Installation Manual

Discovering Switches, Storage Systems, NAS Devices, and Tape Libraries128
IMPORTANT: EMC customers using the EMC Connectrix Manager (EMC’s rebranded EFC
Manager) cannot use the EMC Fibre Zone Bridge (EMC’s rebranded Bridge Agent) to discover
EMC switches using SWAPI. The McDATA SWAPI library is incompatible with EMC’s Fibre Zone
Bridge Agent.
If the Fibre Zone Bridge Agent is not installed or not needed, you can uninstall it and install
McDATA’s Bridge Agent. The McDATA Bridge Agent will work with EMC’s Connectrix Manager,
but it cannot co-exist with EMC’s Fibre Zone Bridge Agent.
If you are running Connectrix Manager and you need to have the EMC Fibre Zone Bridge Agent
running, you cannot discover EMC Connectrix switches using SWAPI. You must discover them
through the SNMP provider, either directly or through a proxy. For more information, see
”Discovering McDATA and Connectrix Switches through a Proxy with SNMP” on page 128 and
”Discovering McDATA and Connectrix Switches through a Direct Connection and SNMP” on
page 129.
Neither McDATA nor EMC officially support running the EMC Connectrix Manager with the
McDATA Bridge Agent. Although this configuration has been tested for discovering EMC
Connectrix switches using SWAPI, you should check with your EMC or McDATA representative to
determine the implications of this configuration.
1. For McDATA switches only, install the McDATA Bridge Agent. To communicate with EFC
Manager, the management server requires the Bridge Agent. Consult your McDATA
representative for more information about the Bridge Agent.
2. Change the discovery setting for McDATA and Connectrix switches to SWAPI following the
steps in ”Changing the Discovery Settings” on page 130.
3. To discover the proxy, enter the following information in HP SIM:
• IP address or system name of the EFC Manager or Connectrix Manager you want to
discover.
• User name—Enter the user name for EFC Manager or Connectrix Manager.
• Password—Enter the corresponding password for EFC Manager or Connectrix Manager.
Discovering McDATA and Connectrix Switches through a Proxy with SNMP
NOTE: Discovering McDATA or Connectrix switches through a proxy using the SNMP protocol
does not let you manage or access information about zones, zone sets or zone aliases.
You can use this option with EMC Connectrix Manager and EFC Manager to contact the switch.