HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 installation guide (T4283-96011, January 2006)

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Step 1 - Discover Switches
This section describes the following:
• ”SMI-S Switches Must Be Removed and Rediscovered After Upgrading” on page 46
• ”Discovering Brocade Switches” on page 47
• ”Discovering CNT Switches” on page 48
• ”Discovering Cisco Switches” on page 50
• ”Discovering Sun StorEdge and QLogic Switches” on page 52
• ”Changing the SNMP Trap Listener Port for Sun StorEdge Switches” on page 54
• ”Discovering McDATA and EMC Connectrix Switches” on page 55
• ”(Discovery from SE Only) Excluding McDATA and EMC Connectrix Switches from Discovery” on
page 65
The following table provides an overview of the discovery requirements for switches.
Table 5 Discovery Requirements for Switches
Element Discovery Requirements Additional Information
Brocade switches 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 47.
CNT switches Enter the IP address and the port
number for the InVsn Software that
manages the switch.
See ”Discovering CNT Switches”
on page 48.
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 50.
Cisco switches
(SNMP)
Enter the IP address/DNS name of
the Cisco switch. 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 50.
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 52.