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

Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems58
(Discovery from HP SE only) Changing the Discovery Settings
To change the discovery settings from SWAPI to SNMP or vice versa:
1. Delete all McDATA and Connectrix switches in the application by going to the Get Topology for
Discovered Elements table (Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Topology)
and selecting the switches you want to delete. Then, click the Delete button. See ”Accessing the
Discovery Pages for HP SIM and HP SE” on page 19 if needed.
2. Delete all McDATA and Connectrix switches listed in the Addresses To Discover table (Tools >
Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Setup) by selecting the switches you want to
delete and clicking the Delete button.
3. Remove the elements from HP SIM. See ”Deleting Elements from the Product” on page 95 for
more information.
4. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health. Then, click Advanced in
the Disk Space tree.
5. Click Show Default Properties at the bottom of the page.
6. Change the cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider property as follows:
• SNMP setting - Uncomment cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider property by removing
the number sign (#) in front of the cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider property as follows:
cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider=true
• SWAPI setting - Comment out the cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider property by placing a
number sign (#) in front of the cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider property.
7. Click Save.
8. Restart the service for the management server.
9. Add new elements in the Discovery screen(Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery
> Setup > Add Address) by using the appropriate IP address and user name.
• SWAPI connection - Enter the IP address, user name and password for the proxy.
• SNMP connection - Enter the IP address of the proxy. The default user name is “public” (the
read-only community string). The password does not matter since the management server is
not doing any configurations through SNMP.
10.Verify the following on the proxy and the switches accessible from the proxy:
• The SNMP agent is enabled.
• The read-only community string is configured.
11.Run Discovery.
12.Run Get Details.