           Post Installation Tasks - Getting started using
                 the SAN Volume Controller Console


This document outlines how to perform post-installation tasks using your web browser.
In case you are new to using the SAN Volume Controller Console, this 
document can serve as an introduction to using the SAN Volume Controller
Console. This information is also included in the "IBM System Storage SAN Volume 
Controller Software Installation and Configuration Guide." You can find this document under
the doc folder of installation directory.

Here is a summary of the steps:
  
 1) Starting the browser to access the SAN Volume Controller Console

 2) Accessing user assistance (optional).
 
 3) Identifying the SAN Volume Controller clusters to the SAN Volume Controller 
    Console 
	
 4) Logging on with your user name and password.
  
 5) Launching the secondary browser window to manage your specific cluster

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1) Starting the browser to access the SAN Volume Controller Console

Access the SAN Volume Controller Console from a web browser.  It is 
recommended you log onto the system from a browser on which the 
SAN Volume Controller Console is installed.

You can access the SAN Volume Controller Console by pointing to a Web browser 
at the following URL:
 
      http://localhost:9080/ica
	  
The current SAN Volume Controller Console supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 
and Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x and their earlier versions.

2) Accessing user assistance (optional).

You can access help for the specific task on which you are working by 
clicking the small information icon just below the banner in the upper right
section of the web page.  

You can also launch a separate user assistance panel by clicking the small 
question mark icon just below the banner in the upper right section of the 
web page. A secondary browser window will open providing access to
extensive user assistance.

3) Identifying the SAN Volume Controller clusters to the SAN Volume Controller Console 

Depending on the current status of the cluster that you are interested in 
adding to the collection of managed clusters, you might need to complete 
different tasks to add it SAN Volume Controller Console.

A. SAN Volume Controller cluster which has not yet been initialized:
If you have not yet created a SAN Volume Controller cluster using the front 
panel of the SAN Volume Controller node, you need to complete that 
task before creating the cluster with the SAN Volume Controller Console.  
Refer to the "IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Software Installation 
and Configuration Guide" in the section titled "Initiating cluster creation 
from the front panel." You will be given a special password by the IBM service 
representative or IBM Business Partner that is needed in subsequent tasks.

After you have created the cluster from the front panel, you need to create the 
cluster by using the SAN Volume Controller Console.  Refer to the 
"IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Software Installation and 
Configuration Guide" in the section titled "Creating a cluster using the SAN Volume 
Controller Console."

Enter the IP address of the cluster and check the "Create (Initialize) 
Cluster" box. When you click the OK button you are asked to sign on to this
cluster. Enter the administrator or superuser user name and the password given to you by 
the IBM service representative or IBM Business Partner.

The Create Cluster wizard launches and presents you with the panels you 
need to complete the creation of the cluster. 
 
B. Previously initialized SAN Volume Controller Cluster:
If the SAN Volume Controller cluster has completed the initialization 
(creation) process but is not yet registered with the SAN Volume Controller 
Console, you add the cluster IP address but do not check the 
"Create (Initialize) Cluster" check box. 
When you click the "OK" button, you are asked to input your user name and 
password to sign on. This sign on is only for the SAN Volume Controller 
Console. Only users with the Security Administrator or Administrator role can add 
and modify a cluster. As a default you can use the user name "superuser" 
along with the password provided by the IBM service representative or 
IBM Business Partner.

4) Log onto the SAN Volume Controller Console using the user name and 
   password.

If you launch a second browser for a specific cluster, you can sign on 
with any user name and password that matches any user that is currently 
defined on the cluster. 

5) Launching the secondary browser window to manage your specific cluster
       
After you have identified the SAN Volume Controller clusters to the 
SAN Volume Controller Console, complete these steps to work with a specific cluster:

A. Click "Clusters" in the portfolio section of your browser 
window (the left-hand frame). The Viewing Cluster panel displays in the work area (main frame).

B. To select a specific cluster to manage, select the radio button in the Select 
column to the left of the cluster. From the task list, select Launch the 
SAN Volume Controller Application and click Go. A secondary browser window opens to the 
SAN Volume Controller application.

Now you can work with the specific SAN Volume Controller cluster that you 
selected. Notice the Browser Title Bar, which identifies the cluster
with which you are working in the text displayed.
For example here is the Browser Title Bar displayed when the 
SAN Volume Controller Application is launched for the cluster1 SAN Volume Controller
cluster at ip address 0.0.0.0:
  
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Console - cluster1 - 0.0.0.0 - 
                                               Microsoft Internet Explorer

As a beginning point, select "Manage Cluster" and then click "View Cluster 
Properties" in the portfolio section.  Use the "IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller 
Software Installation and Configuration Guide" and the user assistance panels to guide you. 
