Overview

HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Standard Edition software allows midsize business with smaller HP storage-based SANs and limited IT staff to see the big storage and SAN picture thereby reducing SAN complexity while increasing IT Staff efficiency compared to manual methods like Excel spreadsheets and whiteboards. A unified server and SAN infrastructure tool-set automates complex and manual storage process and tasks with auto discovery, visualization and topology mapping for quick device identification. The software takes advantage of the latest industry standards with extensive solution coverage including integration with a rich assortment of HP software including software plug-ins to reduce the time and money associated with deploying and managing storage infrastructure.

Our mid-market SRM Software is an affordable solution that optimizes SAN capacity, monitors end-to-end SAN and HP EVA performance, and simplifies end-to-end troubleshooting and reporting. From a single, Web-based console you can configure your storage environment and monitor file system utilization to reclaim wasted space and facilitate file server availability. Now IT can obtain a holistic view of storage from a business application level down to the spindle with Oracle, SQL, Sybase, MS Exchange and InterSystems Cache for fast problem resolution. Centralized event and performance management with historical and future trending brings additional benefits too. With optional software plug-ins, you can monitor the entire backup process and you have integrated SAN and NAS management. HP Standard Edition SRM Software software simplifies ordering by with a one-stop SRM starter approach including media, licensing and recommended HP Installation and Start Up Service to ensure the best total customer experience, while providing an upgrade path to Enterprise.

What's new

• The Storage Essentials SRM Performance Pack Software provides a unified and simplified interface which helps EVA administrators increase efficiency and quickly visualize the big performance picture of their EVA storage, hosts and SAN infrastructure. When SRM Standard Edition was released it did not contain EVA performance monitoring, but the software solution did grant rights to monitor up 3 EVA, when the software is available. Now the software is available as part of SRM Standard Edition Software SAN starter solution, and its available as a plug in to SRM Enterprise Edition Software.
• Easily migrate from mid-market to enterprise with the new HP SRM Standard Edition to SRM Enterprise Upgrade. Allows a SRM Standard Edition customer to migrate/upgrade to SRM Enterprise Edition with full features privileges and access to additional value add Storage Essentials SRM software plug ins including provisioning, capacity metering/usage and reporting.
• Increases business application availability – big picture view monitors business applications, and high availability configurations with infrastructure dependencies to facilitate faster root cause analysis to aid in the prevention of unplanned downtime. Automatically discover, display and monitor host clusters, Microsoft is only supported with SRM Standard Edition
• Configure and monitor high-availability host cluster configuration with Storage Essentials Cluster Builder Wizard – Wizard offers the flexibility to manually map a customers unique HA configurations to SRM Standard Edition Software powerful big picture visualization of all paths and device dependencies.
• Broad business application integration with new expanded support for InterSystem Cache in addition to Oracle, Exchange, MSSQL and Sybase database. The HP SRM Database Viewer now support Cache which is used around the world for a variety of applications ranging from single user embedded systems to enterprise wide multi-server installations with tens of thousands of concurrent users. Industry applications of Cache include healthcare, financial services and telecommunications.

Features & benefits

• Reduce storage management complexity, lowers cost, makes IT staff more efficient: Integrated tool-set guides you through the big SAN picture. It reduces SAN complexity by automating complex and traditional manual storage tasks from a single, Web-based, management console. HP Storage Essentials Software with HP Systems Insight Manager software leads the industry in unified server and storage management.
• Automated SAN discovery, visualization and topology mapping speeds device identification: Automatically discovers devices in the storage environment including applications, servers, HBAs, fabric switches, and storage devices (SAN and NAS) and end-to-end backup monitoring and reporting. Having accurate data with an up to date big picture eliminates time spent on building manual spreadsheets and Visio diagrams.
• Built on industry standards: Designed on the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S), an industry standard for storage management based on the Common Information Model (CIM) and standards including WBEM, WMI, JBoss and J2EE to demonstrate the solution is extensible, interoperable and supports the insertion of 3rd party technology.
• Integrated with HP Storage Essentials SRM Software Suite: HP SRM Standard Edition software integrates with the HP SRM Enterprise Edition Software Suite. This is paramount for IT shops to have a convergence of advanced SRM features like capacity planning, provisioning and extended reporting that scales from mid-market SANs to Enterprise heterogeneous SANs.
• Affordable SRM solution monitors SAN and HP EVA performance and simplifies troubleshooting: A single IT administrator can monitor and control health, end to end SAN and HP EVA performance, utilization, and reporting of all devices including servers, storage, tape, NAS, HBAs, switches and backup. Having a single view of infrastructure aids in faster end-to-end troubleshooting and quicker problem resolution.
• Consistent security model across management domains: Leverages OS security for user authentication and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Secure Shell (SSH) to encrypt management communications. Role-based security gives IT administrator’s granular control over user access on selected devices.
• Holistic view of storage from the application level provides quicker problem resolution: Industry recognized for excellent business application integration the SRM software solution takes advantage of HP Storage Essentials SRM Software Application Viewers to monitor and control storage infrastructure at the application level down to the spindle. Software supports Oracle, SQL, Sybase, MS Exchange and Cache
• High performance scaleable file-level scanning, analysis and reporting: File-level scanning, analysis. reporting and policy-based management capabilities helps reclaim wasted space and ensure file server availability. You can respond faster to file server out-of-space conditions, and classify unstructured data in support of lifecycle management initiatives.
• Common interface simplifies SAN and NAS management: Provides comprehensive networked attached storage (NAS) for HP ProLiant Storage Servers. Helps IT staff visualize your distributed HP NAS solutions and centrally manage capacity, performance, events, and dependencies to ensure NAS availability and performance with unified SAN and NAS management.
• Complete, easy to order SRM solution with easy upgrade path to Enterprise: SRM Software solution includes media, licensing and HP Services. HP Installation and Start Up Service help facilitate a smooth software deployment to help address your business needs. To accommodate business growth the software is upgradeable to an enterprise heterogeneous solution.