Device Manager - Storage Navigator

Device Manager - Storage Navigator (HDvM - SN) provides a unified GUI for managing and optimizing the storage systems. HDvM - SN communicates directly with the storage system using a LAN to obtain storage system configuration and status information and send user-requested commands to the storage system.

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• Device Manager - Storage Navigator overview

  Device Manager - Storage Navigator provides a unified GUI for managing and optimizing your storage. You access a storage system by using Device Manager - Storage Navigator from any computer with a web browser.

• Using Device Manager - Storage Navigator

  Follow instructions to log on to Device Manager - Storage Navigator properly. You then can use Device Manager - Storage Navigator, windows, and wizards to get started.

• Setting up and managing user accounts

  After Device Manager - Storage Navigator has been set up on the SVP of your storage system, and the management clients are set up, you can create user accounts for Device Manager - Storage Navigator users and define their roles.

• Configuring the Device Manager - Storage Navigator environment

  This section provides instructions for setting customized behaviors on Device Manager - Storage Navigator for your storage system, including timeout and polling periods, email notifications, and so on. Also, instructions are included for saving your Device Manager - Storage Navigator configuration settings and restoring them as needed.

• Managing license keys

  This storage system includes base and optional software features for Virtual Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, G800 or Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600, F800 storage systems that must be enabled by installing license keys. This chapter describes the types of available licenses, license capacity calculation, and instructions for installing, enabling, disabling, and uninstalling license keys.

• Viewing and managing the storage system

  This section describes how to navigate to your storage system information, create and download system configuration reports, and manage Device Manager - Storage Navigator tasks.

• Troubleshooting

  This section provides information for identifying and correcting problems with Device Manager - Storage Navigator for your storage system.

• Examples of storage configuration reports

  The following examples show various storage configuration reports in table, graph, and CSV formats.

• Raidinf command reference (obtaining configuration reports and tier relocation logs)

  This appendix describes the raidinf commands used to access storage system reports.

• Configuring storage systems GUI reference

  This section describes the Device Manager - Storage Navigator windows and wizards that you use to configure storage systems.

• Using Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary windows

  This section describes requirements, operation methods, notes, and troubleshooting required to use Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary windows.

• Device Manager - Storage Navigator user management GUI reference

  This section describes the Device Manager - Storage Navigator windows and wizards that you use to manage user security and to set up and manage user accounts on your storage system.

• Device Manager - Storage Navigator licenses GUI reference

  This section describes the Device Manager - Storage Navigator windows that you use to view and manage the licenses for the software applications on your storage system.

• Device Manager - Storage Navigator system GUI reference

  This section explains the Device Manager - Storage Navigator windows used to view and manage storage system tasks, reports, and alerts.