HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 136)

Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems 104
1. Do one of the following:
• Discovery from HP SE - Start the HP SE home page, click Tools > Storage Essentials >
Home . The HP SE home page opens in a separate web browser window. Click Discovery
> Details on the HP SE home page.
• Discovery from HP SIM - Click Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run
Discovery Data Collection on the HP SIM home page menu.
2. Click the Get Details button.
During Get Details/Discovery Data Collection, the software changes its status light from green to
red. You can view the progress of gathering details by accessing the logs. See ” Viewing Log
Messages ” on page 59
(Discovery from HP SE Only)Removing McDATA and EMC Connectrix
Switches
After removing switches from a service processor, perform the following steps to remove the switches
from the management server database.
1. Deleted the switches from the user interface by doing the following. These should be the same
switches you removed from the service processor.
a. Click System Manager in the left pane.
b. Right-click the switch you want to delete.
c. Select Delete Element from the drop-down menu.
d. Select the following option:
Just delete Switch [switch_name]. It may reappear the next time
you get topology information or element details.
e. Repeat Steps a through d for each switch you want to delete.
2. Verify the switches have been removed from the Elements List in Discovery Steps 2 and 3 by
doing the following:
a. To verify the switches have been removed from the element list in Discovery Step 3, click
Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Details.
b. To verify the switches have been removed from the element list in Discovery Step 2, click
Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Topology.
3. Remove the switches from HP SIM as well. See ” Deleting Elements from the Product ” on
page 95.
(Discovery from HP SE Only)Swapping McDATA and EMC Connectrix
Switches
After replacing switches in the service processor, you must make the management server aware of
your changes by removing the old switches from the user interface and then performing Get
Details/Discovery Data Collection so the management server can discover the new switches. If you
are adding switches to a service processor that has not been discovered yet, see the topic,
” Discovering McDATA and EMC Connectrix Switches ” on page 48.