Adding a new SMI-S storage device

This topic describes how to add a new SMI-S storage device. You can choose to add a supported SMI-S storage device in a locked or unlocked state.

Complete the following steps to add a new SMI-S storage device.
  1. In IBM Director Console, right-click in an empty area within the Group Contents pane to display the context menu. Select New > SMI-S Storage Devices. The Add SMI-S Storage Devices dialog appears.
  2. Fill in the following required fields on the Add SMI-S Storage Devices dialog.
    1. In the Name prefix field, type the leading part of the name to assign to the SMI-S storage device. The trailing part of the name is determined by the Template Name specified in the Discovery Preferences window on the SMI-S Storage Devices page.
    2. In the Network Address field, type the IP Address or host name of the storage device's SMI-S provider.
  3. To unlock the storage device when you add it, select the Advanced check box and fill in the following fields. Note that if you do not select the Advanced check box, the storage device appears in the Group Contents pane in an unlocked state, and you will need to request access to unlock it.
    1. From the Type pull down list, select SNIA:Array, which indicates an array of storage (disk drives).
    2. In the Namespace field, type the name of the CIM root namespace in the SMI-S provider CIMOM. If not specified, all root namespaces known to IBM Director are tried. These are the values of the cim_namespace.*properties in the Director/data/Smis*.properties files.
    3. In the User ID field, type a user identification that satisfies the requirements of the SMI-S provider CIMOM.
    4. In the Password field, type a corresponding password that satisfies the requirements of the SMI-S provider CIMOM.
  4. Click OK. The resulting SMI-S Storage Devices object appears in the Group Contents pane.
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