Administrator Guide

Set Threshold Alert Denitions for a Front-End IO Port
Congure one or more Threshold Alert Denitions for an IO port if you want to be notied when an IO port reaches specic bandwidth or
latency thresholds.
1 If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2 Click the Storage tab.
3 In the Storage tab navigation pane, select Fault Domains, then click the Front End Ports subtab.
4 Double-click the IO port.
The Hardware tab for the IO port opens.
5 Click Set Threshold Alert Denitions.
The Set Threshold Alert Denitions dialog box opens.
6 From the Selected Alert Denitions table, select the alert denition for which you want to congure a threshold alert and click Create
Threshold Denition.
The Create Threshold Denition dialog box opens.
7 Congure the threshold denition attributes as needed, then click OK. These attributes are described in the online help.
8 From the Available Alert Denitions table, click the new alert denition.
The threshold alert is automatically set for the selected alert denition.
9 (Optional) To remove the Threshold Alert Denition, hold Ctrl and click the alert denition in the .Selected Alert Denitions table,
then hold Ctrl and click the threshold alert in the .Available Alert Denitions table.
The alert threshold is removed from the alert denition.
10 Click OK.
Congure Front-End I/O Ports (Fibre Channel and SAS)
On SCv2000 series and SCv3000 series storage systems, uncongured Fibre Channel and SAS ports must be congured before they can
be used as front-end ports.
1 If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2 Click the Storage tab.
3 In the Storage tab navigation pane, select Fault Domains, then click the Uncongured Ports subtab.
4 In the right pane, select an uncongured Fibre Channel or SAS I/O port.
5 Click Congure Port.
Congure Front-End I/O Ports (iSCSI)
On SCv2000 series and SCv3000 series storage systems, uncongured iSCSI ports must be congured before they can be used as front-
end ports..
1 If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2 Click the Storage tab.
3 In the Storage tab navigation pane, select Fault Domains, then click the Uncongured Ports subtab.
4 In the right pane, select an uncongured iSCSI I/O port.
5 Click Congure Port.
6 Type an IP address for the port.
7 Click OK.
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