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Fabric discovery
Discovers fabrics.
POST URIs
Request parameters
Notes
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The FC fabric that is discovered contains the IP address and WWN of the seed switch that was
used for discovery in the DiscoverFabricRequest XML payload.
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The request schema is DiscoverFabricRequest.
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The response schema is DiscoverFabricResponse.
URI
Description
Initiates fabric discovery.
Returns a list of the fabric VFIDs that failed discovery,
if any. The XML payload associated with this request
is the Discoverfabricrequest schema.
Property
Description
switchIpAddress
The IP address of the seed switch used for discovering the fabric.
userName
The user name required for discovering the fabric.
password
The password required for discovering the fabric.
fabricName
The user-defined name of the fabric to be assigned.
snmpVersion
The SNMP version to be used in discovering the fabric.
snmpTimeout
The SNMP timeout to be used in discovering the fabric.
snmpRetries
The number of SNMP retries to be used in discovering the fabric.
snmpReadCommunityString
The SNMP read community string to be used in discovering the fabric
(SNMP V1 only).
snmpWriteCommunityString
The SNMP write community string to be used in discovering the fabric (SNMP
V1 only).
snmpUserName
The SNMP user name for discovering the fabric (SNMP V3 only).
snmpContextName
The SNMP context name for discovering the fabric (SNMP V3 only).
snmpAuthorizationProtocol
The SNMP authorization protocol for discovering the fabric. Refer to
AuthorizationProtocolType (SNMP V3 only).
snmpAuthorizationPassword
The SNMP authorization password for discovering the fabric (SNMP V3 only).
snmpPrivacyProtocol
The SNMP privacy protocol for discovering the fabric. Refer to
PrivacyProtocolType (SNMP V3 only).
snmpPrivacyPassword
The SNMP privacy protocol for discovering the fabric (SNMP V3 only).