NOTE: Before performing any provisioning operations that involve a brocade switch you must

 

perform Discovery Step 3 for any subset of elements that includes this brocade switch.

 

To make the management server aware of elements on your network follow the steps for discovery

 

outlined in one of the following tables:

 

Discovery from HP SIM - See Table 4 on page 20.

 

Discovery from HP SE - See Table 5 on page 21.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: See Accessing the Discovery Pages for HP SIM and HP SE” on page 17 for details on

 

how to access HP SIM or HP SE.

Table 4 HP SIM Discovery Steps for Switches, NAS filers, and Storage Systems

 

 

 

 

Step

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

If you have several switches and storage systems 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 switches (Options > Discovery > Automatic). See Table 6 on

 

 

 

page 31 for information on how to discover the types of switches in your

 

 

 

network.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Discover your filers and storage systems (Options > Discovery >

 

 

 

Automatic). See Table 9 on page 54.

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

Discovery Data Collection (Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery >

 

 

 

Run 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.

 

 

 

 

 

20 Discovering Filers, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems