SANtricity 11.8 Solutions
Discover storage systems in the plugin
To display and manage storage resources, you must use the Storage Plugin for vCenter interface to discover the IP addresses of storage systems in your network.
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You must know the network IP addresses (or range of addresses) of the storage system controllers.
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The storage systems must be correctly set up and configured, and you must know the storage system login credentials (user name and password).
Step 1: Enter network addresses for discovery
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From the Manage page, select Add/Discover.
The Enter Network Address Range dialog box appears.
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Do one of the following:
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To discover one storage system, select the Discover a single storage system radio button, and then enter the IP address for one of the controllers in the storage system.
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To discover multiple storage systems, select the Discover all storage systems within a network range radio button, and then enter the starting network address and ending network address to search across your local sub-network.
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Click Start Discovery.
As the discovery process begins, the dialog box displays the storage systems as they are discovered. The discovery process might take several minutes to complete.
If no manageable storage systems are discovered, verify that the storage systems are properly connected to your network and their assigned addresses are within range. Click New Discovery Parameters to return to the Add/Discover page.
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Select the checkbox next to any storage system that you want to add to your management domain.
The system performs a credential check on each storage system that you are adding to the management domain. You might need to resolve any issues with untrusted certificates before proceeding.
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Click Next to proceed to the next step in the wizard.
If the storage systems have valid certificates, go to Step 3: Provide passwords.
If any storage systems do not have valid certificates, the Resolve Self-Signed Certificates dialog box appears. Go to Step 2: Resolve untrusted certificates during discovery.
If you want to import CA-signed certificates, cancel out of the discovery wizard and click Certificate Management from the left panel. Refer to the online help for further instructions.
Step 2: Resolve untrusted certificates during discovery
You must resolve any certificate issues before proceeding with the discovery process.
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If the Resolve Self-Signed Certificates dialog box opens, review the information displayed for the untrusted certificates. For more information, you can also click the ellipses at the far end of the table and select View from the pop-up menu.
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Do one of the following:
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If you trust the connections to the discovered storage systems, click Next and then click Yes to confirm and continue to the next dialog in the wizard. The self-signed certificates are marked as trusted and the storage systems will be added to the plugin.
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If you do not trust the connections to the storage systems, select Cancel and validate each storage system’s security certificate strategy before adding any of them.
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Click Next to proceed to the next step in the wizard.
Step 3: Provide passwords
As the last step for discovery, you must enter the passwords for the storage systems that you want to add to your management domain.
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For each discovered storage system, enter its admin password in the fields.
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Click Finish.
It can take several minutes for the system to connect to the specified storage systems. When the process is finished, the storage systems are added to your management domain and associated with the selected group (if specified).
