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ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 14.0 User's Guide

5.2.1 Device search

For device management using this software, it is necessary to first conduct a device search and then display the devices to be managed on an GUI window. There are two methods for conducting a device search.

Icons indicating detected devices are placed in the undefined state, and these device icons are displayed in violet. Once a device is detected, its icon is recorded as undefined in the database. To delete this icon, delete the corresponding device.

Information

  • The following devices are added automatically when devices is detected.

    • SMI-S device (ETERNUS VS900 model 200, etc)

    • ESC Agent, SSC Agent

    • The VM host and VM guest (VMware Infrastructure 3 Version 3.5 or later, VMware ESXi 3.5 or later)

  • When detecting devices, the ESC and SSC agent automatically adds the device.

  • For the device in SAN catagory which is classified as SAN device, it may not be displayed in domain view after executing device search. To display the device, choose the device type from tree or SAN category.

Detecting for devices in the same subnet as the administrative server automatically

On the tree, select main view item or the base domain in the storage category and then select [File] - [Detect SAN devices] - [Detect device in subnet]. Either of these operations displays the icons of those devices that are supported by Manager and that are subject to the automatic detection function. SNMP-based broadcast processing is performed internally, and the icons of the devices supported by this software are automatically displayed. The automatic device detection function can be used for other subnets as well, by the changing of the definition file. (For details, see "Appendix C Customization".) However, note that this function is supported only in those environments where broadcast transmission passes through other subnets.

Note

  • When [View] - [Change] and [List View] is selected, device search from the physical resource view cannot be performed.

  • If [Detect device in subnet] does not work, make a check as follows:

Detecting a device by specifying IP address
  • To detect ESC Agent or SSC Agent

    Select main view item or the base domain in the server category on the tree, and then select [File] - [Register] - [Register a server]. Alternatively, right-click anywhere in the map view, and select [Register] - [Register a server] from the pop-up menu displayed. When the device search window is displayed as shown below, enter an IP address, such as "10.10.10.10", and click the <OK> button.

  • To detect the VM host and VM guest (VMware Infrastructure 3 Version 3.5 or later, VMware ESXi 3.5 or later)

    Select main view item or the base domain in the server category on the tree, and then select [File] - [Register] - [Register a server]. Alternatively, right-click anywhere in the map view, and select [Register] - [Register a server] from the pop-up menu displayed. Then, select [Option >>] in the displayed window.
    When the following window is displayed, enter an IP address of the VM host, such as "10.10.10.10". Then, enter the user name and password used to login the VM host, and click the <OK> button.

    Information

    • By registering a VM host, all of the VM guests on the VM host are automatically registered.

    • For VM guest that is set up after registering VM host, select an icon of VM host including its VM guest in Main view and register it. Registering method is as follows:
      (1) Select Main view from tree, or select Base domain in the Server category
      (2) Select [File] - [Register] - [Register virtual machines] or select [Register] - [Register virtual machines] from the pop-up menu displayed by right-clicking anywhere in the map view.

    Note

    • To register a VM host (and its VM guests) with this software, the IP address, login name and password of the VM host are required.

    • It is not possible to register VM guests by specifying them individually.

  • To detect any device other than above devices

    Select main view item or the base domain in the storage category on the tree, and then select [File] - [Detect SAN devices] - [Detect by IP address]. Alternatively, right-click anywhere in the map view, and select [Detect SAN devices] - [Detect by IP address] from the pop-up menu displayed. When the device search window is displayed as shown below, enter an IP address, such as "10.10.10.10", and click the <OK> button.

    Automatic detection

    This function is used to search for devices except SMI-S device. Enter an IP address (such as "10.10.10.10") and click the <OK> button.

    Detection by type specification

    This function is used to search for SMI-S device.

    For detection of a SMI-S Switch device (Searching for ETERNUS VS900 model 200), from the pull-down menu, select "SMIS Switches", enter the following information, and then click the <OK> button.

    Input information

    Description

    IP address information

    Enter the IP address (such as "10.10.10.10") of the administrative server on which SMI Agent is installed to manage the ETERNUS VS900 model 200.

    When the cluster system uses SMI Agent, specify the cluster-inherited IP address.

    NameSpace

    This is name space information used to access SMI Agent.

    Enter "root/brocade1".

    Login account

    Enter an account name with which you can log in to the administrative server on which SMI Agent is installed. This is not an account name used to log in to a switch device.

    Login password

    Enter a password with which you can log in to the administrative server on which SMI Agent is installed. This is not a password used to log in to a switch device.

    Port Number

    Enter the port number of SMI Agent.
    The default port number is 5988.
    If another application is using 5988 on the administrative server on which SMI Agent is installed, change the port number of SMI Agent by referring to the "SMI Agent User's Guide," and then specify a new port number.

    Devices that are successfully detected are automatically added. If this automatic addition fails, said devices must be added manually. For details of how to add devices, see "5.2.2 Adding a device (changing from the violet icon state to the registered state)".
    When asked for a user name and a password, enter the Login account and Login password indicated above.

Note

  • If such a search for a product in the ETERNUS8000 series, the ETERNUS6000 series, the ETERNUS4000 series, the ETERNUS3000 series , the ETERNUS2000 series or GR series fails, check the following items:

    • The SNMP environment has not been set up from ETERNUSmgr/GRmgr since installation of the device:

      The SNMP agent of the device is not active. Set up the SNMP environment as instructed in "4.3.1 Disk array ETERNUS8000, ETERNUS6000, ETERNUS4000, ETERNUS3000, ETERNUS2000, ETERNUS DX60/DX80, ETERNUS VD800, GR".

    • In the case of GR740, GR820, GR840:

      Check whether the GRG (GR Gateway) is running on the maintenance PC. If not, register GRG.exe from the Windows start menu, and activate it.

    • In the case of ETERNUS DX60, ETERNUS DX80

      For ETERNUS DX60 and ETERNUS DX80 device detection, specify the IP address on the Master CM side. If the IP address on the CM slave side was specified for detection when the device was registered, access path settings and settings in Storage Volume Configuration Navigator are not possible.

  • If such a search for ESC or SSC Agent fails, check the following items:

    • Check whether ESC or SSC Agent is activated. If not, activate ESC or SSC Agent.

    • Check the binding of the storage affinity. If the storage affinity is set to the WWNN, PID, or TID binding, set the storage affinity to the WWPN binding.