Administrator Guide

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About Group Manager
Group Manager is an easy-to-use SAN and NAS management tool integrated with the Dell EqualLogic PS Series rmware. Providing
a comprehensive single point of management, Group Manager eliminates the need for a dedicated management workstation or
server by enabling administrators to remotely manage virtually any aspect of their EqualLogic iSCSI-based SAN or NAS.
Group Manager provides detailed information about SAN and NAS conguration, and enables storage managers to perform group
administration tasks such as provisioning, snapshots, replication scheduling, and other management requirements quickly and easily,
using windows and dialog boxes. Built-in monitoring and notications provide email, syslog support, comprehensive Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) monitoring and traps, and many more standard monitoring and notication features.
Figure 1. Group Manager GUI shows the Group Manager GUI interface for a typical group.
Figure 1. Group Manager GUI
Callout
Function Description
1 View Drag Handle Drag this handle up or down to view options for accessing the areas you are working
within. Expand the list completely to view the NAS option. Drag the handle down to
collapse the list of selections at the bottom.
2 Tree View Options Displays options that are specic to the section you are in (for example, volumes, groups).
3 Expand Tools View Displays a list of tools that you can access.
4 Context Sensitive Help Click on question marks to open the Group Manager's online help. The page where you
click the question mark displays the help for that page.
5 Alarms and Operations
Panel
Displays the Alarms and Operations panel, where you can monitor the status of and take
action on various tasks that must be performed by the user. You can also view the reason
for and recommended solution for the dierent alarms that might happen (for example,
warning, critical).
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About Group Manager