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

Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems76
• HP StorageWorks SMI-S EVA
To determine provisioning support for HP StorageWorks Arrays, see Table 52 on page 359 and
Table 53 on page 360.
Discovery from HP SIM
To discover HP EVA storage systems, provide the following information in HP Insight Manager:
• IP address or system name of the HP CIMOM 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 for accessing the HP CIMOM
• Password for accessing HP CIMOM.
Discovery from HP SE
To discover HP EVA storage systems:
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 > Setup in the upper-right
pane of the HP SE home page window.
2. Select Step 1 at the top of the page.
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 HP CIMOM you
want to discover.
6. Enter the User Name used to access the HP CIMOM.
7. Enter the Password used to access the HP CIMOM.
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.Do not select the Do Not Authenticate option.
11.Click OK.
12.To start discovering elements on the network, click the Start Discovery button on the IP
Addresses tab.
Issues Related to Using Active and Standby
Command View EVA Proxy Machines
If you are using Command View EVA 4.x, and you have active and standby Command View EVA
proxy machines, specify only the active proxy for discovery from Storage Essentials. Should the
active Command View EVA host fail-over at some point to the standby host, do the following on the
management server:
1. Delete the active CV EVA host from Get Details/Discovery Data Collection from HP Storage
Essentials.