Configuring the tool, Discovering arrays, Configuring the tool discovering arrays – HP 2000SA G2-Modular-Smart-Array User Manual

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About—Version information (

“Viewing Performance Tool version information” (page 35)

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Logs—Event log (

“Viewing logs” (page 34)

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Help—

Online help (

“Viewing online help” (page 35)

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Configuring the tool

The Settings menu provides options for customizing discovery, including entering network IP
addresses and array access credentials.

NOTE:

To protect against accidentally changing values, you must first select the Change Discovery

Settings, Change Credentials, or Change SNMP Settings check box to access the parameter fields.
After changing any settings, a confirmation pop-up window appears.

The following parameters can be changed in the Settings menu:

Discovery Options—Network IP values

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Local Subnet—(Default) Select this radio button to use the same local Subnet of the host
running the tool.

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Range Based—Select this radio button to enter a range of IP addresses to search. (Entries
may not end in .255 or .0.)

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I know my array IPs—Select this radio button to enter a specific IP address. To enter
multiple IP addresses, separate each IP address with a comma.

NOTE:

When discovery options are changed, a new device discovery begins automatically.

Array Authentication—Credentials (password) settings

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Use defaults (Default)—Select this radio button for the tool to use the default username
and password that was assigned to the array when shipped from the factory.

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Default username: monitor

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Default password: !monitor

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Use credentials specified below—Select this radio button to enter the MSA CLI user name
and password for the tool to use. (Monitor-level credentials are sufficient for this tool.)

SNMP settings—SNMP community string used for discovering MSA arrays over the network

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Use defaults (Default)—Select this radio button to use the default read community string
that was assigned to the array when shipped from the factory. The default value is “public.”

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Use SNMP settings specified below—Select this radio button to enter the Read Community
String value.

Discovering arrays

The Arrays tab provides a listing of all previously discovered HP P2000 G3 MSA arrays.

Configuring the tool

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