Brocade SAN switches are discovered using SSH and SANnav REST API. The appropriate storage pattern is triggered on each host running the dockerd process and the Brocade SANnav Management Portal Software Instance. The storage discovery pattern continues the discovery of the switch entity using further REST API requests and models each switch as Network Devices and their related components.

Prerequisites

1. BMC Discovery v12.0 and higher.
2. Configure a SSH user account to access the host with either root privileges (sudo), or a user account that is a member of the Docker group (see https://docs.bmc.com/docs/discovery/121/discovering-containers-952042094.html) to discover the Docker containers and the SANnav Management Portal running on the host.
3. Configure credentials type SANnav REST API with the user account that has access to the SANnav Management Portal.
4. Scan the IP address of the host where the SANnav Management Portal Software Instance is running. All the configured switches and FC ports will be discovered and associated to the Software Instance.

Supported Platforms

All Brocades switches supported by the Brocade SANnav Management Portal Software.

Discovered Storage Information

• Brocade SAN Switches via SANnav Discovered Information

Vendor Specific Information

No known vendor specific information.