To change the time-out period and number of retries for switches, modify the properties specified Table 137 on page 612 and Table 138 on page 612 as described in the following steps:

1.Access the management server.

2.Select Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health. Then, click Advanced in the Disk Space tree.

3.Click Show Default Properties at the bottom of the page.

4.Copy the commands specified in Table 137 on page 612. How you copy the text depends on your Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, select the text and then right-click the selected text. Then, select Copy.

5.Return to the Advanced page (Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health. Then, click Advanced in the Disk Space tree).

6.Paste the copied text into the Custom Properties field. How you paste the text depends on your Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, right-click the field and select Paste.

7.Make sure the property is not commented out by removing the hash (#) symbol in front of the property.To modify the time-out period, set the corresponding property for your switch in the following table to the number of millisecond you want. The default is 5000 ms. For example, to change the time-out period to 30000 ms for a McDATA switch, you would set the cimom.McData.Snmp.Timeout property to 30000, as shown in the following example:

cimom.McData.Snmp.Timeout=30000

Table 137 Time-out Properties

Switch

Property

 

 

McDATA/Connectrix

cimom.McData.Snmp.Timeout

discovered through SNMP

 

 

 

Cisco

cimom.Cisco.Snmp.Timeout

Other switches discovered

cimom.snmp.switch.timeout

through SNMP:

 

•

Sun StorEdge

 

•

QLogic

 

 

 

 

8.To modify the number of retries, repeat Steps 4 through 6 by copying and pasting the property specified in Table 138 on page 612. Set the corresponding property for your switch in the following table to the number of retries you want. The default is two retries. For example, to

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