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

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 51
Step 2 - Verify the Discovery Setting for McDATA
and Connectrix Switches is Set to SWAPI
By default the discovery settings for McDATA and Connectrix switches is set to SWAPI. If you believe
it has been changed to SNMP, you can perform the following steps to change it back to SWAPI.
1. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health. Then, click Advanced in
the Disk Space tree.
2. Click Show Default Properties at the bottom of the page.
3. Copy the following property. How you copy the text depends on your Web browser. If you are
using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, select the text and then right-click the selected
text. Then, select Copy.
cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider=TRUE
4. Return to the Advanced page (Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health.
Then, click Advanced in the Disk Space tree).
5. Paste the copied text into the Custom Properties field. How you paste the text depends on
your Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, right-click the
field and select Paste.
6. Uncomment the cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider property by removing the number sign (#)
in front of cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider.
7. Change the cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider property to false.
cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider=FALSE
8. When you are done, click Save.
9. Restart the service for the management server for your changes to take effect.
While AppStorManager is restarting, users are not able to access the management server. The
AppStorManager service must be running for the management server to monitor elements.
Step 3 - Discover the Proxy
Discovery from HP SIM
To discover the proxy, you must provide the following information to HP Systems Insight Manager:
• IP address or system name of the EFC Manager/Connectrix Manager you want to discover. See
”Adding an IP Range for Scanning” on page 27 or ”Adding a Single IP Address or DNS Name
for Discovery” on page 28 for more information.
• User name - Type the user name for EFC Manager/Connectrix Manager.
• Password - Type the corresponding password for EFC Manager/Connectrix Manager.
Discovery from HP SE
To discover the proxy:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home on the HP SIM home page menu. The Storage
Essentials home page opens in a separate web browser window. From the Storage Essentials
home page, click Discovery, then click Setup in the upper-right pane of the Storage
Essentials window.
2. Select Step 1 at the top of the page.