Installing Storage Resource agents

You can install Storage Resource agents by using the IBM Spectrum Control user interface or a command.

About this task

You can select one of the following agent installation scenarios:
Restriction:
  • You cannot use Storage Resource agents as data sources for switches and fabrics. For Brocade switches, you must use CIM agents. For Cisco switches, you must use SNMP agents.
  • Before you install or deploy a Storage Resource agent on a system, you must disable the firewall on that system.
  • If you are using IBM® PowerHA® SystemMirror® for AIX®, a Storage Resource agent must be installed on each node of the cluster and all agents in a cluster must be configured to use the same listening port.
  • To scan a cluster resource group, you must configure the cluster resource group to have at least one IP address that is accessible from the IBM Spectrum Control server.
To deploy a Storage Resource agent, you must log in as a user with the following authority:
On Windows operating systems
You must have Windows Administrator authority.
On UNIX or Linux® operating systems
You must be logged in as the root user.