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Automatic Discovery of Storage Arrays
The Automatic Discovery process sends out a broadcast message across the
local subnetwork (subnet) and adds any storage array that responds to the
message. The Automatic Discovery process finds both in-band and out-of-
band storage arrays.
NOTE: The Automatic Discovery option and the Re-scan Hosts option in the
Enterprise Management Window provide automatic methods to discover managed
storage arrays.
Manual Addition of a Storage Array
Use Manual Addition if the storage array resides outside of the local subnet.
This process requires specific identification information to manually add a
storage array.
To add a storage array that uses out-of-band management, specify the host
name or management port IP address of each controller in the storage array.
Before using this option, verify that the applicable network configuration
tasks are performed.
To add an in-band storage array, add the host through which the storage array
is attached to the network.
NOTE: It can take several minutes for MDSM to connect to the specified
storage array.
To add a storage array manually:
1
Select
Edit
Add Storage Array
.
2
Select the relevant management method:
•
Out-of-band management
—Enter a host name or an IP address for
the
RAID controller Modules
in the storage array.
•
In-band management
—Enter a name or an IP address for the
Host
through which the storage array is attached to the network.
NOTE: The host agent must be restarted before in-band management
communication can be established. See "Starting or Restarting the Host
Context Agent Software" on page293.
3
Click
Add
.
4
Use one of these methods to name a storage array:
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