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For example, in the phased discovery described in ”Discovering Elements” on page 113, you
could discover your switches first. In this case, you would enter only the global credentials that
apply to the switches. After successfully running the switch discovery task, you would replace
the switch credentials with the global protocol settings for the next set of elements you want to
discover.
• Some elements lock you out without warning after multiple failed login attempts. This can also
occur with hosts, depending on your security settings. If you enter several sets of global
credentials, HP SIM will try each set in the order it was entered. When the element is passed to
HP Storage Essentials, HP Storage Essentials tries each credential again. If there are too many
failed login attempts, you may be locked out of the element.
Discovery Steps
NOTE: Before starting the discovery process, review the information in Table 2 on page 2
carefully to make sure you are using the process correctly.
Overview
When HP Storage Essentials is integrated with HP SIM, discovery is performed from the HP SIM
discovery user interface pages. Discovery includes the following tasks:
1. Testing your SMI-S Providers (Optional), page 109
2. Configuring the Selective Discovery Filter (Optional), page 109
3. Configuring the HP SIM Connector to Pass Devices with the DNS Name (Optional), page 110
4. Signing in to HP SIM, page 110
5. Enabling Product Health Monitoring, page 111.
6. Discovering the HP Storage Essentials Management Server, page 112.
7. Discovering Elements, page 113.
Testing your SMI-S Providers (Optional)
If you want to verify that an SMI-S provider is configured correctly, run the wbemdisco tool. See
the Troubleshooting for SMI-S providers document at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers
for
instructions.
Configuring the Selective Discovery Filter (Optional)
During discovery, HP SIM sends HP Storage Essentials the IP address and credential information for
the elements it has processed. The HP SIM Connector restricts the elements passed to HP Storage
Essentials to the types of elements that HP Storage Essentials supports. If you want to selectively
filter the elements that are passed from HP SIM to HP Storage Essentials in discovery operations,
use the selective discovery filter to define the set of devices that can pass from HP SIM to HP
Storage Essentials.
For example, if HP SIM is monitoring a large number of servers, and a subset of those servers has
SAN-attached storage that you want to monitor with HP Storage Essentials, you can use the