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are migrated to the Brocade SMI-S provider (note that the Brocade SMI-S provider is called the
SMI-Agent in the Brocade documentation). Data such as topology and zoning from the Brocade
switch will be stale and you will be unable to use the Brocade switch to perform provisioning or
to gather port performance statistics through the Brocade switch.
Before the Brocade API-managed switches can be migrated to SMI-S, you must first download,
install, and configure the Brocade SMI-S provider on the management server. For details on
downloading, installing, and configuring the Brocade SMI-A agent provider, see ”Migrate Your
Brocade Switches to SMI-A” on page 50.
• CIM Extensions
The latest build of the management server requires you to upgrade some of your CIM
extensions. See ”About Upgrading Your CIM Extensions” on page 189 for details.
• After you upgrade the management server, you are required to run Discovery Data Collection
on all new and existing managed elements. This allows the software to gather any new data
that is associated with the new features available in the latest release.
• Windows hosts using SecurePath
SecurePath information is not retrieved from legacy CIM extensions.
• Backup Manager Hosts
After you upgrade, you need to rediscover backup details. Make note of your Backup Manager
hosts. Refer to Managing Backups in the user guide for help with viewing a list of Backup hosts.
• The following elements are not supported even though they were supported in Service Pack 4,
Build 5.1 of the management server:
• Cisco switches with firmware versions earlier than 3.1.x for switches discovered through
SMI-S. You need to upgrade to version 3.2.(2c) if you want to discover the Cisco switches
through SMI-S.
• Brocade SMI-A versions prior to 120.6.0a. You need to upgrade to at least version
120.6.0a.
• Oracle Upgrade
This release of the management server is only compatible with Oracle 10g Standard Edition.
During the upgrade process, Oracle 9i is automatically removed from the management server
and Oracle 10g is automatically installed. Because Oracle 9i is removed during the upgrade to
Oracle 10g, any customized Oracle passwords must be reset to the defaults. After the upgrade
is successful it is strongly recommended that you change the Oracle passwords from the
defaults using the Database Admin utility. See Database Passwords in the user guide for more
information.
IMPORTANT: Oracle passwords will be reset to their default values.
• Determine What Kind of Data HP SIM Passes Storage Essentials
When devices are discovered in HP SIM, the information for the device that is passed from HP
SIM to Storage Essentials is the IP address and any user credential information that has been
entered within HP SIM. It is possible to have the DNS name instead of the IP Address passed
from HP SIM to Storage Essentials by changing the StorageEssentialsSendIPAddress flag in the