Configuring the master console

You can configure the master console to access the SAN Volume Controller Console and the SAN Volume Controller command-line interface (CLI). If you installed the master console on your own hardware, you have already performed some of these steps during the installation process.

1. Log on as a local administrator (for example, as the Administrator user) to the system where the master console software is installed.
   Note: If you installed the software master console, skip to step 3 because you already performed the tasks described in step 2 before or during the installation of the master console software.
2. If you purchased a hardware master console, perform the following configuration steps:
   1. Optionally, reconfigure the master console host name. When you receive the hardware master console, the host name is preconfigured as mannode. If you choose to change this name see Changing the master console host name for more information.
   2. Configure the internal IP network connection (Local Area Network). Configuring the internal IP network connection provides more details for this step.
   3. Configure the browser. Checking your Web browser and settings before accessing the SAN Volume Controller Console provides more details for this step.
   4. Generate an SSH key pair using the PuTTYgen. Generating an SSH key pair using PuTTY provides more details for this step.
3. For a software master console or a hardware master console, perform the following configuration steps:
   1. Configure a default PuTTY session for command-line interface (CLI) access. Configuring a PuTTY session for the CLI provides more details for this step.
   2. Store keys in the SAN Volume Controller Console software. Storing the private SSH key in the SAN Volume Controller Console software provides more details for this step.
   3. Install your chosen antivirus software on the master console system.