Note the following:

•Storage systems managed by HP Storage Essentials show a subtype of Storage Essentials Managed, and do not show the SMI subtype on the HP SIM System tab.

•Storage systems managed by HP Storage Essentials are listed in the HP SIM Storage Essentials Systems collection.

•HP SIM data collection from SMI-S devices is disabled to avoid duplicate data collection.

•The storage tables in HP SIM’s Data Collection reports are not populated with data because HP SIM’s SMI-S data collection is disabled.

CAUTION: If you already have HP SIM set up when you add HP Storage Essentials, any data that HP SIM has collected about SMI-S devices will be removed from the database when you install the HP SIM Connector.

•Elements discovered through SMI-S and hosts discovered with CIM extensions from Build 5.1 and later of HP Storage Essentials cannot be added to discovery groups. These elements are listed separately and can be placed independently into scheduled Discovery Data Collection tasks without being part of a discovery group. This allows you greater flexibility when gathering discovery data. (For more information, see ”Using Discovery Groups” on page 76).

Discovery of Elements in a Storage Area Network (SAN)

To obtain information about the SAN, discover the following elements in the following order:

1.HP Storage Essentials management server. For more information, see ”Discovering the HP Storage Essentials Management Server” on page 26.

2.Fibre Channel switch or fabric proxy. The Fibre Channel switch contains a list of all elements in the fabric. The management server obtains a detailed listing of all elements connected to the switch fabric.

•Brocade is an example of a proxy-based switch. For more information, see ”Discovering Brocade Switches” on page 30.

•Cisco’s SMI-S is an example of an embedded solution. For more information, see ”Discovering Cisco Switches” on page 35.

3.A storage device or storage proxy. Include a proxy that has a direct connection or a SAN connection to a native device manager. For example:

•Command View EVA and Hitachi HiCommand Device manager are examples of a proxy-based solution. For more information, see ”Discovering HP StorageWorks EVA Arrays” on page 56 and ”Discovering HDS Storage Systems” on page 52.

•The SVP is an embedded solution for the XP array. For more information, see ”Discovering HP StorageWorks XP Arrays” on page 58.

•LSI storage systems are an example of systems that do not require a proxy because they can be accessed directly by communicating with the array controller. For more information, see ”Discovering LSI Storage Systems” on page 52.

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