Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 88)

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5. Configuring Discovery
Discovery Using the TCP/IP Access Protocol
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5. Configuring Discovery
Discovery Using the TCP/IP Access Protocol
You can discover adapters on IPv4 and IPv6 TCP/IP hosts and on hosts configured to
support the CIM interface that have the OneCommand Manager application installed.
Remote SAN management over TCP/IP sends remote management requests using
TCP/IP access protocol to remote hosts. TCP/IP access enables you to access adapters
via their host IP-address or by the name of the host on which they reside. Since
adapters can exist on a host, but not be a part of an FC network or are zoned on the
switch to be hidden to other adapters, they do not appear during normal FC discovery.
Thus, TCP/IP access enlarges the number of adapters that can be discovered and
managed.
Figure 5-1 Discovery Information
Note: In Windows, if you are running a firewall you may need to add the
OneCommand Manager application remote server to the firewall’s exception
list. This remote server’s path is:
\Program Files\Emulex\Util\Common\rmserver.exe
The principle differences between FC and TCP/IP access are:
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A TCP/IP host with or without an adapter installed does not need to connect to
a fabric to manage other hosts.
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A TCP/IP management host can manage all of the adapters in a remote host,
not just the ones connected to the same fabric. FC can only manage adapters
connected to the same fabric.