HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 311
• Set Up External Tools - Lets you add a URL for accessing management software, such as
Hitachi HiCommand Device Manager and EMC ControlCenter™ Navisphere. See ”Setting up
External Tools” on page 311 for more information.
• Access the Management Tool for the Storage System - In some instances, the management
tool for the storage system is accessible from this menu. For example, HiCommand for HDS
storage systems and Command View for HP XP storage systems are accessible from the External
Tools menu.
Setting up External Tools
You can add URLs used for accessing external tools used for managing an element, such as Hitachi
HiCommand Device Manager and EMC ControlCenter™ Navisphere for storage systems.
NOTE: When you add a URL, it only applies to the element you originally right-clicked.
To add a URL for accessing external tools:
1. Access System Manager.
2. Right-click the element and select External Tools > Set Up External Tools.
3. Click the Add New Management URL button.
4. In the Description field, type the name of the product you plan to access.
5. In the URL field, type the URL that is used to access the product.
6. Click OK.
When you right-click the element and select External Tools, the external tool is listed.
To delete the URL for an external tool, click the corresponding button in the External Tools
window.
About the Navigation Tab
The Navigation tab not only provides information about an element, but it also illustrates how the
element relates to other elements in its path. For example, the Navigation page displays logical and
physical components, such as ports, zone sets, zones and zone aliases. It also displays the
dependencies for switches, as shown in the following figure.
Keep in mind the following:
• When McDATA or Connectrix switches are discovered through a proxy by using SNMP, you
cannot view or perform any provisioning operations for those switches. For example, you cannot
view zone sets, zones, and/or zone alias.
• When McDATA or Connectrix switches are discovered by their IP address by using SNMP, you
can only view the active zone set and its members. You cannot create, modify, and/or delete
zone sets or its members.
• If you see a message that zone aliases are not supported on a Brocade switch, perform
Discovery Data Collection/Get Details. The management server does not gather provisioning
information from a fabric until Discovery Data Collection/Get Details is performed.