Discovery process. For more information on switch support, see the support matrix in the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in HP Storage Essentials).

IMPORTANT: All SMI-S switches require a user name and password.

Table 5 Overview of Switch Discovery Requirements

Element

Discovery Requirements

For More Information

 

 

 

Brocade switches

IP address and the user name and

See Discovering Brocade

(SMI-S)

password from the Brocade SMI

Switches, page 30.

 

Agent security setup.

 

 

 

 

CNT switches

IP address and the port number for

See Discovering CNT Switches,

 

the InVsn Software that manages

page 34.

 

the switch and the user name and

 

 

password.

 

 

 

 

Cisco switches

IP address of the Cisco switch and

See Discovering Cisco Switches,

(SMI-S)

the user name and password of the

page 35.

 

switch.

 

 

 

 

Cisco switches

IP address of the Cisco switch. Enter

See Discovering Cisco Switches,

(SNMP)

the SNMP read-only community

page 35.

 

string as the user name and enter

 

 

the password.

 

 

 

 

QLogic, and HP

IP address of the SMI-S switch and

See Discovering Sun StorEdge,

M-Series switches

the user name and password of the

QLogic and HP StorageWorks

(SMI-S)

switch.

M-Series for p-Class BladeSystems,

 

 

page 36.

 

 

 

Sun StorEdge,

IP address of the Sun StorEdge,

See Discovering Sun StorEdge,

QLogic, and HP

QLogic, or HP M-Series switch.

QLogic and HP StorageWorks

M-Series switches

Enter the SNMP read-only

M-Series for p-Class BladeSystems,

(SNMP)

community string as the user name

page 36.

 

and enter the password.

 

 

 

 

McDATA and EMC

Additional steps required for

See Discovering McDATA and

Connectrix switches

discovering these switches vary

EMC Connectrix Switches,

 

according to the network

page 38.

 

configuration.

 

 

 

 

Discovering Brocade Switches

The management server uses the Brocade SMI-S Provider (also known as the Brocade SMI Agent) to discover Brocade switches. Before you can discover Brocade switches with SMI-S, however, you must download and install the Brocade SMI Agent software. See the HP StorageWorks B-Seriesdocument for instructions at: http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers. Check this web site

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