Adding storage systems

Before you use System Manager to manage your storage systems, you have to add them to System Manager. You can also add storage systems that are in an HA pair.

Before you begin

•	Your storage systems must be running a supported version of Data ONTAP.

•	SSL must be enabled on the storage system.

•	The DNS domain name of your storage system must be added to the DNS search list in the client running System Manager.

About this task

If you are adding one of the storage systems from an HA pair, the partner node is automatically added to the list of managed systems. If an HA pair partner node is down, you can add the working storage node.

Steps

1.	From the home page, click Add.

2.	Type the fully qualified DNS host name or the IPv4 address of the storage system.

You can specify the IPv6 address of the storage system if you are adding a system that is running a supported version of Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode.

3.	Click the More arrow.

4.	Select the method for discovering and adding the storage systems:

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SNMP

You must specify the SNMP community and SNMP version.

•	Credentials

You must specify the user name and password.

5.	Click Add.