HP Interface Manager and Command View for Tape Libraries 3.7 User Guide

2 Command View TL GUI
HP StoreEver Command View TL software provides a browser-based GUI for remote management
and monitoring of your Interface Manager card through a LAN. Command View TL is the preferred
user interface for controlling the Interface Manager card because it provides the most functionality.
In conjunction with the Interface Manager card, Command View TL provides the following:
• Configuration and management of the Interface Manager card and FC interface controllers
• Management of the entire library system
• Hardware inventory and identity information
• Status information for connected hardware
• Error reporting and comprehensive error logs
• Firmware management
• License management
• Access to TapeAssure.
IMPORTANT: While Command View TL is not required to manage ESL G3 and MSL6480 libraries,
it is required for TapeAssure functionality. Command View TL can list ESL G3 and MSL6480 in
the launcher panel, show the status of the library, and launch the ESL G3 and MSL6480 GUI to
a separate browser. Other ESL G3 and MSL6480 features are managed directly through the library
GUI. For more information on ESL G3 tape libraries, see HP Enterprise Systems Libraries (ESL) G3
Tape Library User Guide available from http://www.hp.com/support/eslg3.
Command View TL is installed on the management station and communicates with the Interface
Manager card through the LAN. The management station processes information from the Interface
Manager card and hosts the Command View TL GUI. You can access Command View TL, either
from the management station directly or through any client on the LAN, by using a browser-based
GUI interface. Multiple Command View TL GUI clients can be open simultaneously across the LAN,
and multiple libraries can be managed through the Command View TL software.
NOTE: Prior to version 1.5, Command View for Tape Libraries software was called Command
View ESL.
Primary management station
The primary management station is the first management station to manage a library. The primary
management station is the only management station that collects and stores TapeAssure data. For
best performance, the primary management station should be in the same physical location and
on the same IP subnet as the libraries it manages.
Prerequisites
Management station minimum system
For environments with fewer than 10 tape libraries, Command View TL requires a management
station (server) with a minimum of:
• 1.6-GHz CPU, 2-GB RAM
• 2 GB of free disk space for installation
• 10/100 Base-T network card (static IP address recommended)
• Command View TL 3.7.00 installation support matrix:
Primary management station 15