HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Installation Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96055, November 2006)

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• You must verify that the Rapid program on the switch is set to 1. Rapid must be set to 1 so that
the management server or any Brocade SMI-S agent can communicate with the switch. Be sure
to see ”Verifying Brocade Rapid Program Is Set to 1” on page 76 for more information. Note
that this requirement also applies to Brocade switches that are configured to use the Fabric
Access API provider.
• Before performing any provisioning operations that involve a Brocade switch after an upgrade to
build 4.2 or 5.1 from any build prior to 4.2, you must perform Discovery Data Collection/Get
Details for any subset of elements that includes this Brocade switch. See ”Step 4 - Discovery Data
Collection or Get Details” on page 135 for details on running Discovery Data Collection/Get
Details.
Verifying Brocade Rapid Program Is Set to 1
If you are discovering Brocade switches or Brocade SMI-S agents, verify that the Rapid program on
the switch is set to 1.
1. (Optional) Set the command prompt window so that it displays many rows.
While completing the following steps, the command prompt window displays a large amount of
data. You might want to expand the size and buffer of the command prompt window. To do this
in Microsoft Windows 2000, click the upper-right corner of the command prompt window, click
the Layout tab, and then modify the options under Screen Buffer Size and Window Size.
2. Access the Brocade switch or SMI-S agent by using the telnet option. For example,
telnet
open 10.1.213.228
where 10.1.213.228 is the IP address of the switch.
3. When prompted for the user name and password, supply them.
4. Type the following to see what is supported on the switch or Brocade SMI-S agent:
configshow
The output is displayed in a page-by-page format.
5. Select all of the output.
6. Paste the output in a text editor, for example Notepad. Use the Find command to search for
rpc.rapid.
7. Verify Rapid is set to one, as displayed below:
rpc.rapid: 1
About Brocade Discovery (Specifying Brocade
Discovery Using Fabric Access API or SMI-S)
For new installations, SMI-S is the default Brocade discovery protocol with this release of the
management server as noted earlier. For existing installations, Fabric Access API is the default
Brocade discovery protocol with this release of the management server. You can change from
SMI-S to Fabric Access API by following the steps below:
To change the Brocade discovery settings to Fabric Access API on the management server:
1. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health from the HP SIM home page.
Then, click Advanced in the Disk Space tree.