HP 8/20q HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager user guide (5697-0083, - Page 104

Setting a server agent password, The Set New Password for Server dialog box

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To refresh servers: 1. On the Advanced Operations menu, click Refresh the Server List. A message box informs you that Simple SAN Connection Manager will delete all server and HBA data and rebuild the list, advises you that the process may take a while, and asks if you want to continue. 2. To continue with server and HBA discovery as if launching Simple SAN Connection Manager for the the first time, click Yes. To cancel this request, click No. Simple SAN Connection Manager updates the navigation pane (left pane) and the topology maps in the content pane (right pane) to reflect the addition and removal of servers. Setting a server agent password Simple SAN Connection Manager provides a quick and easy way to set server agent passwords within your SAN. These passwords are required to update the HP StorageWorks PCIe FC HBA BIOS and driver. NOTE: This feature is not supported with Emulex-based HBAs. To set a server agent password: 1. To access the Set New Password for Server dialog box, choose one of the following options: • On the HBA & Switch Management menu, click Set Server Agent Password. • In the content pane's topology map, right-click the server icon to select a specific server, and then on the shortcut menu, click Set Server Agent Password. The Set New Password for Server dialog box (Figure 71) opens. Figure 71 Set New Password for Server dialog box 2. If you did not select a specific server for password change, click one from the list at the top of the dialog box. If you did select a server, that server's name appears grayed out. 3. Under Host Access, enter the following: • The server's User Login Name (the administrator or administrator-level login name of the server). • The server's Password for the login name. 4. Under Agent Access, enter the following: • The host agent's current password in the Old Password box. The default agent access password is config. • A new password in the New Password box. 104 Managing servers

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Managing servers
To refresh servers:
1.
On the Advanced Operations menu, click
Refresh the Server List
.
A message box informs you that Simple SAN Connection Manager will delete all server and HBA data
and rebuild the list, advises you that the process may take a while, and asks if you want to continue.
2.
To continue with server and HBA discovery as if launching Simple SAN Connection Manager for the
the first time, click
Yes
. To cancel this request, click
No
.
Simple SAN Connection Manager updates the navigation pane (left pane) and the topology maps in the
content pane (right pane) to reflect the addition and removal of servers.
Setting a server agent password
Simple SAN Connection Manager provides a quick and easy way to set server agent passwords within
your SAN. These passwords are required to update the HP StorageWorks PCIe FC HBA BIOS and driver.
NOTE:
This feature is not supported with Emulex-based HBAs.
To set a server agent password:
1.
To access the Set New Password for Server dialog box, choose one of the following options:
•
On the HBA & Switch Management menu, click
Set Server Agent Password
.
•
In the content pane’s topology map, right-click the server icon to select a specific server, and then
on the shortcut menu, click
Set Server Agent Password
.
The Set New Password for Server dialog box (
Figure 71
) opens.
Figure 71
Set New Password for Server dialog box
2.
If you did not select a specific server for password change, click one from the list at the top of the
dialog box. If you did select a server, that server’s name appears grayed out.
3.
Under Host Access, enter the following:
•
The server’s User Login Name (the administrator or administrator-level login name of the server).
•
The server’s Password for the login name.
4.
Under Agent Access, enter the following:
•
The host agent’s current password in the Old Password box. The default agent access password is
config
.
•
A new password in the New Password box.