Hp iias navigation menus, Using hp iias, Prerequisites for discovery – HP Intelligent Infrastructure Analyzer Software User Manual

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HP IIAS Navigation Menus

Table 2 (page 16)

lists the navigation menu items.

Table 2 Navigation Menus

Functionality

Menu

Includes creation, deletion, modification, activation, and deactivation of SAN profiles.

Initiate a

Data Collection

for the active profile.

Graphically depicts in real-time, the topology of the SAN being monitored.

Displays detailed inventory information for the discovered SAN components (such as
Switches, Hosts, Host End points, Storage devices, and Unknown devices).

Manages events and diagnostic logs.

Allows to change the product configuration settings for HP IIAS .

Generates Current report for active profile, and Historical reports for any profile. The
information in each report includes SAN inventory, SAN topology, Events, and
Diagnostics.

NOTE:

Creation of historical reports can take time, depending on the parameters

specified.

NOTE:

Do not click the browser Back button, it will go back to the login page.

Using HP IIAS

This section describes how to use HP IIAS , and discusses the following topics:

“Managing SAN Profiles” (page 17)

“Rescan SAN” (page 24)

“SAN Topology” (page 25)

“SAN Inventory” (page 29)

“Event Manager” (page 38)

“Configuration” (page 44)

“Reporter” (page 47)

Prerequisites for Discovery

Switches, Hosts and Storage devices must have IPv4 addresses for discovery and data
collection.

Telnet and SNMP are required for B-Series DC.

SNMP and SMIS are required for H-Series DC.

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