To install a management pack, download the PAK file as part of the solution, and install it. Once installed you can configure the management pack and the adapter instance settings.
Install the Management Pack The adapter instance provides you with a holistic view of the storage network connected to the vCenter Server system. The adapter discovers the storage devices only for the ESXi 6.0 and later.
Configure the Physical Storage Devices Adapter After you install the management pack, add and configure an instance to start collecting data. The adapter instance provides you with a holistic view of the storage network connected to the vCenter Server system. The adapter discovers the storage devices only for the ESXi 5.1 update 2 and later.
Configure the Fabric Server Adapter After you install a management pack, add and configure an instance to start collecting data.
Verify That Your Management Pack for Storage Devices Is Connected and Collecting Data You configured the adapter instances of the Management Pack for Storage Devices with credentials for a vCenter Server and a Fabric CIM Server. Now you can verify if your adapter instances are retrieving storage specific objects from the vCenter and Fabric servers.
Ports and Log Files Some services and ports must be available to communicate with the rest of the data center.