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

Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems110
• If you started a CIM Extension on a Sun Solaris host with the ./start -users command, a
user name provided in the command must be used to discover the host. For example, if you use
./start -users myname:yourname (where myname and yourname are valid UNIX
accounts) to start the CIM Extension, myname or yourname and its password must be used to
discover the host.
• If you have Brocade switches, download and install the Brocade SMI-S provider software
following the instructions in the brocade_provider.pdf file located on the following FTP site if this
is a new installation of the management server.
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/storageworks/smisproviders/brocade_provid
er.pdf
If you are upgrading to build 5.1 from any build prior to 4.2 of the management server your
Brocade switches are discovered using the Brocade Fabric Access API after the upgrade.
• You must also verify that the Rapid program on the switch is set to 1. Rapid must be set to 1 so
that the management server can communicate with the switch. See the topic, ”Verifying Brocade
Rapid Program Is Set to 1” on page 38 for more information.
• Additional steps are required for discovering McDATA and EMC Connectrix switches, and the
steps vary according to your network configuration. See the topic, ”Discovering McDATA and
EMC Connectrix Switches” on page 48 for more information.
• EMC CLARiiON storage systems require additional steps for discovery. See the topic,
”Discovering EMC CLARiiON Storage Systems” on page 67 for more information.
• After you discover a McDATA or EMC Connectrix switch, the IP address displayed next to the
name of the switch is actually the IP address of the service processor for the switch in the Get
Details screens. To find the IP address of the switch, click the link for the switch in the Topology
screen (Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Topology), Discovery Data
Collection screen (Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run Discovery Data
Collection), or Get Details screen (Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery >
Details) and then click the Properties tab. The Properties tab can also be accessed by
double clicking the switch in System Manager.
For additional information about adding switches, NAS devices, and storage systems, see:
• Table 4 on page 23
• Table 5 on page 24
• ”Discovering Applications, Backup Servers and Hosts” on page 113