User guide

4. Save.
The fabric manager is automatically registered and all discovered networks associated
with the switch are registered.
Data protection systems
You can use the Data Protection Systems tab (Admin > Physical Assets > Data Protection
Systems) to add a protection system such as EMC RecoverPoint to ViPR.
Adding a data protection system
You can add a data protection system on the Admin view's Physical Asset tab.
Before you begin
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This operation requires the System Administrator role in ViPR.
Procedure
1. Select Admin > Physical Assets > Data Protection Systems.
2. Add a data protection system.
3. Enter a name for the data protection system and select a data protection type.
For RecoverPoint, enter the site management IPv4 address or fully-qualified domain
name of the host. The default port to communicate with RecoverPoint is 7225. The
credentials must be for an account that has the RecoverPoint admin role to access the
RecoverPoint site.
4. Save.
Hosts
Hosts are added to ViPR from the Admin > Physical Assets > Hosts Physical Hosts page.
The list of supported hosts is provided in the
EMC ViPR Data Sheet and Compatibility
Matrix on support.EMC.com.
When provisioning storage for a host, ViPR needs to communicate with the host to
validate the host and connect storage to it. For Linux hosts, ViPR will SSH into the host;
for Windows hosts, ViPR needs to execute remote PowerShell commands on the host.
When a host is connected to a Fibre Channel (FC) fabric, ViPR uses information from the
fabric manager to discover storage systems and host initiator end-points and add them to
a network.
When an IP connected host is added, ViPR does not know if it is on the same IP network
as the storage system, so the host must be manually added to the IP network that
contains the storage system IP ports.
Adding a host
You must add a host to ViPR before you can attach provisioned storage to it.
Before you begin
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This operation requires the Tenant Administrator role in ViPR .
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You need to know the host credentials.
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