Using the SAN Volume Controller Console and CLI

The SAN Volume Controller Console is a Web-browser based GUI that is used to manage the cluster. The SAN Volume Controller command-line interface (CLI) is a collection of commands that you can use to manage SAN Volume Controller clusters.

1. Launch the SAN Volume Controller Console to display the SAN Volume Controller Console Welcome panel.
   Figure 1. The Add SAN Volume Controller Cluster button on the Welcome panel
2. When you access the SAN Volume Controller Console for the first time, you must identify a cluster that you want to service. Click Add SAN Volume Controller Cluster to add the cluster that you want to access. You are shown the Adding a Cluster panel.
   Note: The next time you access the SAN Volume Controller Console, you do not have to add a cluster. The SAN Volume Controller Console saves the cluster IP address that you typed.
3. Type the IP address of the cluster that you want to service from the SAN Volume Controller Console. Click OK. You are shown the sign-on page for the cluster that you added.
   Figure 2. Sign on to Cluster panel
4. Sign on with the SAN Volume Controller Console user name and password that is provided by the customer. To analyze and resolve problems, the user name must be authorized for either the service or administrator role. Click OK. The Viewing Clusters panel is shown.
   Note: If the cluster status is not OK, see Table 1 and use the Availability Status message to determine the corrective action that you must take.

   Table 1. Corrective actions when the Availability Status is not OK

   Availability Status	Action
   Unauthenticated	The user is not authenticated to the cluster or the remote authentication server is not available.
   No Contact	The IP of the cluster is not reachable, which means the cluster is down or the network card is broken, or the CIMOM service is not available. Verify that the cluster and network are available and that the CIMOM service is running on the cluster. Click Refresh until the status changes to OK.

5. Select the SAN Volume Controller cluster that you want to service and select Launch the SAN Volume Controller Console from the Launch the SAN Volume Controller Console drop-down list.
   Note: If the panel does not display, make sure that your Web browser does not have a pop-up blocker enabled.
   Figure 3. Launch the SAN Volume Controller task
6. Click Go. The Welcome panel for the cluster opens in a new window.

   When the Availability Status for the selected cluster is shown as Unauthenticated, click Go. The logon panel for the cluster opens.