Administrator Guide

Storage Manager Client Overview
The Storage Manager Client is a Windows-based program that allows you to connect to the Storage Manager Data Collector and centrally
manage your Storage Centers, PS Groups, and FluidFS clusters.
Figure 1. Storage Manager Client Window
The left pane, which is comprised of the View pane and Views, can be resized by dragging the right border to the left or right.
The following table describes the primary elements of the Storage Manager Client.
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Client Elements Description
1 Top pane Contains the following options:
• Edit Data Collector Settings – When clicked, opens a dialog box that allows you to
view and modify Data Collector settings.
• Edit User Settings – When clicked, opens a dialog box that allows you to view and
modify your account settings.
• Help – When clicked, displays the Storage Manager Online Help in a web browser.
• Support – When clicked, displays the Dell Support website in a web browser.
• About – When clicked, opens a dialog box that displays the software version of the
Storage Manager Client.
2 Navigation pane Displays options specific to the view that is currently selected. For example, when the
Storage view is selected, the view pane displays the Storage Centers, PS Groups, and
FluidFS clusters that have been added to Storage Manager.
3 Views Displays the view buttons. The views are:
• Storage – When selected, allows you to view, monitor, and configure managed
Storage Centers, PS Groups, and FluidFS clusters.
• Servers – When selected, allows you to register servers to the Data Collector and
perform server actions.
• Replications & Live Volumes – When selected, allows you to configure replications,
Live Volumes, Quality of Service definitions, and manage disaster recovery.
• Monitoring – When selected, allows you to view and acknowledge alerts, indications,
and logs.
• Threshold Alerts – When selected, allows you to run threshold queries and define
threshold alerts.
• Chargeback – When selected, allows you to configure and run Chargeback in order to
bill organizations based on storage usage.
• Reports – When selected, allows you to view automated reports and Chargeback
reports.
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