Accessing the SAN Volume Controller Console

The SAN Volume Controller Console is a Web-based application that you can use to manage multiple clusters.

Because the application is Web-based, do not set the browser to disable pop-up windows because this can prevent the windows in the SAN Volume Controller Console from opening. If you are using Internet Explorer 7.0 and receive a message that a pop-up window 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.

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:

Copy the SAN Volume Controller Console Web address from the browser's navigation toolbar.
Select Tools > Options > Content.
Click Exceptions to the right of Block pop-up windows.
Paste the SAN Volume Controller Console Web address in the Address of Web site field and click Allow.
Click Close.
Click OK.

You have two options for accessing your the SAN Volume Controller Console.

If you are accessing the SAN Volume Controller Console from the server running the IBM® System Storage® Productivity Center (SSPC), you can access the SAN Volume Controller Console by selecting Start > All Programs > IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller > Launch SVC Console Alternatively, you can access the SAN Volume Controller Console from the workstation where SSPC is installed by pointing your browser to the following Web address:

http://localhost:9080/ica

where localhost is the address of the machine where your SAN Volume Controller Console is installed.

As an alternative, you can use the SAN Volume Controller Console from any workstation that can access the SSPC. Start a supported Web browser on your workstation and point to the following Web address:

http://svcconsoleip:9080/ica

where svcconsoleip is the IP address of the SSPC server on which the SAN Volume Controller Console is running.

If you are accessing SAN Volume Controller Console for the first time, select Add SAN Volume Controller Cluster on the Welcome panel.
On the Adding a Cluster panel, enter the IP address of the cluster that you are adding. If you are completing a cluster-creation process that was started from the front panel of the node, select Create (Initialize) Cluster. However, if the cluster is already in use and you are only adding the cluster to the list of managed clusters for this installation of the SAN Volume Controller Console, do not select the Create (Initialize) Cluster check box.
After the cluster has been added to the SAN Volume Controller Console, specify the cluster and select Launch the SAN Volume Controller Console. If the availability status for the cluster is Unauthenticated, you are prompted to sign on to the cluster with a valid user name and password.