When choosing SSH as your authentication protocol, you have the option of specifying Password
Authentication, Public Key Authentication, or Keyboard Interactive Authentication.
NOTE:
Even when you want to perform remote operations on the local host, registering the local
host setting is required. In this case, the setting for Authentication is not required.
3.
Enter assigned infrastructure groups.
4.
Click
OK
.
5.
(Optional) After specifying the details for setting up a remote connection (Authentication option
enabled), you can test the connection.
a.
Click
Test
.
b.
If multiple IP addresses or hosts are specified, select a specific address or host.
c.
To stop the testing process, click
Stop Test
.
A notification balloon appears above the
Test
button indicating whether the connections completed
successfully.
6.
(Optional) To check the connection status later, go to the
Agentless Remote Connections
window to
view the status(Successful, Error, Unknown, and Unavailable) and the time when the connection was
last established. To update the information, click
Refresh
.
Registering storage systems to a XP7 Configuration
Manager REST API connection
You must register storage systems in advance before you can use them with the XP7 Configuration
Manager REST API and the Automation Director storage automation services.
From the
XP7 Configuration Manager Settings
window on the
Administration
tab, you can:
• Register and delete local storage systems.
• Register and delete remote storage system information.
More information
Registering a local storage system to a XP7 Configuration Manager REST API connection on page 73
Registering a remote storage system to a XP7 Configuration Manager REST API connection on page 75
Deleting local storage system information from a XP7 Configuration Manager REST API connection on
page 76
Deleting remote storage system information from a XP7 Configuration Manager REST API connection on
page 76
Registering a local storage system to a XP7 Configuration Manager REST
API connection
Prerequisites
Verify the following:
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