HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

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To obtain information about HDS storage systems, the management server must be able to access
the port that HiCommand Device Manager uses to listen. By default, HiCommand Device Manager
listens on port 2001, and the management server assumes this configuration at discovery time. If
HiCommand Device Manager uses a different port, specify this other port when you discover
HiCommand Device Manager.
The management server communicates with HiCommand Device Manager through a non-secure
connection. If you want the management server to communicate with HiCommand Device Manager
through a secure sockets layer (SSL) connection, you must modify an internal property or use HTTPS
when you discover HiCommand Device Manager. For more information, see ”Communicating with
HiCommand Device Manager Over SSL” on page 718.
Discovery Information for HDS Storage Systems
To discover HDS storage systems, enter the following information in HP SIM:
• The name or IP address of the server.
• If HiCommand Device Manager listens on a port other than 2001, enter the port number.
• User name for HiCommand Device Manager
• Password for HiCommand Device Manager
Excluding HDS Storage Systems from Discovery
When multiple HDS storage systems are managed through a single HiCommand Device Manager,
specific storage systems can be excluded from discovery by using system properties.
To exclude one or more HDS storage systems from discovery, you must modify the
cimom.hds.exclude property. Set the property cimom.hds.exclude to a comma-separated
list of serial numbers of the storage systems you want excluded, as shown in the following example:
cimom.hds.exclude=61038,61037
The management server excludes the storage systems with one of the following serial numbers:
61038 and 61037.
If the cimom.hds.exclude property is not specified, the management server discovers and
obtains details from all HDS storage systems managed by the discovered HiCommand Device
Manager.
The IP addresses of excluded elements appear in the discovery (Tools > Storage Essentials > Home
> Discovery > Setup), topology (Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Topology), and
Discovery Data Collection (Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run Discovery Data
Collection), lists. The management server does not display additional information about excluded
elements in the user interface. The management server, however, does mention in the logs (Tools >
Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > View Logs) that a provider instance has been created for
an excluded element. You can ignore this message in the logs.
To modify the cimom.hds.exclude property:
1. Select Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health, and then click Advanced in the
Disk Space tree.
2. Click Show Default Properties at the bottom of the page.