HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 76)

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3. Copy the following command:
cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider=false
4. Return to the Advanced page.
5. Paste the copied text into the Custom Properties field. How you paste the text depends on
your Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, right-click the
field and select Paste.
6. Comment the property out by adding the hash (#) symbol in front of the property:
#cimom.useSnmpMcDataProvider=false
7. When you are done, click Save.
8. Restart the service for the management server.
9. Verify the following on the proxy and the switches accessible from the proxy:
• The SNMP agent is enabled.
• The read-only community string is configured.
Step 2 - Discover the Proxy
Discovery from HP SIM
IMPORTANT: Provide the SNMP credentials in the WBEM settings section on the System Protocol
Settings page (Options > Protocol Settings > System Protocol Settings). Only the WBEM
default credentials are passed from HP SIM to HP SE. Any default credential information you set up
in regards to SNMP is not passed from HP SIM to HP SE.
To discover the proxy, you must provide the following information to HP Systems Insight Manager:
• IP address or system name of the EFC Manager/Connectrix Manager you want to discover. See
” Adding an IP Range for Scanning ” on page 23 or ” Adding a Single IP Address or DNS Name
for Discovery ” on page 24 for more information.
• User name - The default user name, which is “public” (the read-only community string). This is the
user name of the proxy.
• HP SIM does not allow blank passwords. Enter anything for the password.
See the HP SIM documentation for more detailed information.
Discovery from HP SE
To discover the proxy:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home on the HP SIM home page menu. The Storage
Essentials home page opens in a separate web browser window. From the Storage Essentials
home page, click Discovery, then click Setup in the upper right pane of the Storage
Essentials
window.
2. Select Step 1 at the top of the page.
3. Click the IP Addresses tab.
4. Click the Add Address button.