Discovering Sun NAS Devices

NOTE: You do not need to provide the interop namespace because it is included in the management server’s list of default namespaces.

To discover a Sun NAS device, enter the following information in HP SIM:

•IP address or system name of the server running the provider for the Sun NAS devices you want to discover.

•User name of the provider for the Sun NAS devices you want to discover. You must provide a privileged login.

•Password used to access the provider for the Sun NAS devices you want to discover. See the HP SIM documentation for more details.

Discovering HP and IBM Tape Libraries

Before you can discover an HP or IBM tape library, you must download and install the corresponding SMI-S provider software.

•See your IBM documentation and the support matrix for your edition for information about the SMI-S provider for IBM tape libraries.

•See the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Systems Library (ESL) E-Series document for more information about the SMI-S provider for HP tape libraries. You can access this document at: http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers. Check this web site periodically to verify that you are running a current version of the SMI-S provider. See the support matrix for your edition for details.

To discover an HP or IBM tape library, enter the following information in HP SIM:

•IP address of the system that is running the tape library SMI-S provider.

•User name of the SMI-S provider of the tape library.

•Password of the SMI-S provider of the tape library.

Discovery Data Collection

IMPORTANT: Access Discovery Data Collection by selecting Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run Discovery Data Collection. Do not use the HP SIM Options > Data Collection command; it is for a different HP SIM feature.

This section contains the following topics:

•About Discovery Data Collection, page 153

•Running Discovery Data Collection, page 154

•Stopping Discovery Data Collection, page 154

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