2Discovering Switches, Storage Systems, NAS Devices, and Tape Libraries

Before you can use the management server, you must execute the Discovery process to make the software aware of the elements on your network, such as switches, storage systems, NAS devices, and tape libraries. Discovery obtains a list of elements and information about their management interface and dependencies.

NOTE: The management server can discover only elements with a suitable management interface. See the support matrix for your edition for information about supported hardware.

IMPORTANT: Before you can execute the Discovery process, you must have imported the HP Storage Essentials license. For instructions, see ”Managing Licenses” on page 167.

HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition supports a subset of the elements supported by Enterprise Edition. See the HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition Support Matrix for a list of supported elements. The support matrix is accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in HP Storage Essentials).

NOTE: In HP Storage Essentials, a device is called an element; In HP Systems Insight Manager, a device is called a system.

NOTE: For more information about the procedures performed in the HP SIM user interface, see the HP SIM documentation at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html.

This chapter contains the following information:

•About Discovery, page 20

•Discovery Steps, page 23

•Discovering Switches, page 29

•Discovering Storage Systems, page 47

•Discovering NAS Devices and Tape Libraries, page 63

•Discovery Data Collection, page 67

•Other Discovery Features, page 69

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