User's Manual

Brocade Network Advisor IP User Manual vii
53-1003056-01
Deleting product types from the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Defining global setting preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Configuring event-based collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
IP discovery profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Configuring a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Duplicating a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Configuring address ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Editing address ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Scheduling discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Suspending a discovery schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Editing a discovery schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Configuring advanced discovery profile preferences . . . . . . . .78
Deleting a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Creating a discovery address file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Starting discovery manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Starting discovery automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Stopping discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Viewing discovery status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Viewing discovery reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
E-mailing discovery reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Exporting discovery reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Viewing the discovery log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Individual IP device discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Adding an IP device to discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Editing IP device discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Deleting IP devices from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Host discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Discovering Hosts by Network address or host name . . . . . . .93
Importing Hosts from a CSV file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Importing Hosts from a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Importing Hosts from a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Editing Host adapter credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Removing a host from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Deleting a host adapter from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Viewing the host discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Troubleshooting host discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
VM Manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
VM Manager discovery requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Discovering a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Editing a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Excluding a host from VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Including a host in VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Removing a VM manager from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . .106
Rediscovering a previously discovered VM manager . . . . . . .106
Deleting a VM manager from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Viewing the VM manager discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Troubleshooting VM manager discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
IP Rediscovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108