This e-Learning module will introduce you to the management GUI that helps you to monitor, manage, and configure the systems in the Lenovo Storage V series product. You will learn how to go through the panels and view some of the features and functions before you begin working with the interface.
You can easily access the management GUI by opening a supported web browser and entering one of the system IP addresses. Note that you must enable JavaScript in your browser to use all of the management GUI features. You can connect from any workstation that can communicate with the system.
After you launch the user interface, you log in for the first time using the default user name and password. The default user name is superuser and the password is passw0rd with a zero in the place of the letter "o." You are guided through panels that help you to configure the system. These panels will vary based on the Lenovo Storage V series product that you are using, but by the end of system setup, your system will be configured. During system setup, you will configure the system name and date and time for your system, and review the enclosures that have been detected and the usable storage that is available. You will also have the option to set up call home. Call home automatically notifies IBM Support when events occur on your system. You can set this up any time after system configuration. System setup is a quick and easy way to get the system operational. After you complete system configuration, the task launcher will walk you through creating hosts for your system.
After you have finished setting up the system, the System panel is displayed. Go to the Overview panel. This view is customized to your system and provides an overview of the available system resources. The number of detected items is displayed. Clicking an image reveals additional information about a specific system component. Click Suggested Tasks to view available system configuration tasks. The options available in this menu are dynamically generated, depending on your current configuration.
Each small graphic on the left of the screen represents a group of interface functions. Move your cursor over a graphic to view the available panels. You can work with: monitoring tasks, including performance information; storage pools, including system migration; volumes, displayed by pool or by host; hosts and host mappings; Copy Services, including partnerships and mappings; system access, including user information; and settings, including event notifications.
Go to the System panel to see a visual representation of your system hardware. In this panel, you can also view the allocated and physical capacity of the system. Go to the Performance panel to see charts on statistics such as CPU usage, volume performance, interface performance, and pools, which are labeled as MDisks. Note that if compression is active on your system, the CPU utilization graph can be used to view usage for compressed functions.
You can also use the status bars at the bottom of the panel to quickly view status information. The left bar indicates overall storage allocation. Click the arrows to switch between allocated and virtual storage for the internal drives. The middle bar indicates the tasks that are currently running, and the right bar provides system health status. Move your cursor over any warning or error indicators to view additional information. If you click on the status alert, the event log appears with the highest-priority events prominently displayed.
To manage hardware, go to the System Details panel. You can use this panel to add enclosures and to work with specific hardware components. Click the Actions menu to see a list of actions. These actions include adding an expansion enclosure, viewing a chain, resetting all LEDs, upgrading your machine code, and shutting down your system.
In panels that include columns, you can sort each column by clicking the column heading, reorder them by dragging and dropping a column heading, or you can right-click any column heading to add or remove columns from the table.
You can use the Ctrl key to select multiple items. You can also use the filtering feature to display items that include the text that you enter.
The management GUI includes several pre-established configuration options to choose from. Go to the Volumes panel and click New Volume. There are several options for creating a new volume, which incorporate commonly used parameters. This can help you to save time during the configuration process.
When you initiate a task, the interface displays your percentage of task completion. You can expand the Details field to view the command line interface, or CLI, commands that are running.
Another useful interface feature is integrated Help. If you move your cursor over certain terms or objects, a question mark appears. Moving your cursor over the question mark displays a description of that term. In other areas of the interface, additional information is available through Learn more links. You can also get help at any time by clicking the Help link.
This completes your quick tour of the management GUI, and some of the key features and tasks available to you.
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