User's Manual

hp StorageWorks File System Extender User Guide 25
Windows specific
On Windows platform, FSE command-line reference is available online as Windows/HTML help.
To view HTML help for FSE commands, perform the following steps:
1. Click on the Start menu.
2. Expand Programs, Hewlett-Packard, and FSE.
3. To view the HTML help compiled in a single CHM file, click Docs (CHM file).
To view the HTML help as a series of linked HTML files in your system default web browser, click Docs
(index.html).
For a list of all FSE commands and files used by FSE (such as a list of configuration and log files), see the
fseintro entry in the HTML help.
FSE Management Console
The FSE Management Console is an add-on to the basic FSE software and provides FSE users with a
graphical user interface for configuring and operating the FSE implementation. The set of tasks that can be
executed using the FSE Management Console includes:
• configuration
• maintenance
• monitoring
The FSE Management Console runs as a distributed software application. The server part, the FSE
Management Console server, runs as a background or foreground standalone application and provides
access to the data stored in FSE databases and system files. The client part, the FSE Management Console
client, runs as an interactive standalone application and provides the configuration, administration and
monitoring features for FSE. The FSE Management Console client can be used from anywhere in the
intranet, not necessarily from a system that is part of the FSE implementation.
For information on installing, upgrading, and uninstalling the FSE Management Console, see the FSE
Installation Guide. For information on configuring, starting, and stopping the FSE Management Console,
see chapter ”Configuring, starting, and stopping the FSE Management Console” on page 27.
FSE Management Console server
The FSE Management Console server acts as CORBA servant, giving access to different functions such as
logon, administration, and so on. The server configuration is automatically saved in external configuration
file.
The FSE Management Console server maintains its own information pool about FSE resources and their
state. The information pool is periodically updated by contacting the Management Interface (MIF) process,
which performs all the configuration and administration actions on the system requested by the FSE
Management Console client. By default, the pool update occurs every 300 seconds, but this period can be
customized. During startup, the FSE Management Console server queries the CORBA Name Service for a
registered MIF process for the specified system. If connection to MIF is established successfully, the server
stores the pointer and continues the initialization procedure - otherwise it stops with an appropriate
diagnostic message.
FSE Management Console client
The FSE Management Console client software application allows you to configure, maintain, and monitor
FSE resources.
If the connection between FSE Management Console client and FSE Management Console server is lost, a
manual reconnection is required. You can also enable automatic reconnection by setting the appropriate
configuration option. Nevertheless, the cached information remains available and can be accessed via the
FSE Management Console client without retrying to connect to the FSE Management Console server.