Discovery Preferences window: SMI-S Storage Devices page

This topic describes the Discovery Preferences window: SMI-S Storage Devices page.

Introduction

You can use this dialog to set an auto-discovery period, apresence check, Storage Location Protocol (SLP) profiles, and a naming template for SMI-S Storage devices.

Fields

SMI-S Storage Devices
Auto-discover period (hours)
This setting is used to control how often the IBM Director Server will attempt to automatically discover other SMI-S Storage devices for management. This feature can be disabled (the default setting) or set to a period of between 1 hour and 168 hours (7 days).
Presence Check Period (minutes)
This setting controls how often the IBM Director Server checks the status of each SMI-S Storage device it can manage. The presence check period determines how quickly the IBM Director Server will detect whether a system is offline (due to a problem or being shutdown) or online. The automatic presence check can be disabled, or set to repeat every 1 to 240 minutes (4 hours). The default is 15 minutes.
Service Location Protocol (SLP) Profiles
This setting controls which SLP profiles will be discovered by IBM Director discovery mechanism.
Add
Select a profile in the Available Profiles pane and click Add to include it in the Selected Profiles pane.
Remove
Select a profile and click Remove to exclude it from the Selected Profiles pane.
Reset to default value
If you select this check box, the Service Location Protocol Profiles are reset to the default value.
Naming Convention Template for SMI-S Storage Devices
Template Name
This field shows a composite of the Selected Parameters.
Available Parameters
A list of all the available parameters
Selected Parameters
This list contains parameters that have been selected from the Available Parameters list.
Add
Select a parameter in the Available Parameters list and click Add to include the parameter in the Selected Parameters list.
Note: To add customized text to Template Name, select Insert additional text, and click the Add button.
Remove
To exclude a parameter from the Selected Parameters list and the Template Name, click Remove.
Reset to default value
To remove any alterations and restore the values to the default parameters, select this check box.
Use during discovery
This function is not supported in this release of IBM Director.

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