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Table 5 Discovery Settings for McDATA and Connectrix Switches

Method	Description	Provisioning limitations
SNMP setting	Contact the switch through a proxy.	This SNMP setting through a proxy
Through a	You can use this option with EMC	does not let you manage or access
Proxy	Connectrix™ Manager and EFC	information about zones, zone sets, or
	Manager to contact the switch. For	zone aliases.
	more information, see ”Discovering
	McDATA and Connectrix Switches
	through a Proxy with SNMP” on
	page 128.
Contacting the	Contact the switch by its IP address or	This SNMP setting provides view-only
switch directly	DNS name. This connection uses	access to the active zone set and its
(SNMP)	SNMP. See the support matrix for	members. You cannot create, modify,
	your edition for details on switch	and/or delete a zone set or its
	models (Help > Documentation Center	members.
	in HP Storage Essentials). For more
	information, see ”Discovering
	McDATA and Connectrix Switches
	through a Direct Connection and
	SNMP” on page 129.

Keep in mind the following:

•SMI-S is the default method for discovering McDATA and Connectrix switches. If you need to migrate to SMI-S or change the discovery settings, see ”Changing the Discovery Settings” on page 130.

•You can only choose one discovery method for McDATA and Connectrix switches. For example, if you use SMI-S, you cannot discover additional McDATA and Connectrix switches with SWAPI or SNMP.

•If you use EFC Manager or Connectrix Manager, see the support matrix for your edition to verify the version requirements.

•Brocade 5000ni switches running in McDATA mode are managed by the Brocade SMI Agent and not by McDATA SMI-S. For more information, see ”Discovering Brocade Switches” on page 116.

•Managing McDATA and Connectrix switches through SWAPI is not supported on management servers running on Linux.

•If you change the discovery settings, the user ID and password will no longer work. For this reason, HP recommends setting this property before discovering any McDATA or Connectrix switches. If you must change the configuration, see ”Changing the Discovery Settings” on page 130.

•After you discover a McDATA or Connectrix switch through a proxy, the IP address displayed next to the name of the switch is the IP address of the proxy for the switch in the Discovery and Discovery Data Collection screens. To find the IP address of the switch, click the link for the switch in the Discovery Data Collection screen (Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run

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