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

Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems36
3. When prompted for the user name and password, supply them.
4. Type the following to see what is supported on the switch or Brocade SMI-S agent:
configshow
The output is displayed in a page-by-page format.
5. Select all of the output.
6. Paste the output in a text editor, for example Notepad. Use the Find command to search for
rpc.rapid.
7. Verify Rapid is set to one, as displayed below:
rpc.rapid: 1
About Brocade Discovery (Specifying Brocade
Discovery Using Fabric Access API or SMI-S)
For new installations, SMI-S is the default Brocade discovery protocol with this release of the
management server as noted earlier. For existing installations, Fabric Access API is the default
Brocade discovery protocol with this release of the management server. You can change from
SMI-S to Fabric Access API by following the steps below:
To change the Brocade discovery settings to Fabric Access API on the management server:
1. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health from the HP SIM home
page. Then, click Advanced in the Disk Space tree.
2. In the Custom Properties field type cimom.brocade.useApi=true to use Fabric Access
API (or you can type: cimom.brocade.useApi=false to use SMI-S). If the
cimom.brocade.useApi value is not specified the management server uses SMI-S.
3. When you are done, click Save.
4. Restart the service for the management server for your changes to take effect.
While AppStorManager is restarting, users are not able to access the management server. The
AppStorManager service must be running for the management server to monitor elements. See
the help for your operating system platform for details on how to verify that the service is
running.
IMPORTANT: When using the Brocade API, Brocade recommends that the switch with the most
recent version of Brocade API firmware (newer than v.2.6.x) is configured as the proxy switch.
When discovering Brocade SMI-S hosts the IP address of the Brocade SMI-S proxy server must be
entered for Discovery Step 1. Be sure to see the Support Matrix for the latest details on firmware
requirements.
Discovery from HP SIM
To discover Brocade SMI-S or Fabric Access API switches with Discovery from HP SIM, provide the
following information in HP Systems Insight Manager:
• Brocade SMI-S