Users Guide

104 Storage Management Service
accessible to the user based on user privilege level and the specific hardware and software groups that
Server Administrator discovers on the managed system.
Software Prerequisites
Managed systems that do not have Storage Management installed will still be able to perform
SCSI diagnostics for direct-attached storage devices; however, RAID controller and storage diagnostics
cannot be performed.
NOTE: See the Storage Management readme (readme_sm.txt) and Server Administrator readme (readme_sa.txt)
for complete software and hardware requirements. These files are available on the Systems Management
Consoles CD.
Hardware Prerequisites
Installing Storage Management on a system that does not have a supported controller, or a controller
that is not attached to storage is an unsupported configuration. For a list of the supported controllers and
for other information about the Storage Management Service hardware requirements, see the Server
Administrator (readme_sa.txt), and Storage Management readme (readme_sm.txt) files on the Systems
Management Consoles CD.
Storage Management Service
Installing the Storage Management replaces any previous installation of the Array Manager managed
system (server software) and console (client software) that resides on the system. If only the Array
Manager console is installed on the system, then installing the Storage Management does not replace the
Array Manager console.
The Storage Management Service provides advanced features for configuring a system's locally attached
RAID and non-RAID disk storage. Storage Management enables you to perform controller and enclosure
functions for all supported RAID and non-RAID controllers and PowerVault™ 2xxS and PowerVault
MD1000 enclosures from the Server Administrator graphical interface without requiring use of the
controller BIOS utilities.
Using the Storage Management Service, you can protect your data by configuring data-redundancy,
assigning hot spares, or rebuilding failed drives. You can also perform data-destructive tasks such as
deleting virtual disks or resetting the controller configuration. All users of the Storage Management
Service should be familiar with their storage environment and storage management.
In addition to the Server Administrator interface features, the Storage Management Service provides
wizard-driven features for novice and advanced users and detailed online help.
The Storage Management command line interface (CLI) provides extended options for the Server
Administrator omreport and omconfig commands. These options provide a command line interface that
is fully featured and scriptable.