Step 1 - discover switches, 6 discovery requirements for switches, Table 6 – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems

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Step 1 - Discover Switches

This section describes the following:

SMI-S Switches Must Be Removed and Rediscovered After Upgrading

” on page 33

Discovering Brocade Switches

” on page 34

Discovering CNT Switches

” on page 38

Discovering Cisco Switches

” on page 40

Discovering Sun StorEdge and QLogic Switches

” on page 42

Changing the SNMP Trap Listener Port for Sun StorEdge Switches

” on page 44

Discovering McDATA and EMC Connectrix Switches

” on page 45

(Discovery from SE Only) Excluding McDATA and EMC Connectrix Switches from Discovery

on page 55

The following table provides an overview of the discovery requirements for switches.

Table 6

Discovery Requirements for Switches

Element

Discovery Requirements

Additional Information

Brocade switches

(Fabric Access API)

Enter the IP address/DNS name,

user name and password of the

Brocade switch to discover it. The

user name (default admin) and

password must be for the Admin

Account.

See ”

Discovering Brocade

Switches

” on page 34.

Brocade switches

(SMI-S*)

Enter the IP address/DNS name,

user name and password of the

Brocade SMI-S proxy server to

discover it. The user name (default

admin) and password must be for

the Admin Account. Note that

some SMI-S providers require you

to specify the server using its IP

address: http://IPADDRESS.

See ”

Discovering Brocade

Switches

” on page 34.

CNT switches

Enter the IP address and the port

number for the InVsn Software that

manages the switch as well as the

user name and password.

See ”

Discovering CNT Switches

on page 38.

Cisco switches

(SMI-S)*

Enter the IP address/DNS name of

the Cisco switch as well as the user

name and password of the switch.

All SMI-S switches require a user

name and password.

See ”

Discovering Cisco Switches

on page 40.

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