Launching the SAN Volume Controller Console to manage a cluster

You can launch the SAN Volume Controller Console from the Viewing Clusters panel.

1. Start the SAN Volume Controller Console by selecting Start > All Programs > IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller > Launch SVC Console or by pointing your Web browser to http://svcconsoleip:9080/ica, where svcconsoleip is the IP address of the IBM® System Storage® Productivity Center or the master console. Either an IPv4 or IPv6 connection is allowed. For example, the appropriate Web browser address could be of the form http://9.134.5.6:9080/ica or http://[2020:1234::1234]:9080/ica.
   Note: If you are using Internet Explorer 7.0 and receive a message that a popup has been blocked, click the Information Bar at the top of the browser and select Always allow popups from this site. If you receive a message that content was blocked because it was not signed by a valid security certificate, click the Information Bar at the top of the screen and select Show blocked content.
   Note: If you are using Mozilla Firefox 3.x, you must manually add a pop-up exception for the SAN Volume Controller Console by completing the following steps:

   1. Copy the SAN Volume Controller Console Web address from the browser's navigation toolbar.
   2. Select Tools > Options > Content.
   3. Click Exceptions to the right of Block pop-up windows.
   4. Paste the SAN Volume Controller Console Web address in the Address of Web site field and click Allow.
   5. Click Close.
   6. Click OK.
2. Click Clusters in the portfolio. The Viewing Clusters panel is displayed.
3. Select the cluster you wish to manage. If the cluster that you want to manage is not displayed, select Add Cluster from the task list and click Go On the Add Cluster panel, specify the IP address for the cluster you want to add and click OK. When adding a fully functional cluster, do not select the Create (Initialize) Cluster check box. This option is only necessary after you create the cluster from the front panel for the first time. Additional clusters that are added after this process do not need to be initialized.
4. Select Launch the SAN Volume Controller Console from the task list.
   Note: If the Availability Status for the cluster is Unauthenticated, you are prompted to sign on with your cluster user name and password.
5. Click Go. A secondary browser window opens.