You try to add an HPE Primera array to HPE OneView, but you get a connectivity error. However, you can connect to the array using SSMC. What should you verify before adding HPE Primera to HPE OneView?

Question

Options

• Awhether WSAPI service is enabled on HPE Primera array.
• Bwhether the appropriate license for HPE Primera Is available in HPE OneView.
• Cwhether array management using HPE OneView is enabled in SSMC.
• Dwhether there are at least two Fibre Channel networks defined in HPE OneView.

• A
  76% (39)
• B
  14% (7)
• C
  4% (2)
• D
  6% (3)

Explanation

HPE OneView communicates with HPE Primera arrays via the Web Services API (WSAPI), a REST-based service that must be explicitly enabled on the array itself. If WSAPI is disabled, OneView has no programmatic interface to discover or manage the array - hence the connectivity error - even though SSMC (which uses its own direct connection method) works fine.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B is incorrect because licensing affects feature availability, not initial connectivity - OneView can still attempt to add the array without a specific license.
• C is backwards: SSMC is a separate management tool; you don't enable "OneView management" from within SSMC - WSAPI on the array is what bridges the two.
• D is irrelevant at this stage; FC network definitions matter for host/volume provisioning, not for discovering and adding a storage array.

Memory tip: Think of WSAPI as the "handshake protocol" - SSMC shakes hands one way (direct GUI), but OneView can only shake hands via WSAPI. No API service = no OneView handshake, regardless of whether you can reach the array through other tools.

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