HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software - Manual (Page 19)

Finding storage systems after the first time
The Find settings from your first search are saved in the CMC. Every time you open the CMC, the
same search automatically takes place, and the navigation window is populated with all the storage
systems that are found.
Control the systems that appear in the CMC based on criteria you set in the Find Systems window,
opened from either the menu bar or the Getting Started Launch Pad. Choose to display a small
group of storage systems, such as those in one management group, or display all storage systems
on the subnet at one time.
Turn off Auto Discover by Broadcast for storage systems
If you do not want the CMC to automatically discover all the storage systems on the network when
it opens, turn off Auto Discover by Broadcast.
1. From the menu bar, select Find
→Find Systems.
2. Clear the Auto Discover by Broadcast check box.
The next time you open the CMC, it will not search the network for all storage systems.
Clearing the found storage systems from the navigation window
1. From the menu bar, select Find
→Clear All Found Items to remove all storage systems from
view in the navigation window.
Controlling which storage systems appear in the CMC
Control which storage systems appear in the navigation window by entering only specific IPs in
the Find Systems window. Then, when you open the CMC, only those storage systems will appear
in the navigation window. Use this method to control which management groups appear.
To control which storage systems appear
1. From the menu bar, select Find
→Find Systems.
2. Click Add to enter the IP address of a storage system. Repeat for all the IP addresses of the
desired set of storage systems.
3. Click Find to search for the list of IP addresses.
Troubleshooting—Storage systems not found
If the network has a lot of traffic, or if a storage system is busy reading or writing data, it may not
be found when a search is performed. Try the following steps to find the storage system.
1. If the storage system you are looking for does not appear in the navigation window, search
again using the Find menu.
2. If you have searched using Auto Discover by Broadcast, try adding individual IP Addresses
and clicking Find.
3. If you have searched by Individual IP addresses, try searching by Auto Discover instead.
4. If searching again does not work, try the following:
•
Check the physical connection of the storage system.
•
Wait a few minutes and try the search again. If activity to the storage system was frequent,
the storage system might not have responded to the search.
Possible reasons for not finding storage systems
Other problems can prevent the CMC from finding a storage system:
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