Creating the adapter instance – Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User’s Guide V1.0 User Manual

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Installation

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Creating the adapter instance

You must add a Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations
Management Suite adapter instance in vCenter Operations Manager for each embedded adapter.

Before creating an adapter instance, make sure you meet the following requirements.

Make sure that the Brocade Network Advisor server is running and the SMI agent/CIMOM
Server is listening.

NOTE

The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management
Suite requires Professional Plus, Enterprise, or Headless editions. It is not supported with
Brocade Network Advisor Professional edition.

Make sure to specify the vCenter IP address and credentials in the vcenter.properties file.

To create the Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations
Management Suite adapter instance, complete the following steps.

1. Open the launch the vCenter Operations Manager custom user interface.

2. Select Environment > Configuration > Adapter Instances.

The Manage Adapter Instances screen displays.

3. Select vCenter Operations Standard Server from the Collector list.

4. Select Brocade Fabric Adapter from the Adapter Kind list.

5. Click the Add New Adapter Instance icon.

The Add Adapter Instance screen displays.

FIGURE 1

Add Adapter Instance screen

6. Type Brocade_Management_PAK1 in the Adapter Instance Name field.

7. Select true from the Enable SSL list.

8. Enter the IP address for the Brocade Network Advisor server in the Brocade Network Advisor

Host field.

9. Enter the CIMOM port number in the Brocade Network Advisor CIMOM Port field.

10. Enter the CIM Indications Listener port number in the CIM Indications Listener Port field.

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