C H A P T E R 1 |
Overview |
This chapter provides an overview to the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service Software by explaining some of the software features, how to start the software, and and an introduction to the web-browser user interface (WUI).
This chapter describes the following topics:
The Sun StorEdge Configuration Service software enables you to view and manage your storage devices. Using a web-browser user interface (WUI) or the command-line interface (CLI), you can:
The Sun StorEdge Configuration Service 1.2command-line interface is described in Chapter 2.
This section contains the following topics:
The Sun StorEdge Configuration Service 1.2command-line interface is described in Chapter 2.
The Configuration Service software uses the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send e-mail to users each time an alarm occurs. You can decide which alarm severity level gets reported to the user and how often it is reported.
The software also enables you to send information to applications that are able to receive Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps.
See Chapter 3 for additional information.
The Configuration Service software enables you to start applications related to your storage devices. These applications include:
Note - You must install these launchable applications on all relevant platforms in your environment. |
The Configuration Service software logs information to the log files described in TABLE 1-1.
Be sure to start the software on the management station and each agent station after you install and configure the software, as described in the Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager 1.2 Installation Guide.
To start the Configuration Service daemons, open a terminal window and type:
# /etc/init.d/prngd start # only on Solaris 8 # /etc/init.d/sshd start # /etc/init.d/sscs.wbem start # /etc/init.d/sscs start |
To stop the Configuration Service daemons, open a terminal window and type:
# /etc/init.d/sscs stop # /etc/init.d/sscs.wbem stop # /etc/init.d/sshd stop # /etc/init.d/prngd stop # only on Solaris 8 |
Note - After stopping and restarting the daemons and logging in to the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service software, you may get a temporary message that it is acquiring storage devices. |
If you have successfully installed the software and started the daemons, log in to the Configuration Service software in a web browser.
1. Open a cookie-accepting web browser.
2. If you are using Netscape Communicator, set the browser cache setting to Always (recommended), or Once Per Session, but not to Never.
3. Type one of the following URLs in the URL text field:
http://nodename.domain:port-number |
An example with the default port number is:
http://happy.eng:8080 |
https://nodename.domain:port-number |
An example with the default port number is:
https://happy.eng:9443 |
4. At the Login page, enter the User Name and Password provided by your system administrator.
5. Click the Log In button to log in.
The Asset page is loaded. There may a be a message that the software is momentarily in the process of acquiring devices.
The Configuration Service WUI consists of the tabs and pages listed below. After you login, you can access each page by clicking its labelled tab.
FIGURE 1-1 shows the Login Page which includes the User Name and Password fields required to gain access to the Configuration Service WUI.
The Assets page enables you to manage and display information about your storage devices. The default Assets page shows an Assets Summary table of all Sun StorEdge T3, T3+, and 6120 assets.
Click one of the links under the Assets page tab to show details about the asset:
For additional information on functionality available on the Asset tab, see Managing and Configuring the Sun StorEdge Arrays.
The Alarms page enables you to filter and display information about any current alarms from your storage devices or the Configuration Service software. For additional information on the Alarm tab, see Managing Alarms.
The Logs page enables you to filter and display information about any log entries from your storage devices or the Configuration Service software. For additional information on the Log tab, see Managing Logs.
When you click the Health tab, you can access the Sun Storage Diagnostic Expert (SSDE) software. For additional information on how to use the SSDE software, see the Storage Diagnostic Expert User's Guide.
2. Click Launch Sun StorEdge Diagnostic Expert (SSDE).
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See "To Run the Configuration Script" in the Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager 1.2 Installation Guide.
2. When prompted, enter the Sun StorEdge SSDE URL.
You can accept the default URL or reconfigure that value.
3. Restart the Configuration Service software.
# /etc/init.d/sscs stop # /etc/init.d/sscs start |
The Administration page enables you to configure e-mail notification, logging, and other parts of the Configuration Service software. In addition, use this tab for discovering multiple devices. For additional information on the Administration tab, see Chapter 3.
The following topics are useful when using the WUI.
You can display various levels of detail about your storage. Typically, you click links and buttons as you would on any other web page to navigate the software.
The software also displays a logical nesting of functionality to show how you arrived at a page. This path includes underlined links so that you can return to a certain point in your navigation instead of starting at a top-level page or tab.
For example, if you just viewed LUN properties, you can click the device name link to perform other operations on it. See FIGURE 1-2
There are two ways of discovering Sun StorEdge T3, T3+, and 6120 arrays. You can discover arrays individually with the Discover pull-down menu which appears on most pages in the WUI. You can also setup reusable discovery criteria which can be applied to more than one device. For additional information on setting up discovery criteria, see Operations for Multiple Sun StorEdge T3, T3+, and 6120 Arrays.
The Discover pull-down menu appears on each page in the WUI.
To discover a Sun StorEdge T3, T3+, or 6120 array, enter either IP address or Device Name and click Go.
Note - If you discover devices using the Discover pull-down menu, you may be prompted for the device password when configuring it. |
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