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Discovering Switches, Storage Systems, NAS Devices, and Tape Libraries166
delete both access points to completely remove the element. As a result, the QBrocade5 switch
will also be removed because it has the same access points as QBrocade2.
Figure 9 Deleting Discovered Elements from the Management Server
NOTE: If HP Storage Essentials and HP SIM are installed on the same computer, you cannot
delete the HP Storage Essentials management server from HP SIM.
Removing an Element
1. Click All Systems in the System and Event Collections pane on the HP SIM home page, click
Systems in the left pane.
2. Select the elements you want to delete.
3. Click Delete.
4. If the element is part of an HP SIM automatic discovery task, remove it from the task.
5. Select Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run Discovery Data Collection.
6. Select the element you want to delete, and click Delete.
7. Select Tools > Storage Essentials > Home
8. Click Discovery and then click Setup.
9. Select the element you want to delete, and click Delete.
Deleting a single element from an access point
To delete an element using System Manager or Chargeback Manager:
1. Do one of the following:
• In System Manager—Right-click an element and select Delete Element from the menu.
If you are blocking pop-ups you must disable the popup blocker before you can delete the
element.
• In Chargeback Manager—Click the Delete ( ) button for the element you want to delete.
2. If the element has multiple access points, you are asked which one you want to delete. Take
one of the following actions:
• Delete the element and its access points. This option lists not only the switch you want to
delete, but also the other elements that use the same switches and proxies as the element
you want to delete. For example, assume you want to delete Switch_A. Switch_B was used
to discover Switch_A. Let's assume Switch_B is also the only path to Switch_D. If you delete