Adding, editing, removing, rediscovering and refreshing SMI-S Storage

The SMI-S providers are managed using the DCNM Web Client.

This section contains the following:

• Adding SMI-S Provider.

• Editing SMI-S Provider.

• Deleting SMI-S Provider.

• Re-Discover SMI-S Provider.

• Refresh SMI-S Provider

Adding SMI-S Provider

1. From the menu bar, choose Admin > General > Data Sources.

2. Click the Add SMIS Provider icon.

3. In the Add SMI-S Provider window, use the drop-down to select the Vendor. Only EMC and NetApp are currently supported. Additional SMI-S storage vendors are discovered through a ‘best effort’ handler using the ‘Other’ vendor option in the drop-down.

Note At least one valid DCNM license must be provisioned before adding SMI-S storage discovery datasources.

4. Specify the SMI-S Server IP, User Name and Password.

5. Specify the Name Space and Interop Name Space.

6. By default, the Port number is pre-populated. If you select the Secure checkbox, then the default secure port number is populated.

When using the Secure mode with EMC, the default setting is mutual authentication. For more information, see EMC’s documentation about adding an SSL certificate to their trust store, or set SSLClientAuthentication value to ‘None’ in the Security_Settings.xml config file and then restart the ECOM service.

7. Click Add. The credentials are validated and if it’s valid the storage discovery starts. If the credential check fails, you will be prompted to enter valid credentials.

Editing SMI-S Provider

1. From the menu bar, choose Admin > General > Data Sources.

2. Use the check-box to select the SMI-S provider and click the Edit SMIS Provider icon.

3. In the Edit SMI-S Provider window, use the drop-down to select the Vendor.

Note Only EMC and NetApp are currently supported.

4. Specify the SMI-S Sever IP, User Name and Password.

5. Specify the Name Space and Interop Name Space.

6. By default, the Port number is pre-populated. If you select the Secure checkbox, then the default secure port number is populated.

7. Click Apply. The Storage Discovery is stopped and a new task is created using the new information and the Storage Discover is re-started.

Deleting SMI-S Provider

1. From the menu bar, choose Admin > General > Data Sources.

2. Use the check-box to select the SMI-S provider and click the Remove SMIS Provider icon.

The provider is removed and all data associated with the provider is purged from the system.

Re-Discover SMI-S Provider

1. From the menu bar, choose Admin > General > Data Sources.

2. Use the check-box to select the SMI-S provider and click the Re-discover SMIS Provider icon

Refresh SMI-S Provider

1. From the menu bar, choose Admin > General > Data Sources.

2. Use the check-box to select the SMI-S provider and click the Refresh Table icon.

The providers are re-discovered.