Discovery from hp sim discovery from hp se – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Discovery Step 1. The credentials are not necessarily the same as those used to login to the

ESS Specialist management utility or the DS Storage Manager.

d. Using the setdevice command to configure the ESS and DS devices that are

managed through the CIM Agent.

The setdevice command requires a valid user that has

the necessary privileges to access and configure the ESS or DS storage systems.

e. Restarting the IBM CIM Agent service. Restart the IBM CIM Agent service for your

changes to take effect.

f. Verifying that the CIM Agent is able to communicate with the ESS devices.

NOTE:

You do not need to provide the interop namespace because the management server

includes the interop namespace for IBM storage systems in its default list.

Discovery from HP SIM

IMPORTANT:

First discover the host running the IBM CIMOM. See ”

Adding an IP Range for

Scanning

” on page 27 or ”

Adding a Single IP Address or DNS Name for Discovery

” on page 28

for more information. Then, select Options > Protocol Settings > System Protocol Settings

and select the host you discovered as a target. On the System Protocol Settings page, provide the

port number for the host under the WBEM section. You can also provide the user name and

password for the element if it is not one of the default user name and passwords.

To discover an IBM storage system, provide the following information in HP Insight Manager:

IP address or system

name for the system running the IBM CIMOM you want to discover.

Port number

for the IBM CIMOM. Enter its port number on the System Protocol Settings page

(Options > Protocol Settings > System Protocol Settings) under the WBEM section. Refer

to the HP SIM documentation for more information.

User name of the system running the IBM CIMOM.

Password of the system running the IBM CIMOM.

Refer to the HP SIM documentation for more information on discovering storage systems with HP

SIM.

Discovery from HP SE
To discover an IBM storage system, you must discover its CIMOM, as described in the following

steps:

1.

Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Home on the HP SIM home page menu. The HP SE home

page opens in a separate web browser window. Click Discovery > Setup in the upper-right

pane of the HP SE home page window.

2.

Select Step 1 at the top of the page.

3.

Click the IP Addresses tab.

4.

Click the Add Address button.

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