Administrator Guide

NOTE: By default, the toolbar and status bar are not displayed. To view the toolbar or the status bar, select View >
Toolbar or View > Status Bar.
Enterprise management window
The EMW provides high-level management of storage arrays. When you start the MD Storage Manager, the EMW is displayed. The EMW
has the:
• Devices tab — Provides information about discovered storage arrays.
• Setup tab — Presents the initial setup tasks that guide you through adding storage arrays and configuring alerts.
The Devices tab has a Tree view on the left side of the window that shows discovered storage arrays, unidentified storage arrays, and
the status conditions for the storage arrays. Discovered storage arrays are managed by the MD Storage Manager. Unidentified storage
arrays are available to the MD Storage Manager but not configured for management. The right side of the Devices tab has a Table view
that shows detailed information for the selected storage array.
In the EMW, you can:
• Discover hosts and managed storage arrays on the local sub-network.
• Manually add and remove hosts and storage arrays.
• Blink or locate the storage arrays.
• Name or rename discovered storage arrays.
• Add comments for a storage array in the Table view.
• Schedule or automatically save a copy of the support data when the client monitor process detects an event.
• Store your EMW view preferences and configuration data in local configuration files. The next time you open the EMW, data from the
local configuration files is used to show customized view and preferences.
• Monitor the status of managed storage arrays and indicate status using appropriate icons.
• Add or remove management connections.
• Configure alert notifications for all selected storage arrays through e-mail or SNMP traps.
• Report critical events to the configured alert destinations.
• Launch the AMW for a selected storage array.
• Run a script to perform batch management tasks on specific storage arrays.
• Import the operating system theme settings into the MD Storage Manager.
• Upgrade firmware on multiple storage arrays concurrently.
• Obtain information about the firmware inventory including the version of the RAID controller modules, physical disks, and the enclosure
management modules (EMMs) in the storage array.
Inheriting the system settings
Use the Inherit System Settings option to import the operating system theme settings into the MD Storage Manager. Importing system
theme settings affects the font type, font size, color, and contrast in the MD Storage Manager.
1. From the EMW, open the Inherit System Settings window in one of these ways:
• Select Tools > Inherit System Settings.
• Select the Setup tab, and under Accessibility, click Inherit System Settings.
2. Select Inherit system settings for color and font.
3. Click OK.
Array management window
You can launch the AMW from the EMW. The AMW provides management functions for a single storage array. You can have multiple
AMWs open simultaneously to manage different storage arrays.
In the AMW, you can:
• Select storage array options — For example, renaming a storage array, changing a password, or enabling a background media scan.
• Configure virtual disks and disk pools from the storage array capacity, define hosts and host groups, and grant host or host group
access to sets of virtual disks called storage partitions.
• Monitor the health of storage array components and report detailed status using applicable icons.
• Perform recovery procedures for a failed logical component or a failed hardware component.
• View the Event Log for a storage array.
Introduction
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