Administrator Guide

Congure Client Options
The default view, storage units formatting, and warning/error threshold percentages can be congured for the current user on the
Client Options section of the General tab.
Specify the Default View to Display in the Dell Storage Manager Client
You can choose the view that is rst displayed after you log in to the Client.
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The Edit User Settings dialog box opens.
2. On the General tab, select the view to display by default from the Default View drop‑down.
3. Click OK to save changes and close the Edit User Settings dialog box.
Specify the Preferred Wizard Style
You can choose the style of creation wizard you see when creating a volume. The guided multi-step wizard provides a detailed, step
by step method of creating new volumes.
About this task
The default for the SCv2000 series controller is the guided multiple-step wizard. The default for all other devices is the unguided
single-step wizard.
Steps
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings.
The Edit User Settings dialog box appears.
2. On the General tab, select your preferred wizard style from the Preferred Wizard Style drop-down.
3. Click OK to save changes and close the Edit User Settings dialog box.
Specify How to Display Storage Units
Storage units can be shown in megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, or an automatically chosen unit of measure that best ts the data.
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The Edit User Settings dialog box opens.
2. On the General tab, select how to display the storage units from the Storage Units Formatting drop-down menu:
• Automatic – The units that are most appropriate for the displayed values are automatically selected.
• Always show in MB – All storage units are displayed in megabytes.
• Always show in GB – All storage units are displayed in gigabytes.
• Always show in TB – All storage units are displayed in terabytes.
3. Click OK to save changes and close the Edit User Settings dialog box.
Change the Warning Percentage Threshold
The warning percentage threshold species the utilization percentage at which storage objects indicate a warning.
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The Edit User Settings dialog box opens.
2. On the General tab, enter a new utilization percentage at which storage objects indicate a warning in the Warning Percentage
Threshold eld.
3. Click OK to save changes and close the Edit User Settings dialog box.
Change the Error Percentage Threshold
The error percentage threshold species the utilization percentage at which storage objects indicate an error.
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The Edit User Settings dialog box opens.
2. On the General tab, enter a new utilization percentage at which storage objects indicate an error in the Error Percentage
Threshold
eld.
3. Click OK to save changes and close the Edit User Settings dialog box.
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