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Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems

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• /root/cimv2 is its namespace.

6.

You can leave the user name and password for the Xiotech storage system blank.

7.

In the Comment field (optional), type a comment for additional information. The information

typed into this field is displayed under the Comment column in the Addresses to Discover list

(Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Setup).

8.

Do not select the Do Not Authenticate option.

9.

Click OK.

10.

To start discovering elements on the network, click the Start Discovery button on the IP

Addresses tab.

Discovering HP NAS Devices on Windows

In order to discover an HP NAS device on Windows, you must first install a CIM extension on the

device. Refer to the Installation Guide for information on how to install the CIM extension.
In order to enable NAS support, you must modify a property file on the NAS device. To enable

NAS support:

1.

Connect to the NAS device on which you have installed the CIM extension.

2.

Browse to the installation directory and open the CIMextension/conf directory.

3.

Copy the nas.properties-sample file and paste a copy into the same directory.

4.

Rename the copied file to nas.properties.

5.

Open the file and locate the following line:

# Set to true to enable NAS data collection; “false” is the default

nas=false

6.

Change the value to true to enable NAS support, as shown in the following example:

nas=true

7.

Save your changes and close the file.

8.

Restart the CIM extension. Refer to the Installation Guide for information about starting CIM

extensions.

Discovery from HP SIM
To discover an HP NAS device on Windows, provide the following information in HP Insight

Manager:

IP address or system name of the HP NAS device to discover. See ”

Adding an IP Range for

Scanning

” on page 24 or

Adding a Single IP Address or DNS Name for Discovery

” on

page 25 for more information.

User name of the HP NAS device. You must provide a privileged login.

Password used to access the HP NAS device.

Refer to the HP SIM documentation for more information about HP SIM.

Discovery from HP SE
To discover an HP NAS device on Windows: