HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems32
Step 1 - Discover Switches
This section describes the following:
• ”SMI-S Switches Must Be Removed and Rediscovered After Upgrading” on page 33
• ”Discovering Brocade Switches” on page 34
• ”Discovering CNT Switches” on page 38
• ”Discovering Cisco Switches” on page 40
• ”Discovering Sun StorEdge and QLogic Switches” on page 42
• ”Changing the SNMP Trap Listener Port for Sun StorEdge Switches” on page 44
• ”Discovering McDATA and EMC Connectrix Switches” on page 45
• ”(Discovery from SE Only) Excluding McDATA and EMC Connectrix Switches from Discovery”
on page 55
The following table provides an overview of the discovery requirements for switches.
Table 6 Discovery Requirements for Switches
Element Discovery Requirements Additional Information
Brocade switches
(Fabric Access API)
Enter the IP address/DNS name,
user name and password of the
Brocade switch to discover it. The
user name (default admin) and
password must be for the Admin
Account.
See ”Discovering Brocade
Switches” on page 34.
Brocade switches
(SMI-S*)
Enter the IP address/DNS name,
user name and password of the
Brocade SMI-S proxy server to
discover it. The user name (default
admin) and password must be for
the Admin Account. Note that
some SMI-S providers require you
to specify the server using its IP
address: http://IPADDRESS.
See ”Discovering Brocade
Switches” on page 34.
CNT switches Enter the IP address and the port
number for the InVsn Software that
manages the switch as well as the
user name and password.
See ”Discovering CNT Switches”
on page 38.
Cisco switches
(SMI-S)*
Enter the IP address/DNS name of
the Cisco switch as well as the user
name and password of the switch.
All SMI-S switches require a user
name and password.
See ”Discovering Cisco Switches”
on page 40.