Users Guide

Instrumentation Service 73
Properties
Subtab: Summary
Under the Properties tab, you can view a summary of the monitored system's operating system and
system management software.
Operating System
Clicking the Operating System object allows you to view basic information about your operating system.
The Operating System object action window has the following tabs, depending on the user's group
privileges: Properties.
Properties
Subtab: Information
Under the Properties tab, you can view basic information about your operating system.
Storage
Server Administrator provides the Storage Management Service:
The Storage Management Service provides features for configuring storage devices. In most cases, the
Storage Management Service is installed using Express Setup. The Storage Management Service is
available only on Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE
®
LINUX Enterprise Server
operating systems.
When Storage Management Service is installed, clicking the Storage object allows you to view the status
and settings for various attached array storage devices, volumes, system disks, and so on.
In Storage Management Service, the Storage object action window can have the following tabs,
depending on the user's group privileges: Properties and Diagnostics.
Properties
Subtab: Health
Under the Properties tab, you can view the health or status of attached storage components and sensors
such as array subsystems, operating system disks, and volumes.
NOTE: Diagnostic Service is not listed on the Health page for the Storage object at startup. The Diagnostic Service
waits for the Server Administrator service to start completely before enumerating (scanning the system for
available devices to diagnose). Press <F5> to refresh; Diagnostic Service shows up when enumeration is complete.
This process can take several minutes on some systems.
Diagnostics
Subtabs: Select | Review | Status | Results | Hardware Changes | Settings | Scheduled Tasks
Under the Diagnostics tab, you can:
View and select to run all available diagnostics tests for components installed in your system.
Review the selected tests.
View the status of the tests being executed.