Management Overview - IBM TotalStorage DS300 Best Practices Manual

4.8, "IBM TotalStorage DS300/DS400 array and logical drive management"
on page 113
4.9, "Administer Management Station user accounts" on page 162
4.10, "Install premium feature license key" on page 167
4.11, "Flashcopy or SnapShot backup" on page 170
4.12, "Update TotalStorage DS300 and DS400 firmware" on page 179
4.13, "IBM ServeRAID Manager removal on Microsoft Windows" on page 190
4.14, "IBM ServeRAID Manager removal on Linux" on page 191
4.15, "Basic information gathering in case of trouble" on page 191

4.1 Management overview

You can use the IBM ServeRAID Manager or the command line interface (CLI) to
manage a TotalStorage DS300 or DS400.
The command line interface has the greatest flexibility and can perform all
management tasks. The command line interface is also a faster way to manage
the TotalStorage DS300 or DS400 although it requires some knowledge of the
command set. A description of the command line interface commands can be
found in the problem determination guides for the DS300 or DS400. You may
download them from
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MI
GR-56887
In addition, the command line interface reference is included in Appendix A,
"Command line interface reference" on page 565.
To use the command line interface, open a Telnet session to the management
port of controller A or B of the TotalStorage DS300 or DS400. It is not required to
connect to both controllers when using the command line interface.
The IBM ServeRAID Manager is a graphical utility to manage locally attached
and network attached storage. Some management tasks cannot be performed
from within the ServeRAID manager console. The command line interface is
required instead. One example is the Flashcopy feature. This can only be
managed from the command line interface.
An advantage of the IBM ServeRAID Manager is the ability to send notifications
when problems with the managed storage occurs. Those notifications can be
sent as operating system pop-ups, email or SNMP. This alerting can be
configured from the ServeRAID manager console.
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