About storage area network fabric discovery using Fabric Insight Add-on
You can use Fabric Insight Add-on to discover storage area network (SAN) fabric switches that are configured in the data center.
The Fabric Insight Add-on supports discovery for the following SAN switch vendors:
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Cisco: Using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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Brocade: Using HTTP communication or ODBC connection to Brocade Network Advisor (BNA)Note: You cannot discover an individual switch in the fabric; Fabric Insight Add-on discovers the entire fabric.
Fabric Insight Add-on is supported on the following operating systems:
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64-bit Linux
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64-bit Windows
You must install Fabric Insight Add-on on the Management Server and optionally on one or more managed hosts. Any host (Management Server or managed host) where Fabric Insight Add-on is installed, can be used as the discovery host for the fabric discovery. However, it is recommended that you install Fabric Insight Add-on on the managed host and use that managed host for the fabric discovery. The Management Server and managed host must be version 6.0, or later.
Note: The switch discovery happens once every six hours, and InfoScale Operations Manager database is updated accordingly.
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