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Obtaining a report manually The SMTP server IP address of the primary switch on the SAN is obtained by the e-mail address you entered on the Customer Details page. If SAN Visibility does not find the SMTP server or if you want to create a report manually, follow the procedure below: 1. Click Data Collection. 2. Select the fabric for which you want to create a report from Choose switch group for data collection. Check Collect data for all switch groups to create reports for all the fabrics. 3. Clear Capture Performance data. If you want to gather switch performance data, leave this option selected. Selecting this option will increase the amount of time required to collect the switch data. 4. Select the Mask IP Address check box if you do not want to send the IP address information (in the raw report) outside your network. 5. Select a format for the report by selecting HTML Report, Microsoft Excel Report. 6. In the Data Collection sub-box, click Start. If you have selected the option to collect switch performance data, it will take at least 10 minutes to collect the data. 7. Select Launch in the Launch Mail Client panel. The location of the report is displayed. 8. Manually attach the raw report created with subject line: "HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility Report Request". Send the report to the following e-mail address: [email protected]. An automated email response is mailed back confirming the receipt of the raw data file. Click Close. The report will be processed and the formatted report returned to you within one business day. 9. When you receive the formatted report, save it to a temporary location on the management server or another server. A sample report is shown in Figure 5. HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array updating product software guide (XCS 09522000) 25

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Obtaining a report manually
The SMTP server IP address of the primary switch on the SAN is obtained by the e-mail address you
entered on the Customer Details page. If SAN Visibility does not find the SMTP server or if you want
to create a report manually, follow the procedure below:
1.
Click
Data Collection
.
2.
Select the fabric for which you want to create a report from
Choose switch group for data
collection
. Check
Collect data for all switch groups
to create reports for all the fabrics.
3.
Clear
Capture Performance data
. If you want to gather switch performance data, leave this option
selected. Selecting this option will increase the amount of time required to collect the switch data.
4.
Select the
Mask IP Address
check box if you do not want to send the IP address information (in
the raw report) outside your network.
5.
Select a format for the report by selecting
HTML Report
,
Microsoft Excel Report
.
6.
In the
Data Collection
sub-box, click
Start
. If you have selected the option to collect switch
performance data, it will take at least 10 minutes to collect the data.
7.
Select
Launch
in the
Launch Mail Client
panel. The location of the report is displayed.
8.
Manually attach the raw report created with subject line:
“
HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN
Visibility Report Request
”
. Send the report to the following e-mail address:
.
An automated email response is mailed back confirming the receipt of the raw data file. Click
Close
.
The report will be processed and the formatted report returned to you within one business day.
9.
When you receive the formatted report, save it to a temporary location on the management server
or another server. A sample report is shown in
Figure 5
.
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