Table Of Contents - Adaptec CDP-00278-01-A User Manual

Contents
Adaptec by PMC Product Support..............................................................................................................................8
Software License Agreement......................................................................................................................................9
1 About this Guide...................................................................................................................................................12
What You Need to Know Before You Begin..................................................................................................12
Terminology Used in this Guide...................................................................................................................12
How to Find More Information....................................................................................................................13
2 Introduction to maxView Storage Manager..........................................................................................................14
Getting Started.............................................................................................................................................14
About maxView Storage Manager ...............................................................................................................14
About the maxView Storage Manager Agent .................................................................................15
About the maxView Storage Manager Web Server.........................................................................15
About the maxView Storage Manager CIM Server..........................................................................15
System Requirements..................................................................................................................................16
Browser Support..........................................................................................................................................16
Typical Storage Space Configurations...........................................................................................................17
A Simple Storage Space...................................................................................................................17
An Advanced Storage Space............................................................................................................17
Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space..........................................................................................18
3 Installing maxView Storage Manager....................................................................................................................19
Before You Begin the Installation.................................................................................................................19
Installing on Windows..................................................................................................................................19
Installing on Red Hat, Cent OS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux.................................................................................20
Installing on Debian or Ubuntu Linux...........................................................................................................21
Installing on Solaris......................................................................................................................................21
Installing on VMware ESX 4.1.......................................................................................................................22
Installing on VMware ESXi 5.0......................................................................................................................23
Installing on a VMware Guest OS.................................................................................................................24
Running maxView Storage Manager from the DVD.....................................................................................24
Uninstalling maxView Storage Manager......................................................................................................25
Uninstalling from Windows.............................................................................................................25
Uninstalling from Red Hat, Cent OS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux.............................................................25
Uninstalling from Debian or Ubuntu Linux......................................................................................25
Uninstalling from Solaris..................................................................................................................25
Uninstalling from VMware ESX 4.1..................................................................................................26
Uninstalling from VMware ESXi 5.0.................................................................................................26
4 Exploring maxView Storage Manager...................................................................................................................27
Starting maxView Storage Manager and Logging In ....................................................................................27
Working in maxView Storage Manager........................................................................................................27
Overview of the Main Window....................................................................................................................27
The Enterprise View ........................................................................................................................28
What do the Enterprise View Icons Mean? ......................................................................29
The Ribbon ......................................................................................................................................30
The Storage Dashboard...................................................................................................................30
Checking System Status from the Main Window.........................................................................................31
Revealing More Device Information ............................................................................................................32
Getting Help.................................................................................................................................................33
Logging Out of maxView Storage Manager..................................................................................................33
5 Building Your Storage Space.................................................................................................................................34
Overview......................................................................................................................................................34
Choosing a Management System.................................................................................................................34
'Local' or 'Remote'?.........................................................................................................................34
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Document No.: CDP-00278-01-A Rev. A, Issue:
maxView Storage Manager User's Guide
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