Installation Manual

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The Discovery Setup, Step 1 - Setup page shows the HP Storage Essentials management server
as localhost.
Figure 6 HP Storage Essentials Management Server “localhost”
Discovering the HP Storage Essentials Management Server
You do not need to install a CIM extension on the management server because it is monitored
through a built in CIM extension that is installed automatically during the HP Storage Essentials
installation. Built-in credentials are used to access the localhost.
To discover the HP Storage Essentials management server:
1. Select Options > Discovery.
The Automatic discovery page appears.
2. Click New.
3. Enter a name for the discovery task in the Name box.
4. Clear the Automatically execute discovery every check box.
5. Enter the IP address of the management server in the Ping inclusion ranges, system (hosts)
names, templates, and/or hosts files box.
NOTE: See Creating a new discovery task in the HP SIM online help for more information.
6. Click OK to save the task.
NOTE: If HP SIM and HP Storage Essentials are installed on a single machine, skip to step
8; the management server will already be listed in HP SIM’s All Systems collection.
7. Select the task you created and click Run Now.
HP SIM pings the HP Storage Essentials management server. If the ping is successful, the
management server is added to HP SIM’s All Systems collection.
8. Update the system protocol settings for the HP Storage Essentials management server:
a. Click All Systems in the System and Event Collections pane.
b. Click the name or IP address of the HP Storage Essentials management server in the System
Name column of the system table view page.
c. From the System page, click the Tools & Links tab.
d. Click the System Protocol Settings link.