the HiCommand Process ID shows an alpha value. True or False?
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12. Inspire the Next
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