Administrator Guide

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Dell Storage Manager Web UI Overview
The Dell Storage Manager Web UI is a Web application that allows you to connect to the Storage Manager Data Collector and
centrally manage your Storage Centers. Storage Manager Web UI allows you to monitor, manage, and analyze Storage Centers
from a centralized management console. The Storage Manager Data Collector stores data it gathers from Storage Centers in an
internal or external database. Storage Manager Web UI connects to the Data Collector to perform monitoring and administrative
tasks.
Storage Manager Components
Storage Manager consists of the following components.
Table 1. Storage Manager Components
Component Description Setup Documentation
Primary Storage Manager
Data Collector
Service that gathers reporting data and
alerts from Storage Center SANs
Dell Storage Manager Installation Guide
Dell Storage Manager Client Windows-based application that
connects to the Storage Manager Data
Collector to provide a centralized
management console for one or more
storage devices
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Dell Storage Manager Web UI Web application that connects to the
Storage Manager Data Collector to
provide a centralized management
console for one or more storage
devices
Dell Storage Manager Installation Guide
Remote Storage Manager
Data Collector
Storage Manager Data Collector that is
connected to the primary Storage
Manager Data Collector and can be
used to activate a disaster recovery
site if the primary Storage Manager
Data Collector becomes unavailable
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Storage Manager Server
Agent
Service for Windows that allows
Storage Manager to free volume
storage space from expired snapshots
that would otherwise remain locked by
Windows
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Dell Storage Center OS Compatibility
Storage Manager Web UI is compatible with Dell Storage Center OS versions 6.3 and later.
NOTE: Version 6.4.1 is not supported.
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