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

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opens in a separate web browser window. Click the Discovery icon in the upper-right pane of
the Storage Essentials home page.
2. Click Setup.
3. Select Step 1 at the top of the page.
4. Do one of the following:
• Select the IP addresses and/or IP ranges you want to remove from the list. Then, click the
Delete button.
• Click the button corresponding to the elements you want to remove from the Addresses to
Discover list.
IMPORTANT: The elements associated with these addresses are not removed from the
management server. See ”Deleting Elements from the Product” on page 87 for information
about how to remove an element from the management server.
Importing Discovery Settings from a File
If you have a previous discovery list you can import it, rather than re-entering the information.
Discovery from HP SIM
To import a list of hosts:
NOTE: Refer to the HP SIM documentation for more information about importing a list of
discovered elements.
1. Click Options > Discovery.
2. Click the Hosts File tab.
3. Click the New button.
4. In the Hosts file name field, enter a name for the new hosts file. This field is required.
5. Under Initialize contents select Systems loaded from hosts file. Enter the file name and
location (for example, c:\ doc.txt) or click Browse to browse to the location of the hosts file.
This option reads the contents of the specified file and displays it in the Contents window.
6. If you did not select Empty File, click Initialize Now to load the hosts file. Otherwise, enter the
contents of the hosts file in the Contents section.
7. Click OK to save the hosts file, or click Cancel to cancel any changes you have made.
Discovery from HP SE
The import discovery settings feature lets you import the following information to the Discovery list:
• IP addresses to discover
• Default user names and passwords, which are encrypted
• Discovery information for applications