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

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• For switches with SMI-S connections, provide the switch user name.
• HP SIM does not allow blank passwords. Do one of the following:
• For SNMP switches enter anything for the password.
• For SMI-S switches enter the switch password.
Discovering McDATA and EMC Connectrix Switches
McDATA and EMC Connectrix switches use SMI-S, the Fibre Channel Switch Application
Programming Interface (SWAPI), or SNMP to communicate with devices on the network. The
management server can discover multiple instances of Enterprise Fabric Connectivity (EFC)
Manager. Use one of the following methods to discover McDATA and Connectrix switches:
Table 6 Discovery Settings for McDATA and Connectrix Switches
Method Description Provisioning limitations
SMI-S
Discovery
SMI-S is the default discovery method
for new installations. For more
information, see Discovering McDATA
and Connectrix switches with SMI-S,
page 39.
The SMI-S setting lets you activate a
zone set, in addition to creating,
editing, and deleting zones and zone
sets. You cannot manage or view
information about zone aliases and
nicknames are not supported.
SWAPI setting
through a
Proxy
You will need to connect through the
proxy instead of the switch. For more
information, see ”Discovering
McDATA and Connectrix Switches
through a Proxy with SWAPI” on
page 41.
The SWAPI setting lets you activate a
zone set, in addition to creating,
editing, and deleting zones and zone
sets. You cannot manage or view
information about zone aliases.
SNMP setting
Through a
Proxy
Contact the switch through a proxy.
You can use this option with EMC
Connectrix™ Manager and EFC
Manager to contact the switch. For
more information, see ”Discovering
McDATA and Connectrix Switches
through a Proxy with SNMP” on
page 42.
This SNMP setting through a proxy does
not let you manage or access
information about zones, zone sets, or
zone aliases.
Contacting the
switch directly
(SNMP)
Contact the switch by its IP address or
DNS name. This connection uses
SNMP. See the support matrix for
your edition for details on switch
models (Help > Documentation Center
in HP Storage Essentials). For more
information, see ”Discovering
McDATA and Connectrix Switches
through a Direct Connection and
SNMP” on page 43.
This SNMP setting provides view-only
access to the active zone set and its
members. You cannot create, modify,
and/or delete a zone set or its
members.