53-1002808-01 17 December 2012 Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Server Guide Supporting Brocade Network Advisor 12.0.
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Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager server discovery The Management application enables you to discover Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) servers. NOTE You can discover up to 2 VCEM servers. Discovering a VCEM server To discover a VCEM server, complete the following steps. 1. Select Discover > VCEM Server. The Discover VCEM Servers dialog box displays. FIGURE 1 Discover VCEM Servers dialog box 2. Click Add. The Add VCEM Server dialog box displays.
3. Enter the IPv4 IP address or fully qualified domain name in the Network Address field. 4. Enter the VCEM server SOAP API port number(default is 50001) in the Port field. 5. Enter the VCEM server username in the User ID field. 6. Enter the VCEM server password Password field. 7. Click OK on the Add VCEM Server dialog box. If an error occurs, a message displays. Click OK to close the error message and fix the problem. A VCEM server displays in Discovered VCEM Servers table with pending status.
Removing a VCEM server from active discovery If you decide you no longer want the Management application to discover and monitor a specific VCEM server, you can delete it from active discovery. To delete a VCEM server from active discovery, complete the following steps. 1. Select Discover > VCEM Servers. The Discover VCEM Servers dialog box displays. 2. Select the VCEM server you want to delete from active discovery in the Discovered VCEM Servers table. 3. Click Delete.
Viewing the VCEM server discovery state The Management application enables you to view device discovery status through the Discover VCEM Servers dialog box. To view the discovery status of a device, complete the following steps. 1. Select Discover > VCEM Servers. The Discover VCEM Servers dialog box displays. 2. Right-click the VCEM server node select Expand All to show all devices. The Discovery Status field details the actual status message text, which varies depending on the situation.
Virtual Connect module product icons The following table lists the manageable Virtual Connect (VC) module product icons that display on the topology. Icon Description Icon VC module Description Multi-fabric VC module Right-click menus Menu item Description Product Only available when VC is missing from one fabric, but present in another fabric. Select to shift the view from the current VC (which is missing) to the VC present in the other fabric.
TABLE 1 Properties tab Field Description IO Bay Discovery Status The discovery status of the VCEM server of this module. Last Discovery The last time data collection was performed for this VC module on the VCEM server. TABLE 2 Port tab Field Description Fabric The name of the fabric. Switch The name of the VC module. Port # The port number. Type The port type. Status The status of the port. For example, LOGGED-IN or NOT-LOGGED-IN.
VCEM integration support in SMI-A NOTE Discovery of TopologyView and SANActiveConnections will be incomplete for VC modules connected to the end devices due to lack off support in the HP SOAP API. HP SAN Network Advisor supports virtual connect discovery for the HP VC 8Gb 24-port FC module and VC 8Gb 20-port FC module through the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) server.
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