Data collection methods – HP SAN User Manual
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5.
Select Mask IP Address check box if you do not want to send the IP address information (in the
raw report) outside your network.
6.
Select a format for the report by selecting HTML Report or Microsoft Excel Report check box.
You also have an option to receive the report in both the formats. The processed reports are sent
in separate emails.
NOTE:
The size of the processed report may be large depending on your SAN configuration.
7.
Click Start Data Collection to initiate data collection for a specific component group, or for all
the component groups depending on the requirement. A message is displayed in the message
area on successful completion of data collection. The Raw Data window is displayed as shown
in
.
Click Stop Data Collection if you want to stop the data collection process. The following message
is displayed in the message area: "Data Collection stopped successfully".
8.
Review the content of the raw data and click Close to send the raw data to HP for processing.
9.
Click Default Mail Client to launch your default email client.
NOTE:
This button is enabled only if you have chosen not to automatically send the collected raw
data to HP for processing. For more information on how to automatically send raw data
collection to HP for processing, see
Enabling auto emailing of raw data
.
10.
Attach the
is the name of your SAN.
11.
Email this raw data file to: “[email protected]” with the following subject line: “HP
StorageWorks SAN Visibility 5.1 Report Request”.
An automated email response is mailed back to you confirming the receipt of the raw data file.
On completion of the SAN analysis, you will receive a detailed SAN Visibility report containing the
SAN topology map, device inventory, high level SAN summary, and recommendations. It normally
takes up to 1 business day to send back the processed report.
NOTE:
Do not use “HP SAN Visibility query” as your email subject for SAN Visibility report requests.
Data collection methods
The SAN Visibility uses the following two methods for data collection:
• SNMP based data collection
• SMI-Agent based data collection (for Brocade switch)
Using SAN Visibility
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