This task provides step-by-step instructions about how to start
the TSanM. Ensure that you configure the Tivoli® SAN Manager (TSanM) to meet your requirements.
Context
Perform the following steps to start Tivoli SAN Manager:
Steps
- Double-click Tivoli NetView® icon on your desktop, or select .
- On the menu bar, select .
- Click Configuration Manager.
- Select .
- Add the IP address for each Fibre Channel switch into the SNMP
Agents list:
- Click Add.
- Type the IP address or name of the Fibre Channel switch and
click OK.
- In the SNMP Agents section of the Switches and Other SNMP Agents
panel, select the entry for the Fibre Channel switch and click Advanced.
- Type the user ID and password for that particular switch (the
manufacturing defaults for user ID is admin and password is passw0rd). This
enables TSanM to access the switch to collect zoning information.
- To enable this access, configure the Fibre Channel switch to
allow SNMP Command Access. Refer to your Fibre Channel switch documentation
for procedures on setting up this access.
- Verify the installation by running a SAN discovery. From the menu
bar, click . This displays the Configure Manager panel
- Select .
- Select Cancel on the Configure Manager panel.
- Ensure that the TSanM discovers all expected Fibre Channel connections
and devices. You can visually check that the TSanM discovers all expected
connections and device by displaying the topology map for each fabric and
seeing that all the expected devices are presented.