Starting Enterprise Management - IBM totalstorage 326 User Reference

Starting Enterprise Management

The Enterprise Management window is the first window to open when you start the
Storage Manager Application. Use Enterprise Management to:
v Add and discover the storage subsystem you want to manage.
v Provide a comprehensive view of all storage subsystems in your management
v Perform batch storage-subsystem management tasks using the Script Editor.
Use the following procedure to start the Enterprise Management window. Perform
these steps on one node, and then bring up the other node to validate the input.
1. Select Start → IBM NAS Admin.
2. Click NAS Management → Storage → NAS Utilities → IBM FAStT Storage
3. Select Yes to begin an initial automatic discovery of hosts and storage
domain.
Manager Client. The client software starts, displaying the Enterprise
Management window and the Confirm Initial Automatic Discovery window.
Note: The Enterprise Management window can require up to five minutes to
open. No wait indicator (such as an hourglass) is displayed.
subsystems attached to the local subnetwork on which the management station
is installed. If you do not want to perform the initial automatic discovery, select
No. You must add the device manually to the Storage Manager Application.
The software sends a broadcast message across the local subnetwork where
the management station is installed. It discovers host-agent-managed storage
subsystems if the hosts that provide network management connections to the
storage subsystems respond to the broadcast. The software discovers
direct-managed storage subsystems if the controllers in those storage
subsystems respond to the broadcast message.
Note: The Enterprise Management window can require up to 1 minute to
refresh after an initial automatic discovery.
To stop the automatic discovery operation, close the Enterprise Management
window.
When the initial automatic discovery is complete, you can see all hosts and
storage subsystems attached to the local subnetwork.
If you do not see all hosts and storage subsystems, perform these steps:
a. Check the hardware and connections for possible problems (refer to the
hardware documentation for specific procedures).
b. Refer to the Enterprise Management, online, help topic about discovering
storage subsystems.
If any device has a status of Unresponsive, use the software to remove the
device from the management domain and then add it again. Refer to the
Enterprise Management online help for instructions on removing and adding
devices.
If the storage subsystem is managed directly but is attached to a host with the
host-agent software installed and running, the storage subsystem might be
duplicated in the device tree after an automatic discovery. In this case, you can
remove the duplicate storage-management icon from the device tree using the
remove-device option in the Enterprise Management window.
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