topic Re: Brocade switch in storage essentials in Server Management - Systems Insight Manager

Brocade switch in storage essentials

City_Blue — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:55:38 GMT

Hi

i have just added a new EVA to my storage essentials. i was able to discover the 2 attached brocade switches in SIM but when i import them to Strorage essentials they do not appear on the map.

they are there in discovery, and say that they have been discoverd but are not shown.

any one know what could be wrong. i have used the same process to discover these as i did my cisco switches attached to my other eva, they show up, but not the brocades

cheers

Re: Brocade switch in storage essentials

ben horan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:53:40 GMT

When you click on the switches in Discovery is all the port/zoning & switch information available for the brocade switches??

Make sure the report cache has been updated under configuration > reports

Re: Brocade switch in storage essentials

City_Blue — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:13:29 GMT

when i click discovery i can't see anything like that just the nodes ip

if i run a test discovery i have noticed the following,
as BrocadeElementManager for: 10.0.255.244
Brocade Switch Discovery using API is disabled.
Please discover via External Brocade SMI Agent

i have tried to install the SMI agent but i still get the same

cache was updated

cheers

Re: Brocade switch in storage essentials

ben horan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:21:46 GMT

You need to run a Get Topology and Get All Details for the switches before they will show up in the system map.

In discovery > details by clicking on the switch name you should be able to drill down to get more detail about your switch.

Firstly though, when doing the Test discovery you need to get a "SUCCESS as SMI-S" message. When using the brocade SMI agent you should point to the IP address of the server that the agent is installed on rather than the switches themselves.

Re: Brocade switch in storage essentials

City_Blue — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:45:44 GMT

ok will try to get the switches in to SIM and storage essentials via the server IP

Re: Brocade switch in storage essentials

City_Blue — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:15:01 GMT

nope nothing pointed my discovery at the ip of the server, even installed SMI agent and still get nothing

get the switches in sim and in the first part of the storage essentials discovery, but can not discover it from there.

Re: Brocade switch in storage essentials

Cor van der Hulst — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:50:32 GMT

Hi

experienced the same error. On the server with the Brocade SMI-S Agent there is a configurationtool.bat file to configure the Brocade SMI-S agent software.

Make sure you fill in the proxy switch IP address (and the credentials for it). You have to fill in the IP address of one SAN switch per fabric, preferably of the switch with the highest firmware version.

Restart the Brocade SMI-S agent service and try again, worked for me.

cheers

Re: Brocade switch in storage essentials

kevin leong — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:38:18 GMT

Hi ,
May I know how to set on the configurationtool.bat proxy server ?Please tech me step by step and sample. :) please

Thanks
LeongKO