Introduction To Maxview Storage Manager; Getting Started; About Maxview Storage Manager - Adaptec CDP-00278-02-A User Manual

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Introduction to maxView Storage Manager

This section introduces the maxView Storage Manager software, explains the concept of a "storage
space," and provides a checklist of getting-started tasks.

Getting Started

The first part of this guide provides the information you need to install, start, and begin to use maxView
Storage Manager. Follow these general steps:
Step 1: Familiarize yourself with the software components of maxView Storage Manager, review the
system requirements, and study the configuration examples that illustrate how to build and grow your
storage space (described in the remainder of this chapter).
Step 2: Install maxView Storage Manager on every system that will be part of your storage space (see
Installing maxView Storage Manager
Step 3: Start maxView Storage Manager and explore its graphical user interface (see
Storage Manager
Step 4: Build your storage space (see

About maxView Storage Manager

maxView Storage Manager is a browser-based software application that helps you build a storage space
for your data, using Adaptec RAID controllers, disk drives, Solid State Drives (SSDs), and enclosures.
With maxView Storage Manager, you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in redundancy
to protect your data and improve system performance. You can also use maxView Storage Manager to
monitor and maintain all the controllers, enclosures, and disk drives in your storage space from a single
location.
The maxView Storage Manager GUI (or graphical user interface) runs on most contemporary Web
browsers (for a list of supported browsers, see
a Web server, Agent, and CIMOM server allows maxView Storage Manager to communicate with your
RAID controller and coordinate activity in your storage space.
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on page 28).
Building Your Storage Space
maxView Storage
Manager Client
Apache Tomcat
maxView Servlet
maxView Storage
Manager Agent
maxView Storage Manager User's Guide
on page 35).
Browser Support on page 17). A software stack comprising
Browser
HTTPS
Web Server
RMI
SMI-S
CIMOM
Driver
Adaptec
Controller
Exploring maxView
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