HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

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1. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run Discovery Data Collection.
2. Click the button corresponding with the element you want to modify.
3. To move an element to another discovery group, select its new discovery group from the
Discovery Group drop-down menu.
4. Click OK in the Edit Discovered Element window.
Discovery from HP SE
To change the discovery properties of an element:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home on the HP SIM home page menu. The HP SE home
page opens in a separate web browser window. Click Discovery > Topology or Discovery >
Details in the upper-right pane of the HP SE home page window.
2. Click the button corresponding with the element you want to modify.
3. To move an element to another discovery group, select its new discovery group from the
Discovery Group drop-down menu.
4. Click OK in the Edit Discovered Element window.
Deleting Elements from the Product
The way you delete an element from the product depends on whether you are using discovery from
HP SIM or discovery from HP SE.
Discovery from HP SIM
IMPORTANT: This step removes elements from the discovery list and from the HP SIM database.
The deleted element can reappear if the following occurs:
• If a scheduled automatic discovery task includes the deleted element, HP SIM will rediscover the
deleted element again during the next discovery.
• If HP SE still lists the access point for the element, SE rediscovers the element the next time during
Discovery Data Collection/Get Details.
To remove systems from the SIM database:
1. From the HP SIM home page, click Systems in the left pane.
2. Select the elements you want to delete.
3. Click Delete.
Discovery from HP SE
When you delete an element, all of its information is removed from the management server. This
includes asset information, zoning, events, statistics, and fabrics assigned to switches.
To completely delete an element from the management server you must remove the elements, such
as a switch or proxy that were used to discover the element. If you do not delete all switches and