•In System Manager - Right-click an element and select Delete Element from the drop-down menu. Right-click an element and select Delete Element from the drop-down menu.

If you are blocking pop-ups and you use the right-click menu to delete an element from System Manager, the Delete window is blocked and you are unable to delete the element. You must disable the popup blocker before you can delete the element.

•In Chargeback Manager - Click the button for the element you want to delete.

2.If the element has multiple access points, you are asked which want to delete. Do one of the following:

•Delete the element and its access points. This option lists not only the switch you want to delete, but also the other elements that use the same switches and proxies as the element you want to delete. For example, assume you want to delete Switch_A. Switch_B was used to discover Switch_A. Let's assume Switch_B is also the only path to Switch_D. If you delete Switch_B, you will no longer have access to Switch_D. This option would list Switch_D as one of the other elements that need to be deleted.

An access point is the intersection of the IP address and the provider that discovered the IP address. A provider is software that is used to gather information about an element.

•Delete the element. The element may reappear the next time you obtain element details. This is because not all switches and proxies connected to the element have not been removed. For example, assume you want to delete Switch_A. Switch_B is connected to Switch_A. If you do not delete Switch_B, the next time you obtain element details Switch_B will most likely find Switch_A again.

3.Click OK.

4.Make sure the deleted element is not included in a scheduled automatic discovery task in HP SIM. If a scheduled automatic discovery task includes the deleted element, SIM will rediscover the deleted element again during the next discovery.

(Discovery from HP SE Only)Deleting Elements Using Discovery Step 2 (Topology)

IMPORTANT: These steps are only accessible from Discovery from HP SE.

To delete multiple elements using Discovery Step 2 (Topology):

1.Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home from the HP SIM home page. The Storage Essentials home page opens in a separate web browser window. Click Discovery > Topology in the upper-right pane of the HP Storage Essentials home page.

2.Determine the access points for the element you want to delete. In the following figure QBrocade2 is accessed by two switches: 192.168.10.25 and 198.168.10.22. You must delete

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