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

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 47
• If you discovered Connectrix Manager or EFC Manager, only enable SNMP trap
forwarding to the management server on the Connectrix Manager or EFC Manager, not on
the individual switches.Connectrix Manager or EFC Manager should be configured to
forward SNMP traps to the IP address of the management server, and the community string
should match the user ID you used to discover Connectrix Manager or EFC Manager.
• If you discovered Connectrix or McDATA switches directly, enable SNMP trap forwarding
on the switches, not on any other management software. The switches should be configured
to forward SNMP traps to the IP address of the management server, and the community
string should match the user ID you used to discover the Connectrix or McDATA switches.
SWAPI Setting Through a Proxy
With the SWAPI setting, the management server contacts a proxy to obtain information about the
switches connected to it. Use Enterprise Fabric Connectivity (EFC) Manager for this option. If you
do not have EFC Manager, see ”SNMP Setting Through a Proxy” on page 49. EFC Manager
versions 7.0, 1.3 and later can communicate with the management server and the switch. EFC
Manager accesses the switch through a SWAPI connection. This configuration lets multiple
instances of the management server or other clients contact EFC Manager, which in turn provides
information about the switch.
IMPORTANT: EMC customers using the EMC Connectrix Manager (EMC’s rebranded EFCM)
cannot use the EMC Fibre Zone Bridge (EMC’s rebranded Bridge Agent) to discover EMC switches
using SWAPI. The McDATA SWAPI library is incompatible with EMC’s Fibre Zone Bridge Agent.
If the Fibre Zone Bridge Agent is not installed or not needed, you can uninstall the Fibre Zone
Bridge Agent and install McDATA’s Bridge Agent. The McDATA Bridge Agent will work with
EMC’s Connectrix Manager, but it cannot co-exist with EMC’s Fibre Zone Bridge Agent.
If you are running Connectrix Manager and you need to have the EMC Fibre Zone Bridge Agent
running, you will not be able to discover EMC switches using SWAPI. You must discover them
through the SNMP provider, either directly or through a proxy. See ”SNMP Setting Through a
Proxy” on page 49 for more information about using the SNMP provider to discover switches
through a proxy. See ”Contacting a McDATA or Connectrix Switch Directly” on page 52 for more
information about discovering switches by their IP address.
NOTE: Neither McDATA nor EMC officially support running the EMC Connectrix Manager with
the McDATA Bridge Agent. Although this configuration has been tested for discovering EMC
switches using SWAPI, you should check with your EMC or McDATA representative to determine
the implications of this configuration.
Step 1 - (McDATA Switches Only) Install the Bridge Agent
To communicate with EFC Manager, the management server requires the Bridge Agent. Refer to
your McDATA representative for more information about the Bridge Agent.