HP Intelligent Infrastructure Analyzer Software User Guide

Managing SAN Profiles
In the Manage SAN Profiles page, you can perform the following tasks:
• Click New – To create a new SAN profile.
• Click Edit – To modify an existing SAN profile.
• Click Activate – To activate a SAN profile.
• Click Deactivate – To deactivate an active SAN profile.
• Click Delete – To delete an existing SAN profile.
Figure 4 Manage SAN Profiles
Creating New SAN profile
To create a new SAN profile:
1. Click New in the Manage SAN Profiles page. Create New SAN Profile is displayed in a
separate window.
2. Enter the SAN profile name in the SAN Profile Name text box. In the Data Collection Frequency
(in minutes) drop-down list (default frequency is 5 mins), select the appropriate frequency at
which data is collected from the SAN for monitoring and diagnostic purposes.
3. Click Next.
4. Enter the switch details:
a. Enter the IP details in the IP Address text box.
OR
b. Enter the IP subnet details in the IP Subnet text box.
5. Under Switch Settings, enter the switch authentication credentials in the Username and Password
text box, CIMOM port details in the Port text box, and the read community string in the Read
Community text box.
NOTE: The Default value for Port is 5988 and for Read Community the value is public.
6. Click Start Discovery to start the discovery process.
• Based on the discovery-protocol-specific authentication process, all connected switches
are discovered and follow the step specified in 4a.
• Based on the discovery-protocol-specific authentication process, it discovers all the switches
within the IP address range and follow the step specified in 4b.
7. The discovered switches are displayed with the following details: IP Address, Switch Name,
Vendor, Model, State, Edit, and Status as shown in Figure 5 (page 12).
Using HP IIAS 11