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

Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems40
•User Name for the switch
• Password for the switch
Refer to the HP SIM documentation for more details.
Discovery from HP SE
To discover Brocade switches:
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.
3. Click the IP Addresses tab.
4. Click the Add Address button.
5. In the IP Address/DNS Name field, do one of the following depending on the provider:
• SMI-S
Type the IP address of the proxy server that is running the SMI-S agent. (Some proxy servers
require the following format: http://IPADDRESS.)
• Fabric Access API
Type the IP address or DNS name of the Brocade switch you want to discover.
6. In the User Name field, do one of the following depending on the provider:
• SMI-S
Type the user name for the SMI-S proxy server.
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.
• Fabric Access API
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.
IMPORTANT: When using Fabric Access API, incomplete information is returned from
Brocade switches if you do not use an administrator level account on the switch for discovery,
and provisioning is not possible. Discover Brocade switches using an admin-level account to
be able to obtain all zoning information and to be able to do provisioning operations on the
switch through the management server.
7. In the Password field, do one of the following:
• SMI-S