Part 3. User Interfaces - IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Administrator's Manual

Part 3. User interfaces

The NAS Gateway 500 provides three different simplified user interfaces for
configuration and management:
v Command Line Interface (CLI)
v System Management Interface Tool (SMIT)
v Web-Based System Manager (WebSM)
The various tasks for day-to-day management are performed by a NAS
Administrator from one or more of these user interfaces, and in many cases are
available in all three user interfaces.
The task descriptions in Part 4, "Managing the NAS Gateway 500," on page 87
typically describe at least one way to accomplish a task even though it might be
possible to accomplish the same task using other user interfaces. See Appendix B,
"Command shortcuts using SMIT fastpath and WebSM," on page 259 for a list of
the CLI commands and the associated SMIT and WebSM interface instructions.
The NAS Gateway 500 operates in headless mode. The user interfaces are
typically accessed from another host machine connected to the NAS Gateway 500
using a network connection. For the command line and SMIT, you can use telnet or
attach a console to serial port 1 to access these interfaces on the NAS Gateway
500. For WebSM, you use a graphics-capable machine with the WebSM client
installed.
This section contains the following chapters:
v Chapter 16, "Command line interface," on page 77 provides information about the
v Chapter 17, "Using System Management Interface Tool," on page 79 describes
v Chapter 18, "Using WebSM after initial configuration," on page 83 describes how
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CLI.
how to use SMIT.
to use WebSM.
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