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Configure Providers Overview

Add providers to ECX and define user access roles on the Configure Configure tab icon tab.

Providers are physical servers that host objects and attributes. Once a provider is registered in ECX, cataloging, searching, and reporting can be performed.

Supported provider types are:

Amazon Web Services (AWS). Supported types include Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) cloud storage.
DPX provider. Register a Catalogic DPX™ provider to run DPX specific reports pertaining to nodes, storage, and status.
EMC storage systems. Supported types include EMC VNX.
IBM storage systems. Supported types include IBM storage and FlashCopy Manager (FCM).
LDAP servers. Register an LDAP server to enable LDAP users to be provisioned through a group import. LDAP also supports authentication using the sAMAccountName Windows user naming attribute or an associated e-mail address. Unlike storage systems and VMware servers, LDAP servers are not cataloged.
NetApp storage systems. Supported types include NetApp 7-Mode and Cluster-Mode.
Oracle application servers. Supported storage platforms include IBM storage systems running IBM Spectrum™ Virtualize Software version 7.3 and later, including IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize, and IBM FlashSystem V9000 systems.
SMTP hosts. Register an SMTP server to enable email notifications from ECX. Unlike storage systems and VMware servers, SMTP servers are not cataloged.
VMware servers. Supported types includes vCenter and ESX/ESXi hosts.

Adding a provider requires specifying the user name and password of the provider.

Note: Users that register providers, such as storage devices, or add resources to ECX, such as policies or customized reports, will have full access to interact with those providers or resources regardless of role-based access control restrictions. For example, if a user's permission allows them to register NetApp providers, they will also be able to view, edit, and unregister the NetApp providers that they registered, even if the necessary permissions are not assigned to them through role-based access control.