Administrator Guide

Add a Storage Center

Add a Storage Center to Unisphere Central to manage and monitor the Storage Center using the Unisphere Central dashboard.

Prerequisites

• The Data Collector must have network connectivity to the Storage Center management interface.

• You must have the user name and password for a Storage Center user account.

• The first time you add a Storage Center to the Storage Manager Data Collector, you must specify a Storage Center user account

that has Administrator privileges. When the Storage Center is added for other Unisphere Central users, you can specify Storage

Center user accounts of any privilege level.

• If your Unisphere Central user account has Reporter privileges, you must specify a Storage Center user account with Reporter

privileges.

NOTE: Users with Reporter level privileges have limited access to Storage Centers in Unisphere Central. To grant

a Reporter user access to Storage Centers, add Storage Center mappings to that user in the Data Collector. Only

Unisphere Central users with Administrator privileges can set mappings for Unisphere Central users.

Steps

1. Click the

HOME menu.

The Unisphere Central Home page is displayed.

If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list in Unisphere Central, click (Home).

2. Click (New) and select Add Storage Center.

The Add Storage Center dialog box opens.

3. Type the information needed to add the Storage Center in the following fields.

• Hostname or IP Address – Type the host name or IP address of a Storage Center controller. For a dual-controller Storage

Center, type the IP address or host name of the management controller.

• User Name and User Password – Type the user name and password for a Storage Center user.

NOTE:

If you specify a Storage Center user with the Reporter or Volume Manager privilege, access to the

Storage Center from Unisphere Central is restricted based on the privilege and user groups assigned to the

Storage Center user.

• Folder – Select the parent folder for the Storage Center.

4. (Optional) Configure the Storage Center to use settings applied to another Storage Center by selecting the Inherit settings from an

existing Storage Center checkbox. If this checkbox is selected, the Inherit Settings dialog box opens after the Add Storage

Center dialog box closes.

5. Click OK.

• If the Inherit settings from existing Storage Center checkbox was not selected, the Storage Center is added to Unisphere

Central.

• If the Inherit settings from existing Storage Center checkbox was selected, the Inherit Settings dialog box opens.

6. (Inherit settings only) Choose the Storage Center settings to inherit.

a) Select the Storage Center from which you want to inherit settings.

b) Select the checkbox for each category of settings that you want to inherit.

c) Click OK.

• If passwords are not configured for the SupportAssist proxy, Secure Console proxy, or SMTP server, the dialog box closes.

• If a password is configured for the SupportAssist proxy, Secure Console proxy, or SMTP server, you are prompted to enter the

required passwords.

d) Type the required passwords to complete the dialog box.

Related tasks

Set Storage Center Mappings for a Reporter User

Storage Center Administration