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Enabling discovery of vFiler units on private networks

If vFiler units are isolated in private networks to which Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere has no network connectivity, you must manually add the vFiler units to VSC.

Before you begin

The VSC server must have network connectivity to the parent of the vFiler unit.

Steps

  1. Add a storage system:
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    The Virtual Storage Console Home page
    1. Click Storage System.
    2. Click the Add icon.
    The VMware vSphere Web Client Home page
    1. Click the Storage icon.
    2. Select a datacenter.
    3. Click Actions > NetApp VSC > Add Storage System.
  2. In the Add Storage System dialog box, enter the management IP address and credentials for the vFiler unit, and then click OK.
    When you add storage from the VSC Storage System page, you must also specify the vCenter Server where the storage will be located. The Add Storage System dialog box provides a drop-down list of the available vCenter Servers. VSC does not display this option if you are adding storage to a datacenter that is already associated with a vCenter Server.

Result

VSC discovers all of the vFiler units that belong to the parent vFiler unit that provides storage to ESX hosts.