Discovery gathers information about storage units that connect to Linux, Solaris, and Windows hosts via a local I/O port or Host Bus Adapter (HBA).

Probes used to discover storage from a host

Storage references discovered

Discovery maps these references for storage units that connect to a host via a local I/O port or Host Bus Adapter (HBA).

Data collected for HBAs on Linux and ESX servers

Discovery collects information on host bus adapters (HBA) for fiber channel enabled devices connected to Linux and ESX servers.

Data collected for HBAs on Solaris servers

Discovery on Solaris supports HBAs manufactured by:
  • Emulex
  • QLogic
Discovery populates these fields in the Storage HBA [cmdb_ci_storage_hba] table, using the Solaris - Storage probe and sensor.
Discovery populates these fields in the Fibre Channel Port [cmdb_ci_fc_port] table.
Discovery populates these fields in the Fibre Channel Disk [cmdb_ci_fc_disk] table.
Discovery populates these fields in the Fibre Channel Targets [cmdb_fc_target] table.
Label Name
FC Disk fc_disk
WWNN wwnn
WWPN wwpn

Data collected for HBAs on Windows servers

Discovery on Windows supports HBAs on any operating system.