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BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for Hitachi® Storage

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for Hitachi Storage is designed to fully integrate with BMC Atrium Orchestrator and thus is workflow-based on ITIL standards to build and adapt to match IT professionals needs. It enables IT operators and administrators to automate manual repetitive and time consuming tasks required to manage Hitachi storage devices.

How It Works

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for Hitachi Storage provides workflow processes that produce XML script files that are interpreted within the Atrium Orchestrator platform. A workflow is composed of a collection of actions designed to produce a specific output form when triggered by a specific event.

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for Hitachi Storage leverages Hitachi Device Manager to apply specific workflows that interact with the Hitachi disk arrays.

Key Features

The Adapter for Hitachi Storage enables IT professionals to perform, among many others, the main following operations:

  • Collect Information on storage systems, disks, LUNs, Host Groups and Pools
  • Provision LUNs and configure the mapping with Host Groups
  • Decommission LUNs and unconfigure Host Groups
  • Integrate with BMC Storage Management module

Key Benefits

  • Reduce SAN management costs and project delays due to manual process steps
  • Improve operational efficiency through SAN orchestration
  • Reduce mean time to repair through accelerated,  standardized, and policy-based response to events
  • Improve service quality by eliminating the service disruptions that result from operator and process errors

Supported Devices

  • Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family (AMS 2x000)
  • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform (USP, USP-V/USP-VM)

Prerequisites

To manage Hitachi storage equipment, BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for Hitachi Storage relies on the SMI-S agent of the Hitachi Device Manager which is part of the Hitachi Storage Command Suite.

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Licensing

To manage your Hitachi Storage environment with BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for Hitachi Storage, you need to purchase a "BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for Hitachi Storage" license from BMC Software. This license entitles you to install and use BMC Atrium Orchestrator Application Adapter for Hitachi Storage on your entire BMC Atrium Orchestrator environment and interact with all the Hitachi storage systems in your SAN.