Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User’s Guide V1.0 - Manual (Page 10)

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Installation
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Installation
The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite
only manages data from one Brocade Network Advisor server; however, each Brocade Network
Advisor server manages one or more fabrics. If you need to manage more than one Brocade
Network Advisor server, you must create and Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware
vCenter Operations Management Suite instance for each Brocade Network Advisor server. To install
the adapter, refer to the Install the Adapter in a vApp Installation section in the VMware vCenter
Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide.
Software requirements
• Brocade Network Advisor Professional Plus, Enterprise, or Headless editions
• vCenter Server 5.5
• vCenter Operations Manager 5.8
Configuring vCenter properties
Before you create the adapter instance, you must specify the IP address and credentials for the
vCenter that is registered with the vCenter Operations Manager. The vCenter properties are
specified in the vCenter.properties file.
1. Open the vcenter.properties file in a a text editor (such as Notepad).
The vcenter.properties file is located in the
/usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/plugins/inbound/BrocadeFabricAdapter/conf directory on the
Analytics virtual machine.
2. Configure the IP address and credentials for the vCenter that is registered with the vCenter
Operations Manager using the following format:
vcenter.server.1=<IP_address>
vcenter.port.1=<port_number>
vcenter.user.1=<user_name>
vcenter.passwd.1=<password>
3. Select File > Save.