You are deploying RecoverPoint and need to configure zoning for a Brocade switch. How can the RPA WWNs / PWWNs be retrieved?

The boxmgmt utility is the designated command-line interface for low-level management and diagnostics of an individual RecoverPoint Appliance (RPA). To manually configure Fibre Channel zoning, the administrator must obtain the World Wide Names (WWNs) of the RPA's Fibre Channel ports. This is accomplished by establishing an SSH session to the LAN IP address of each RPA, logging in as the boxmgmt user, and navigating through the menu system to the SAN Diagnostics section. This section provides detailed information about the Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), including their PWWNs, which are essential for creating zones on the SAN switch.

A. The getinitiators command, run from the admin user CLI, is used to display the WWNs of the production hosts that are registered with the RecoverPoint cluster, not the WWNs of the RPAs themselves.
B. Deployment Manager is a tool for installation and upgrades. While it may have capabilities for automated zoning in some environments, it is not the tool used to retrieve the WWNs for manual zoning.
C. The getsystemsettings command, run from the admin user CLI, provides high-level cluster configuration details such as cluster name, IP addresses, and system limits, not hardware-level port identifiers.

1. Dell EMC RecoverPoint Installation and Deployment Guide (Version 5.3): In the section "Manually configuring zoning," the procedure explicitly states to "Log in to each RPA as user boxmgmt" and navigate the menus to find the WWNs. The typical path is [2] Setup > [8] Advanced options > [3] Diagnostics > [5] Run SAN diagnostics. (Reference covers the procedure described in option D).

2. Dell EMC RecoverPoint Administrator's Guide (Version 5.3): The guide details the functions of the boxmgmt utility, confirming its role for appliance-specific diagnostics and setup, including viewing SAN HBA details. The guide differentiates this from the admin user's role, which is for managing the overall cluster. (Reference supports the distinction between boxmgmt and admin user roles).

3. Dell EMC RecoverPoint Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference Guide (Version 5.3): This document defines the available commands for the admin user. It confirms that getinitiators lists host initiators (p. 198) and getsystemsettings retrieves cluster-wide settings (p. 238), verifying that options A and C are incorrect as they do not provide RPA WWNs.