DCFM Enterprise User Manual (53-1001775-01, June 2010)

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Host discovery

The Management application enables you to discover individual hosts, import a group of Host from

a comma separated values (CSV) file, or import all hosts from discovered fabrics.

NOTE

Host discovery requires HCM Agent 2.0 or later.

NOTE

SMI and WMI discovery are not supported.

Discovering Hosts by IP address or hostname

To discover a Host by IP address or hostname, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Click Add Host.

The Add Host Discovery dialog box displays.

FIGURE 23 Add Host Discovery dialog box - Host tab

3. Enter a discovery request name (such as, Manual 06/12/2009) in the Name field.

4. Select Network Address from the list.

5. Enter the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6 formats) or hostname in the Network Address field.

6. Click Add.

The IP address or hostname of the Host displays in the text box.

7. Configure Host credentials, if necessary.

To configure host credentials, refer to “Configuring Brocade HBA credentials” on page 45 or

“Configuring virtual machine credentials” on page 46.

8. Repeat step 5 through step 7 for each Host you want to discover.