Installation Manual

Discovering Switches, Storage Systems, NAS Devices, and Tape Libraries122
• Before you can discover Cisco switches with SMI-S, you must download and install the Cisco
cimserver software. See the HP StorageWorks C-Series document for instructions. You can
access this document at: http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers
.
• Enable the CIM Server for Cisco switches discovered through the SMI-S provider.
a. On the Cisco switch, enter the following command to display the Common Information
Models (CIM) configurations and settings:
cisco_switch# show cimserver
b. To enter configuration mode, enter the following:
cisco_switch# config
c. To enable access to the server, enter the following:
cisco_switch# cimserver enableHttps
And/or
cisco_switch# cimserver enableHttp
d. To enable the CIM Server, enter the following:
cisco_switch(config)# cimserver enable
e. To exit configuration mode, enter the following:
cisco_switch(config)# exit
• If you are using the SMI-S provider, discover all Cisco switches in a fabric If you discover only
one switch, inactive zones and zone sets residing on other switches are not displayed on the
management server.
Discovery Information for Cisco Switches
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 Storage Essentials. Any default credential information
you set up in regards to SNMP is not passed from HP SIM to HP Storage Essentials.
To discover Cisco switches, enter the following information in HP SIM:
• System name or primary IP address of the Cisco switch you want to discover.
• Do one of the following:
• For Cisco switches with SNMP connections: Provide the user name for the switch. This is the
public community SNMP string for the switch.
• For Cisco switches with SMI-S connections: Provide the switch user name.
• HP SIM does not allow blank passwords. Do one of the following:
• For Cisco SNMP switches, enter anything for the password.
• For Cisco SMI-S switches, enter the switch password.