Discovering NAS Devices and Tape Libraries

Use the workflow in Discovering Elements” on page 113 to discover NAS devices and tape libraries. This section provides information about supported NAS devices and tape libraries, including the information to enter in HP SIM during the discovery process. For more information on device support, see the support matrix. The support matrix is accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in HP Storage Essentials).

Table 7 Discovery Requirements NAS Devices and Tape Libraries

Element

Discovery Requirements

For Additional Information

 

 

 

HP NAS devices

Discover the device directly.

See Discovering HP NAS Devices

 

 

on Windows, page 150 and

 

 

Discovering HP NAS Devices on

 

 

Linux, page 151.

 

 

 

devices

Discover the device directly.

See Discovering NetApp NAS

 

 

Devices, page 151.

 

 

 

Sun NAS devices

Discover the server running the

See Discovering Sun NAS

 

SMI-S provider for the Sun NAS

Devices, page 152.

 

Devices.

 

 

 

 

HP and IBM tape

Discover the server running the

See Discovering HP and IBM Tape

libraries

SMI-S provider for the tape library.

Libraries, page 152

 

 

 

Discovering NAS Devices

You can discover the following NAS devices:

Discovering HP NAS Devices on Windows, page 150

Discovering HP NAS Devices on Linux, page 151

Discovering NetApp NAS Devices, page 151

Discovering Sun NAS Devices, page 152

Discovering HP NAS Devices on Windows

In order to discover an HP NAS device on Windows, you must first install a CIM extension on the device and then modify one of its properties files. For instructions, see Installing the CIM Extension for Microsoft Windows” on page 281.

To enable NAS support:

1.Connect to the NAS device on which you have installed the CIM extension.

2.Browse to the installation directory and open the APPQCime/conf directory.

3.Copy the nas.properties-samplefile and paste a copy into the same directory.

4.Rename the copied file to nas.properties.

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