After the IBM® System Storage® Productivity Center is configured, you must complete the two phases that are required to create a SAN Volume Controller cluster before you can configure the cluster.
The first phase to create a cluster is performed from the front panel of the SAN Volume Controller. The second phase is performed from the SAN Volume Controller Console, which is accessible from a Web server that runs on the IBM System Storage Productivity Center (SSPC), or in previous releases, the master console.
Before you can access the SAN Volume Controller Console and command-line interface (CLI), you must configure the IBM System Storage Productivity Center. To access the CLI, this also includes using the PuTTY client to generate Secure Shell (SSH) key pairs that secure data flow between the SAN Volume Controller cluster configuration node and a client. You do not need an SSH key pair if you want to use just the SSPC. For more information, see the IBM System Storage Productivity Center User's Guide.