Users Guide

Field Name Description

Chassis

Credentials

Select the credentials from the following drop-down lists to access one or more

chassis, associated blade servers, and I/O modules.

• Chassis Credentials

• Blade Credentials

• I/O Module Credentials

If you want to create new credentials to access the chassis, click Add New.

NOTE: The options to select or create new credentials are displayed based on

the resource types selected for discovery.

Server

Credentials

Select the credentials from the drop-down list to access one or more Servers. If you

want to create new credentials to access the servers, click Add New.

Storage

Credentials

Select the credentials from the drop-down list to access one or more Storage

resources. If you want to create new credentials to access the storage resources, click

Add New.

Switch

Credentials

Select the credentials to access one or more switches. If you want to create new

credentials to access the switches, click Add New.

vCenter

Credentials

Select the credentials to access one or more VMware vCenter servers. If you want to

create new credentials to access the VMware vCenter resources, click Add New.

Collecting the Resource Inventory

1. On the Discovered Resources page, select the resources from which you want to collect the

inventory.

2. Click Finish to collect the inventory data from the resources.

The discovered resources are listed in the Resources page.

Removing Resources

To remove any particular resource from Active System Manager (ASM), perform the following steps:

1. In the left pane, click Resources.

2. On the Resources page, click the All Resources tab.

3. From the list of resources, select one or more resources, and click Remove.

4. Click OK when the confirmation message is displayed.

If you a remove a Chassis, the Chassis and associated servers and I/O modules are removed from ASM.

The removal process shuts down the servers and erases identity information to prevent potential

corruption, and identity information returns to the associated pool. Associated targets (for example,

storage volume) are not affected.

NOTE: You cannot remove a chassis that is in any Pending state.

If you remove a server, the server state changes to Pending. The server powers off, ASM erases network

identity information from the server to prevent potential corruption, and network identity information

returns to the associated pool.