Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 90)

OneCommand™ Manager Application P010066-01A Rev. A
5. Configuring Discovery
Discovery Using the TCP/IP Access Protocol
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2. Edit the file. Guidelines for editing the file are as follows:
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Each line of the file starts with an IPv4 or IPv6 address. Following the IP
address can be any number of tabs or spaces. This is followed by a “#”
character, zero or more tabs or spaces and the name of the host for that IP
address. The host name is not required for discovery. Its purpose is to make the
file more readable and is used by the OneCommand Manager application to
display the host name in the Remove Remote Hosts window when the host is
not discovered. However, the discovery server only needs the IP address to
discover the host.
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IPv6 address tuples are delimited by colons and can be added in shortened
notation as defined by the IPv6 address specification.
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An IP port number can be specified after the IPv4 address by appending a colon
and port number to the address (such as 10.192.80.24:23333).
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An IP port number can be specified after an IPv6 address by putting the IPv6
address in brackets and following it with a colon and the port number. For
example, [fe80::50f1:832:3ce4:8d30]:23333
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Each line in the file can be up to 1023 characters, although this is longer than is
typically needed for a host IP address and host name. A line longer than 1023
characters is truncated, possibly causing discovery to not discover some of the
hosts.
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Blank lines are ignored.
3. Save the file.
Copying the File
A hosts file on one host can be copied and used on another host. This is useful when
there are multiple hosts on the same network running the OneCommand Manager
application. For example, once the remote hosts are added to the hosts file on one host,
you can copy it to other hosts so you do not need to create another hosts file.
Note: Due to the line terminator differences between Windows and Solaris or Linux
hosts, the files cannot be shared between Windows hosts and Solaris or Linux
hosts.
Adding a Single Host
The OneCommand Manager application enables you to specify a single TCP/IP host to
manage. You can add a RMAPI host or CIM host using the host name or IP address. If
the host is successfully discovered it is added to the hosts file. If it has not been
discovered over FC already, the host and its adapter ports are added to the
discovery-tree. (Not available in read-only mode.)
Note: The OneCommand Manager application must be installed on the remote host.