Concept diagram

The IBM® Storage Management Pack comprises four separate management packs, each matching one or more IBM storage systems.

Accordingly, you can import a management pack into Microsoft SCOM for each IBM storage system.

The following block diagram illustrates how all management packs are integrated in Microsoft SCOM and connect to the storage systems.

Figure 1. Individual management packs for IBM storage systems
This block diagram describes individual management packs for IBM storage systems.
The IBM management packs use different client types and communication channels to connect to their backend storage systems:
  • The FlashSystem A9000/R management pack (for FlashSystem A9000 and FlashSystem A9000R) and the XIV® and Spectrum Accelerate management pack (for XIV and Spectrum Accelerate) use the supported storage systems' respective command-line clients and communicate with their storage systems over SSL.
  • The Storwize® Family management pack (for Storwize V3500, Storwize V3700, Storwize V5000, Storwize V7000, Storwize V7000 Unified, SAN Volume Controller, and FlashSystem V9000) uses the supported storage systems' respective command-line clients and communicate with their storage systems over SSH.
  • The DS8000® Family management pack (for DS8700, DS8800, DS8870, and DS8880) uses a DS8000 client and communicates with the DS8000 storage system using the SMI-S standard Common Information Model (CIM) agent.