Brocade Network Advisor SMI Agent Developer's Guide v11.1.0 (53-1002169-01, May 2011)

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Discovering a fabric and a host
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FIGURE 1 Fabric discovery data model
Host discovery using SMIA extrinsic method
The CIMOM host discovery process enables the user to discover and delete hosts through an
extrinsic method implemented in the Brocade_DiscoveryService.
Features supported
The following features are supported by the CIMOM host discovery process:
• Option to discover all types of hosts supported by Brocade Network Advisor.
• Option to delete a host based on the HostDiscovered COP provided.
• Option to receive the status of the host discovery information maintained in the
Brocade_HostDiscovered class.
• Option to receive the status of discovery or deletion requests on execution of the DiscoverHost
and DeleteHost methods.
Limitations
The following are the limitations of the CIMOM host discovery process:
• Supports only direct discovering of the host either through its IP address or its name, but does
not support for discovery from fabric or Virtual Machine (VM) Manager.
• Editing the host discovery information through the CIMOM is not supported.
• The history of the deleted host is not maintained in the CIMOM.