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HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 Installation Guide 401
5. Click Test.
6. When you are finished, select the IP address or DNS name you added and click the Delete
icon.
7. Repeat the steps to discover the element. See ”Discovering Elements” on page 113 for
instructions.
DCOM Unable to Communicate with Computer
Sometimes the following error message appears in the event log of the management server when
the software is monitoring a Brocade switch:
DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer 192.168.10.21 using any of
the configured protocols
where 192.168.10.21 is the IP address of the Brocade switch.
Ignore this error message.
Duplicate Listings/Logs for Brocade Switches in Same Fabric
Duplicate listings: Targets tab
If you discover more than one Brocade switch in the same fabric, the Targets tab displays duplicate
listings for the Brocade switches. Each Brocade switch is listed multiple times, with the IP address of
the other switches and its own.
For example, assume you discovered Brocade switches QBrocade2 and QBrocade5 in the same
fabric, the switches are listed twice on the Targets tab. QBrocade2 is listed twice, once with its
own IP address, the other time with the IP address of QBrocade5, as shown below:
192.168.10.22 Switch QBrocade2, QBrocade5 admin
192.168.10.25 Switch QBrocade2, QBrocade5 admin
Duplicate Logs
If you discover more than one Brocade switch in the same fabric, the discovery log displays
duplicate listings for the Brocade switches. Each Brocade switch is listed multiple times with the IP
address of the other switches and its own.
For example, assume you are discovering Brocade switches QBrocade2 and QBrocade5 in the
same fabric, two duplicate entries are displayed in the log. QBrocade2 is listed twice, once with its
own IP address, the other time with the IP address of QBrocade5, as shown below.
[Nov 27, 2002 8:45:05 AM] Discovered Switch: QBrocade2 at 192.168.10.22
[Nov 27, 2002 8:45:09 AM] Discovered Switch: QBrocade5 at 192.168.10.22
[Nov 27, 2002 8:45:09 AM] Enabling provider configuration:
APPIQ_BrocadeElementManagerConfig
[...]
[Nov 27, 2002 8:45:37 AM] Discovered Switch: QBrocade2 at 192.168.10.25
[Nov 27, 2002 8:45:42 AM] Discovered Switch: QBrocade5 at 192.168.10.25
[Nov 27, 2002 8:45:42 AM] Enabling provider configuration:
APPIQ_BrocadeElementManagerConfig
192.168.10.22 Switch QBrocade2, QBrocade5 admin
192.168.10.25 Switch QBrocade2, QBrocade5 admin