This page appears when the Other option is chosen from the Management Server dropdown of the Disk Activity - VM test.

eG Enterprise is capable of monitoring the AIX LPARs that are operating on IBM pSeries servers using a patent-pending ‘In-N-Out’ monitoring approach. The first step towards implementing this approach is to discover the IBM pSeries servers in the environment. To save administrators the trouble of manually adding each IBM pSeries server to be monitored, the eG management console facilitates the configuration of an HMC (Hardware Management Console) server, using which the IBM pSeries servers can be automatically discovered. To discover the pSeries Servers, select the Virtual Platforms option fron the Settings node of the Discovery tree. Then, choose the pSeries Servers option from the choose a virtual platform to discover drop down.

• To add a new HMC server, do the following:

  • Click on the Add new HMCs option from the What action would you like to perform? dropdown.
  • In the HARDWARE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE (HMC) DISCOVERY page that then appears in the right panel, specify the IP address of the Hardware management console to be used for the discovery.
  • Then, mention the Host Name of the Hardware management console.
  • Next, indicate whether/not the eG manager needs to Use SSL to connect to HMC. To use SSL, set the Use SSL to connect to HMC flag to Yes. Otherwise, set it to No.
  • If more than one HMC server is deployed in your environment, you may want to discover the IBM pSeries servers using one of the HMC servers alone; you may still want to feed the eG manager with the details of the other HMC server, so that it can be used for discovery some time later. This is why, while configuring an HMC server using this page, you need to indicate whether/not the HMC server being configured is to be used for discovery or not. To use the HMC server for discovery, set the Discover pSeries servers using this HMC flag to Yes. Set the flag to No if you do not want to discover pSeries servers using this HMC server.
  • Provide a valid user name for connecting to the HMC server in the Username to connect to HMC text box.
  • Specify the Password of the HMC user.
  • Confirm the password by retyping it in the Confirm password for the user text box.
  • Finally, click the Update button to save the changes.
  • A message box will then appear requesting your confirmation to proceed with the discovery. Click the OK button to discover the pSeries servers, or click the Cancel button to cancel discovery.