Starting Enterprise Management - IBM TotalStorage 300 Service Manual

Starting Enterprise Management

The Enterprise Management window is the first window to open when you start the
software. Use the Enterprise Management window to:
v Add and discover the storage subsystems 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. You will
do these steps on one node, and then bring up the other node to validate the input.
1. Select Start → Programs.
2. Select Netfinity Fibre Channel Storage Manager 7 client. The client software
3. Select Yes to begin an initial automatic discovery of hosts and storage
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starts, displaying the Enterprise Management window and the Confirm Initial
Automatic Discovery window.
Note: The Enterprise Management window can take up to five minutes to open.
No wait-cursor (such as an hourglass) is displayed. If you do not want to
perform the initial automatic discovery, select No.
subsystems attached to the local subnetwork on which the management station
is installed.
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 directly
managed storage subsystems if the controllers in those storage subsystems
respond to the broadcast message.
Note: It can take up to a minute for the Enterprise Management window to
refresh after an initial automatic discovery.
If you need 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 (fibre RAID and so on), do
the following:
v Check the hardware and connections for possible problems (refer to the
hardware documentation for specific procedures).
v Refer to the Enterprise Management online Help topic about discovering
storage subsystems.
If any device shows 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.
A storage subsystem might be duplicated in the device tree after an automatic
discovery, if the storage subsystem is directly managed but is attached to a host
with the host-agent software installed and running. In this case, you can remove