HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator 3.0.4 Management Console user guide (AG421-96002, March 2007)

18 OVERVIEW OF THE HP EFS WAN ACCELERATOR MANAGEMENT CONSOLE
Tabbed Pages and
Menus
You click the hyperlinked tabs to display tools and reports to help you configure and
manage your HP EFS WAN Accelerator. The following table summarizes the purpose
of each tabbed page.
When you click a hyperlinked tab, a menu for the tasks you can perform appears in the
left menu of the Management Console. For example, when you click the Setup tab, the
Setup menu appears.
Menu items are hyperlinks to pages that display tools and reports to help you configure
and manage your HP EFS WAN Accelerator. When you click a menu item, you display
the primary tool or report for the menu choice.
Saving Your
Configuration
As you Apply page settings, the values are applied to the running configuration and an
orange exclamation point (!) appears in the left menu to remind you to permanently
save your configuration settings to disk.
NOTE: The status bar at the top of each page also alerts you if the changes you have made
require you to save them to disk. To save your changes, click the link in the status bar to go to
the Configuration Manager page.
For detailed information about saving your configuration to disk, see “Managing
Configurations” on page 139.
Restarting the HP
EFS WAN
Accelerator
Service
Some configuration settings apply to the HP EFS WAN Accelerator service. The HP
EFS WAN Accelerator service is a daemon that executes in the background performing
operations when required.
If the new settings require you to restart the HP EFS WAN Accelerator service an
orange exclamation point (!) appears in the left menu to remind you to restart the
service. For detailed information, see “Starting and Stopping Services” on page 144.
Printing Pages and
Reports
You can print Management Console pages and reports.
To print pages and
reports
• Click the Printer icon in the upper right-side of the page to display a printer-
friendly version of the page.
Tab Purpose
Home Displays the current status of your system and provides
links to connected appliances, a traffic summary, alarms,
system logs, and technical support information.
Setup Configure and administer the HP EFS WAN Accelerator.
Reports Create and view performance, network, and appliance
reports.
Logging View system logs.
Help Display contact information for technical support, and the
online-help table of contents.