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Register the SAN Fabric

You can collect data from any managed computer that has the SMI-S agent installed with supported protocols.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the CA SRM Windows Client main window and select Open Systems, Register, Network Storage, Storage Area Network Fabric.

   The CA SRM Fabric Registration Wizard welcome dialog opens.

2. Click Next.

   The Provider Credentials dialog opens.

   

3. Provide the following SMI-S provider details:

   Name / IP

   Defines the computer name or the IP address.

   Username

   Defines the user name of the SMI-S provider.

   Password

   Defines the password associated with the user name.

   Port

   Defines the port of the switch.

   Note: The default port of the switch is 5988, which is not secured.

   Https

   Select the https check box if you had installed the provider in either secured mode.

   Community String

   Defines whether the community string is public or private. By default, the community string is public.

   Note: The Community String is configurable field.

   Vendor

   Displays the list of switch vendors.

   Collection Frequency

   Specifies how often you want CA SRM to perform data collection on the server. Click the Ellipsis button. The Data Collection Frequency dialog opens.

   Select the proxy collector

   Displays the list of proxy collectors. Select a proxy collector from the drop-down list.

   Note: If you have selected McData or Brocade vendor and if the fabric size is large with many switches, then the system throws a timeout error message. See the SAN Fabric Timeout Message under the Troubleshooting section to know more about how to avoid this error.

Important! Brocade/McData fabric switches that are managed in CA SRM must have the respective SMI agents supporting the latest firmware versions as mentioned in vendor Release Notes.

By default, Brocade SMI-S vendor provider prefers IPv4 Stack. If you would prefer to use IPv6 stack, disable it in the Configuration Tool and restart the server if it is already running.

1. Click Next.

   The Discovered Switches dialog opens populating the information of set of switches in the fabric.

   

   Important! The fabric switches having valid network IP addresses and can be accessible from the Proxy collector computer are only managed in SRM.

2. You can perform the following tasks on this dialog.
   • Apply Credentials
   • Remove Credentials
3. Click Next in the Discovered Switches dialog.

   The Set Organization and Location dialog opens.

4. (Optional) You can add a location, organization, or contact to the switch you want to register.
   • Attach a geographic location to the switch, select one from the drop-down list. You can manually add a location by clicking New Location. This step opens the Create New Location dialog. Type the location information and select a contact.
   • Attach an organization to the switch, select one from the drop-down list. You can manually add an organization by clicking New Organization. This step opens the Create New Organization dialog. Type the organization name and select a contact.
   • Add a contact by clicking New Contact in the Organization or Location dialogs. This step opens the Create a New Contact dialog. Type the name, telephone number and e-mail address of the new contact person. You can access your default address book by selecting the e-mail address from there. Clicking OK returns you to the New Location or New Organization dialog.
5. Click Register in the Set Organization and Location dialog.

   The Registration Completion Wizard displays the registration complete message with the total count of registered switches.

6. Click Close to exit the wizard.