both access points to completely remove the element. As a result, the QBrocade5 switch will also be removed because it has the same access points as QBrocade2.

Figure 5 Deleting Elements from the Management Server

3.Select all of the access points for the element you want to delete. Then, click the Delete button just above the table.

For example, assume you want to delete QBrocade2 in the previous figure. You would select the two listings for QBrocade2 on the Discovered Elements tab and click the Delete button in the Get Topology for Discovered Elements table. If you delete only one of the listings, QBrocade2 and QBrocade5 still appear in the topology since they are still accessible from one of the switches.

When you are asked if you want to remove the access points and its associated elements, keep in mind these elements will not be deleted if they are accessible from an access point not listed in the Delete Access Points window. For example, assume you selected access point 192.168.10.25 to be deleted. You are then told that switch1 will be deleted along with the access point. Let's assume switch1 is accessible from another access point, 192.168.10.29. When you remove access point 192.168.10.25, switch1 will still be accessible because it can be accessed from another access point that has not been removed.

4.Click OK if you want to remove the access points listed in the Delete Access Points window.

The access points are removed. If the elements listed have no other access points, they are no longer accessible from the management server.

Step 4 - Discovery Data Collection or Get Details

This section describes the following:

•”Get Details or Discovery Data Collection” on page 80

•”Stopping the Gathering of Details” on page 82

•”Excluding EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems from Force Device Manager Refresh” on page 83

•”Excluding HDS Storage Systems from Force Device Manager Refresh” on page 84

Get Details or Discovery Data Collection

Get Details or Discovery Data Collection is required to obtained detailed information from discovered elements. Get Details/Discovery Data Collection must be performed before you can do provisioning and/or obtain provisioning information, such as data about zone sets and LUN numbers.

Keep in mind the following:

80 Discovering Filers, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems