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

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3. Click the IP Addresses tab.
4. Click the Add Address button.
5. In the IP Address/DNS Name field, type the IP address or DNS name of the EFC
Manager/Connectrix Manager you want to discover.
6. In the User Name field, type the user name for EFC Manager/Connectrix Manager.
This field can be left blank if one or more of the following conditions are fulfilled:
• The element's user name and password are one of the default user names and passwords.
• The element does not require authentication.
To access a Windows-based device, prepend the user name with the Windows domain name,
as shown in the following example.
domain_name\user_name
where
•
domain_name is the domain name of the machine
•
user_name is the name of your network account
7. In the Password field, type the corresponding password for EFC Manager/Connectrix
Manager.
This field can be left blank if one or more of the following conditions are fulfilled:
• The element's user name and password are one of the default user names and passwords.
• The element does not require authentication.
8. If you typed a password in the previous step, retype the password in the Verify Password field.
9. In the Comment field (optional), type a comment for additional information. The information
typed into this field is displayed under the Comment column in the Addresses to Discover list
(Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Setup).
10.Click OK.
11.To start discovering elements on the network, click the Start Discovery button on the IP
Addresses tab.
Discovery is complete when the software displays the DISCOVERY COMPLETED message in the
Log Messages field.
CIM_ERR_FAILED When Trying to Activate a Zone Set Using McDATA SWAPI
When the user tries to activate a zone set using McDATA SWAPI, the operation may return
CIM_ERR_FAILED with one of the following detailed messages:
Cannot activate zone set. SWAPI Handle is not valid for fabric
Cannot activate zone set. Active zone set information is out of date for
fabric
There is no active SWAPI connection for fabric
Fabric is not in the cache
These error messages indicate that the SWAPI connection to the EFCM managing the fabric is no
longer valid, or the active zone information was changed on the fabric without using the
management server. The management server does not activate a zone set under these conditions.