File Server Management; File Services Management; Storage Management Utilities; Array Management Utilities - HP StoreEasy 1000 Administrator's Manual

7 File server management

This chapter describes the tasks and utilities that play a role in file server management.

File services management

Information about the HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage system in a SAN environment is provided
in the SAN Design Reference Guide, located on the HPE web site at www.hp.com/go/
SDGmanuals.

Storage management utilities

The storage management utilities preinstalled on the HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage system
include the HP Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) . Initially, you can use the Provision Storage
tasks to configure storage. For more information, see

Array management utilities

Storage devices for RAID arrays and LUNs are created and managed using the array management
utilities mentioned previously. For Smart Arrays, use HP SSA.
NOTE: The HP SSA is used to configure and manage array-based storage. Software
RAID-based HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage systems use Microsoft Disk Manager to manage
storage. You need administrator or root privileges to run the HP SSA.

Smart Storage Administrator

The HP SSA supports the Smart Array controllers and hard drives installed on the HPE StoreEasy
1000 Storage system.
To open HP SSA from the HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage desktop:
NOTE: If this is the first time you are running HP SSA, you will be prompted to select the
Execution Mode for SSA. Selecting Local Application Mode allows you to run the HP SSA from
a Remote Desktop, remote console, or HPE StoreEasy 1000 Storage web access mode. Remote
service mode allows you to access the HP SSA from a remote browser.
1. Click Start and then click ↓. Select System Tools→HP Smart Storage Administrator.
NOTE:
2. If the Execution Mode for HP SSA is set to Remote Service Mode, log on to the HP System
Management Homepage. The default user name is Administrator and the password is
the Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 administrator password that is set by the HPE
StoreEasy 1000 Storage system administrator. The password is case-sensitive.
To open the HP SSA in browser mode:
NOTE: Confirm that the HP SSA Execution Mode is set to Remote Service Mode.
1. Open a browser and enter the server name or IP address of the destination server. For
example, http://servername:2301 or http://192.0.0.1:2301.
2. Log on to the HP System Management Homepage.
3. Click Smart Storage Administrator on the left side of the window. The HP SSA opens and
identifies the controllers that are connected to the system.
Before launching SSA, close Pool Manager, Dashboard, and SMP service.
"Storage Configuration" (page 51)
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