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

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IMPORTANT: Provide the SNMP credentials in the WBEM settings section on the System Protocol
Settings page (Options > Protocol Settings > System Protocol Settings). Only the WBEM
default credentials are passed from HP SIM to HP SE. Any default credential information you set up
in regards to SNMP is not passed from HP SIM to HP SE.
NOTE: Refer to the documentation that ships with HP SIM for more information.
Discovery from HP SE
You can specify up to three default user names and passwords. If several of the elements in the same
domain use the same user name and password, assign the user name and password as the default.
The management server uses the default user names and passwords if a user name and password
are not assigned to an element in the Setup screen.
For example, if you have several hosts using the same user name and password, you could enter the
default user name and password. If one of the hosts is connected to a storage system with another
user name and password, you would also enter this user name and password. Do not specify the
user name and password for the storage system in the individual range because that overrides the
default user name and password.
To access a Windows-based device, prefix the user name with
domain_name\, as shown in the
following example. This is required by the Windows login mechanism.
domain_name\user_name
where
•
domain_name is the domain name of the element
•
user_name is the name of the account used to access that element
To save time, make sure the user names and passwords are correct. The software tries each of the
default user names and passwords whenever it finds an element.
To add the default user name and passwords:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home on the HP SIM home page menu. The Storage
Essentials home page opens in a separate web browser window. From the Storage Essentials
home page, click Discovery, then click Setup in the upper-right pane of the Storage
Essentials window.
2. Under Discovery Setup, select Step 1 at the top of the screen.
3. Click the link, Set Default User Name and Password.
4. In the User Name field, type the user name for one or more elements.
5. In the Password field, type the corresponding password for the user name typed in the previous
step.
6. In the Verify Password field, retype the password.
7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 for other default user names and passwords you want to add.
8. Click Add System.