Requirements for adding a cluster to Performance Manager

You must have all necessary configuration information available before adding a cluster.

Required information

Host name or cluster management IP address
The host name is the FQDN or short name that Performance Manager uses to connect to the cluster. This host name must resolve to the cluster management IP address.

The cluster management IP address must be the cluster management LIF. If you use a node management LIF, the operation fails.
User name and password to access the cluster
If the version of Data ONTAP is earlier than 8.3, this account must have the Admin role with Application access set to ontapi.
Type of protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) that is to be configured on the cluster and the port number of the cluster