This field can be left blank if one or more of the following conditions are fulfilled:

•The element's user name and password are one of the default user names and passwords.

•The element does not require authentication.

8.If you typed a password in the previous step, retype the password in the Verify Password field.

9.In the Comment field (optional), type a comment for additional information. The information typed into this field is displayed under the Comment column in the Addresses to Discover list (Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Setup).

10.Do not select the Do Not Authenticate option.

11.Click OK.

12.To start discovering elements on the network, click the Start Discovery button on the IP Addresses tab.

Verifying Brocade Rapid Program Is Set to 1

If you are discovering Brocade switches, verify that the Rapid program on the switch is set to 1.

1.(Optional) Set the command prompt window so that it displays many rows.

While completing the following steps, the command prompt window displays a large amount of data. You might want to expand the size and buffer of the command prompt window. To do this in Microsoft Windows 2000, click the upper-right corner of the command prompt window, click the Layout tab, and then modify the options under Screen Buffer Size and Window Size.

2.Access the Brocade switch by using the telnet option. For example,

telnet

open 10.1.213.228

where 10.1.213.228 is the IP address of the switch.

3.When prompted for the user name and password, supply them.

4.Type the following to see what is supported on the switch:

supportshow

A large amount of output is displayed.

5.Select all of the output.

6.Paste the output in a text editor, for example Notepad. Use the Find command to search for rpc.rapid.

7.Verify Rapid is set to one, as displayed below:

rpc.rapid: 1

Discovering CNT Switches

The management server uses the CNT SMI-S provider to discover CNT switches. A provider is a small software program that is used by the management server to communicate with a device, such as a switch.

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