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NOTE:
If the storage system is HP XP7, or HP P9500 you must select the Administrator user group (which
is a built-in group) to register the accounts.
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When using XP7 Command View AE authentication on an HP XP7 for SVP and RAID Manager
logins, you must enable SSL communication on the Device Manager server. In addition, configuring
firewall exceptions might be required. For details, see the HP XP7 Command View Advanced
Edition Administrator Guide.
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Verify that the SMI-S provider is specified (for SMI-S enabled storage systems) prior to discover
and registration.
Related topics
• About registering and removing a storage system
• Registering a storage system
Registering a storage system
A storage system must be registered in HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition before it can be
managed. After a storage system is discovered and registered, it becomes a managed resource.
1.
On the Administration tab, select Managed Resources.
2.
On the Storage Systems tab, click Add Storage System.
3.
Specify the storage system type and provide the following information:
• An IP address (or hostname).
• Authentication information (username and password) for most supported storage systems.
• If the storage system that is to be registered is an XP7 and authentication of user accounts in
HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition software is enabled, user accounts are authenticated
by XP7 Command View AE when they log in to Raid Manager and SVP. If this setting is en-
abled, user accounts that are created in XP7 Command View AE can be used in Raid Manager
and in SVP, allowing centralized management of user accounts.
After the setting is enabled, from Raid Manager or the SVP you will be able to perform tasks
(such as adding users to a user group, and assigning resource groups and roles to a user
group) according to the access control settings made from XP7 Command View AE. If you
want to create, in XP7 Command View AE, a new user account for performing tasks on Raid
Manager or the SVP, in XP7 Command View AE set up access control for the storage resources.
Note that in the event of the unavailability of the XP7 Command View AE server, Raid Manager
authentication will be forwarded directly to the SVP. Be sure that if using XP7 Command View
AE for Raid Manager authentication that the user account used for Raid Manager authentic-
ation is added to both XP7 Command View AE and the SVP.
• For SMI-S enabled storage systems, provide the SMI-S provider IP address, authentication
information, protocol information (secure, not secure), and possibly a non-default port number.
TIP:
If an SMI-S provider that manages multiple SMI-S enabled storage systems is specified, all
the SMI-S enabled storage systems under that provider are registered.
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