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

Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems62
Discovery from HP SE
To discover a 3PAR storage system:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home. See ”Accessing the Discovery Pages for HP SIM
and HP SE” on page 17 if needed. Discovery > Setup.
2. Select Step 1 at the top of the page.
3. Click the IP Addresses tab.
4. Click the Add Address button.
5. In the IP Address/DNS Name field, the following for the 3PAR storage system you want to
discover.
<host>
where <host> is the IP address or DNS name of the 3PAR storage system you want to
discover.
6. Enter the User Name of the storage system.
7. Enter the Password of the storage system.
8. Retype the password in the Verify Password field.
9. In the Comment field (optional), type a comment for additional information. The information
typed into this field is displayed under the Comment column in the Addresses to Discover list
(Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Setup).
10.Do not select the Do Not Authenticate option.
11.Click OK.
12.To start discovering elements on the network, click the Start Discovery button on the IP
Addresses tab.
Discovering EMC Solutions Enabler 5.1
EMC Solutions Enabler restricts access to itself through the nethost file. If present, the nethost file is
located in the same directory as the netcnfg file. If you are using a nethost file, edit it to allow the
management server to discover the Solutions Enabler and the Symmetrix storage systems that it
manages.
IMPORTANT: Use a nethost file unless you are running a version of the Solutions Enabler earlier
than the 5.1 version. You must have the license installed for the Solutions Enabler. The nethost file
provides access to the Solutions Enabler API.
Sometimes you can access an EMC Symmetrix storage system through several Solutions Enabler
servers. In this case if you do not have access to a particular Solutions Enabler, you may still be
able to access the Symmetrix storage system through another Solutions Enabler.
If you do not have a nethost file, you may need to create one. For example, assume you are
running Solutions Enabler on a Solaris server, you would create a nethost file as described in the
following steps. Refer to the documentation for Solutions Enabler for other operating systems.
1. Create a file called “nethost” in the /opt/emc/API/symapi/config directory.