Administrator Guide

Set the Date and Time for a Storage Center...............................................................................................................71
Configure Storage Center SMTP Server Settings.......................................................................................................71
Configure SNMP Settings for a Storage Center (Storage Center 6.7 and Earlier)..................................................... 72
Configure SNMP Settings for a Storage Center (Storage Center Version 7.0 and Later)..........................................72
Configuring Filters to Restrict Administrative Access.................................................................................................73
Configuring Storage Center Secure Console Settings................................................................................................75
Configuring a Storage Center to Inherit Settings............................................................................................................. 76
Managing Storage Center Users and Groups................................................................................................................... 76
User Privilege Levels.................................................................................................................................................. 76
User Groups............................................................................................................................................................... 77
User Account Management and Authentication......................................................................................................... 77
Managing Local Storage Center Users....................................................................................................................... 77
Managing Local Storage Center User Groups.............................................................................................................81
Managing Local Storage Center User Password Requirements................................................................................. 83
Enabling Directory Services Authentication................................................................................................................84
Managing Directory Service Users............................................................................................................................. 87
Managing Directory User Groups...............................................................................................................................90
Managing Front-End IO Ports.......................................................................................................................................... 92
Front-End Connectivity Modes..................................................................................................................................92
Fault Domains............................................................................................................................................................ 93
Failover Behavior........................................................................................................................................................94
Managing Front-End IO Port Hardware..................................................................................................................... 94
Convert Front-End Ports to Virtual Port Mode.......................................................................................................... 97
Managing Back-End IO Port Hardware............................................................................................................................ 97
Rename a Back-End IO Port.......................................................................................................................................97
Set Threshold Alert Definitions for a Back-End IO Port..............................................................................................97
Configure Back-End IO Ports.....................................................................................................................................98
Grouping Fibre Channel IO Ports Using Fault Domains.....................................................................................................98
Create a Fibre Channel Fault Domain......................................................................................................................... 98
Rename a Fibre Channel Fault Domain.......................................................................................................................99
Grouping iSCSI IO Ports Using Fault Domains..................................................................................................................99
iSCSI VLAN Tagging Support.....................................................................................................................................99
Creating iSCSI Fault Domains...................................................................................................................................100
Modifying iSCSI Fault Domains..................................................................................................................................101
Configuring NAT Port Forwarding for iSCSI Fault Domains...................................................................................... 104
Configuring CHAP for iSCSI Fault Domains.............................................................................................................. 106
Managing Secure Data................................................................................................................................................... 108
Configure Key Server............................................................................................................................................... 108
Managing Data Redundancy...........................................................................................................................................109
Managing Storage Types..........................................................................................................................................109
Shutting Down and Restarting a Storage Center............................................................................................................ 110
Shut Down a Storage Center.................................................................................................................................... 110
Restart a Storage Center.......................................................................................................................................... 110
7 Viewing Storage Center Information............................................................................. 111
Viewing Summary Information..........................................................................................................................................111
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