Smi-s switches must be removed, And rediscovered after upgrading – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual
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* SMI-S switches must be removed and rediscovered after upgrading from builds earlier than 4.2. See ”
Switches Must Be Removed and Rediscovered After Upgrading
” on page 33 for important information. See
”
Important Information About Upgrading and Brocade Switches
” on page 39 for specific details related to Brocade
switches.
IMPORTANT:
Make sure pop-up blocking software is disabled. If your Web browser has an
option for blocking pop-ups, disable it. The management server uses pop-ups for dialog boxes.
SMI-S Switches Must Be Removed
and Rediscovered After Upgrading
You must remove and rediscover Brocade, Cisco, QLogic, or CNT switches supported
through SMI-S after you upgrade the management server. These additional steps vary according to
whether you do discovery from HP SIM or HP SE.
Cisco switches
(SNMP)
Enter the IP address/DNS name of
the Cisco switch. Enter the SNMP
read-only community string as the
user name. You do not need to
enter a password if you discover it
in HP SE. HP SIM requires a
password.
QLogic switches
(SMI-S)*
Enter the IP address/DNS name of
the QLogic SMI-S switch as well as
the user name and password of the
switch. All SMI-S switches require a
user name and password.
Sun StorEdge and
QLogic switches
(SNMP)
Enter the IP address/DNS name of
the Sun StorEdge or QLogic switch.
Enter the SNMP read-only
community string as the user name.
You do not need to enter a
password if you discover it in HP
SE. HP SIM requires a password.
McDATA and EMC
Connectrix switches
Additional steps are required for
discovering these switches, and the
steps vary according to your
network configuration.
Table 6
Discovery Requirements for Switches (continued)
Element
Discovery Requirements
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