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

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* SMI-S switches must be removed and rediscovered after upgrading from builds earlier than 4.2. See ”SMI-S
Switches Must Be Removed and Rediscovered After Upgrading” on page 33 for important information. See
”Important Information About Upgrading and Brocade Switches” on page 39 for specific details related to Brocade
switches.
IMPORTANT: Make sure pop-up blocking software is disabled. If your Web browser has an
option for blocking pop-ups, disable it. The management server uses pop-ups for dialog boxes.
SMI-S Switches Must Be Removed
and Rediscovered After Upgrading
You must remove and rediscover Brocade, Cisco, QLogic, or CNT switches supported
through SMI-S after you upgrade the management server. These additional steps vary according to
whether you do discovery from HP SIM or HP SE.
Cisco switches
(SNMP)
Enter the IP address/DNS name of
the Cisco switch. Enter the SNMP
read-only community string as the
user name. You do not need to
enter a password if you discover it
in HP SE. HP SIM requires a
password.
See ”Discovering Cisco Switches”
on page 40.
QLogic switches
(SMI-S)*
Enter the IP address/DNS name of
the QLogic SMI-S switch as well as
the user name and password of the
switch. All SMI-S switches require a
user name and password.
See ”Discovering Sun StorEdge
and QLogic Switches” on
page 42.
Sun StorEdge and
QLogic switches
(SNMP)
Enter the IP address/DNS name of
the Sun StorEdge or QLogic switch.
Enter the SNMP read-only
community string as the user name.
You do not need to enter a
password if you discover it in HP
SE. HP SIM requires a password.
See ”Discovering Sun StorEdge
and QLogic Switches” on
page 42.
McDATA and EMC
Connectrix switches
Additional steps are required for
discovering these switches, and the
steps vary according to your
network configuration.
See ”Discovering McDATA and
EMC Connectrix Switches” on
page 45.
Table 6 Discovery Requirements for Switches (continued)
Element Discovery Requirements Additional Information