Installing and Uninstalling the SMI-S Provider
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Installing and Uninstalling the SMI-S
Provider
System Requirements
The system requirements to install and run the SMI-S Provider include:
• Memory requirements—1 GB minimum (2 GB preferred).
• Connectivity requirements—Ethernet with 100BASE-T minimum
(Gigabit Ethernet preferred), TCP/IP.
• Port requirements—TCP port 5988 or TCP port 5989, or any other
available port if these ports are not available.
• Storage array password—The device credentials profile requires the storage
array password (SharedSecret) to modify operations. The SMI-S Provider
persistently tracks an instance of the SharedSecret per storage array.
Installing SMI-S Provider
For Windows
The SMI-S Provider is packaged as an installation executable file. To install
the SMI-S Provider:
1
Move the SMI-S Provider installation executable file on the server where
you want to install the SMI-S Provider and double-click the installation
executable icon and follow the instructions on the screen.
During installation,
ArrayHosts.txt
file opens.
2
Enter the
HostName
(s)
or
IP Address
(s)
of the MD storage array(s) to be
managed by the host in ArrayHosts.txt, save and close the file.
CAUTION:
Enter only one of the two management ports' IP addresses of each
array in this file. Do not enter the IP addresses of both management ports.
3
Click
Finish
.
The SMI-S Provider is installed on your system. After installation, you can
delete the installation executable file.
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