Chapter 2 Planning Your Ip San; Introduction To Adaptec Storage Manager For Iscsi Storage - Adaptec 5325302057 User Manual

Planning Your IP SAN
This chapter introduces the Adaptec Storage Manager software and provides a guide
to planning your IP SAN configuration and setup.
It also provides important instructions for using your iSCSI Storage Appliance on a
network without a DHCP server.
Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager for iSCSI
Storage
Adaptec Storage Manager is a software application that helps you build and
manage storage for your online data. From the 'one-view' user interface, you can
use Adaptec Storage Manager to:
• Create, monitor, and manage iSCSI storage
• View and monitor any GuardianOS-powered Snap Servers on your network
• Create, monitor, and manage direct attached storage
This Guide describes how to use Adaptec Storage Manager to set up, monitor, and
manage iSCSI storage, and monitor GuardianOS-powered Snap Servers.
Manage iSCSI storage
(described in this Guide)
For more information about managing direct attached storage, refer to the
Note
Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Direct Attached Storage on the installation
CD that came with your Adaptec DAS RAID controller.
LAN
System running Adaptec
Storage Manager GUI
Snap Server 700i Series User's Guide
Chapter 2
Manage direct attached storage
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