Table 10 (Discovery from HP SIM) Discovering Hosts

Step

Description

 

 

1

If you have several hosts that use the same password and user name, set that

 

password and user name as the default. Use the Global Settings (Options >

 

Protocol Settings > Global Settings) feature to set your default passwords.

 

Refer to the documentation that ships with SIM for more information.

 

 

2

Discover your host (Options > Discovery > Automatic).

 

One way to detect multiple IP addresses at once is to add an IP range for

 

scanning. The management server scans the IP range for elements and

 

populates the discovery list with element it could contact.

 

You can then discover those elements. See ”Adding an IP Range for

 

Scanning” on page 23 for more information.

 

 

4

Discovery Data Collection is required to obtain information from your

 

discovered elements. Discovery Data Collection takes some time. You might

 

want to perform this process when the network and the managed elements

 

are not busy. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run

 

Discovery Data Collection.

 

See ”Step E - Obtain Details” on page 101.

 

 

Discovery from HP SE

1.Discover your hosts as described in this section.

2.Build the topology. See ”Step C - (Discovery from HP SE Only)Build the Topology” on page 99.

3.If you want to view the topology, you can access System Manager. See ”(Optional) Step D - (Discovery from HP SE Only)View the Topology” on page 100.

4.Perform Get Details. See ”Step E - Obtain Details” on page 101.

Use the following table as a guideline for SE discovery:

Table 11 Making the Management Server Aware of Hosts (SE Discovery Only)

Step Description

1If several of the elements in the same domain use the same name and password, click the Set Default User name and Password link and provide up to three user names and passwords.

96 Discovering Applications, Backup Servers and Hosts