# Adding an agent

Use this action add a management station agent or FlashCopy agent:

- The management station agent is a monitoring agent for network storage. After you add a management station agent, you can monitor and configure the attached enclosures from a ServeRAID Manager console.
- The FlashCopy agent monitors FlashCopy backups for network storage. You must run at least one FlashCopy agent to manage FlashCopy backups of logical devices on external storage enclosures.

## Adding a management station agent

To add a management station agent:

1. In the Enterprise view, click (management station).
2. Right click Add agent. The "Add agent" window opens.
3. Enter the management port host name or TCP/IP address of one of the controllers in the enclosure. (Single controller configurations have only one controller in the enclosure.)
4. Enter the administrator's password in the password field.

   Note: The administrator's password is established when the enclosure is installed on the network. It is not the same as the management station password.

5. Click Add.

## Adding a FlashCopy agent

To add a FlashCopy agent:

1. In the Enterprise view, click (management station).
2. Right click Add agent. The "Add agent" window opens.
3. Enter the host name or TCP/IP address of the machine on which the agent is running.
   Note: For the FlashCopy agent, no password is required.
4. Click Add.

## More information

- Using the management station agent
- Removing an agent

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