Discovering Storage Subsystems

Use the Automatic Discovery option to automatically discover directly managed and host-agent managed storage subsystems on the local sub-network and add them to the management domain.

Important:

How to Start an Automatic Discovery

1

Select one of the following:

  • Automatic Discovery toolbar button
  • Tools >> Automatic Discovery pulldown menu option
  • Storage Management Station node, then Automatic Discovery from the right-mouse pop-up menu.

    Result: The Confirm Automatic Discovery dialog is displayed.

2

Select OK.

Result:

  • The Enterprise Management software begins the Automatic Discovery process.
  • The Progress dialog displays "Performing automatic discovery of devices" and the Progress Bar begins to display relative progress, shown as a percentage of the estimated time it will take to complete.
  • During the Automatic Discovery process, the software updates the Progress dialog for each new host and storage subsystem that is discovered.

    Example: Discovered Host NOVANT and attached Storage Subsystems.

  • At the end of the Automatic Discovery process, the progress bar is cleared to show no activity, and the Progress dialog shows either:
    • Automatic discovery completed. Found N devices (where N is the number of devices found).
      -OR-
    • Automatic discovery completed. No new devices were found.
  • Any discovered devices are displayed in the Device Tree View and in the Device Table.