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Host adapter discovery
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Host adapter discovery
The Management application enables you to discover individual hosts, import a group of hosts from
a CSV file, or import host names from discovered fabrics. The maximum number of host discovery
requests that can be accepted is 1000. Host discovery requires HCM Agent 2.0 or later.
ESXi host adapter discovery requires the vendor-specific HBA CIM provider to be installed on the
ESXi host.
The Management application supports CIMOM-based discovery for Emulex adapters irrespective of
the operating system and firmware version. For Windows, the Emulex adapter discovery is based
on Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
NOTE
Pure Fabric discovery alone shows adapters behind Access Gateway and all adapter ports as virtual.
When you discover an adapter and ports using host discovery, the adapter and all its ports are
shown as physical.
Instructions for discovering hosts are detailed in Chapter 3, “Discovery” .
VM Manager
A vCenter server can be discovered by adding a VM Manager to the Management application. Refer
to
Chapter 3, “Discovery” for information about discovering VM Managers.
Adding a VM Manager
1. Click Add on the Discover VM Managers dialog box.
The Add VM Manager dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 219 .
FIGURE 219
Add VM Manager dialog box
2. Enter the IP address or host name of the VM Manager (VMM) into the Network Address field.
The maximum number of supported characters is 256.
3. Enter the VMM server port number into the Port field. The valid port number range is from 0
through 65536. The default port number is 443.
4. Enter the user ID into the User ID field to identify the user of the VMM. The maximum number
of supported characters is 64.
5. Enter the password into the Password field. The maximum number of supported characters is
64.