User manual QUANTUM ADIC MANAGEMENT CONSOLE REV A

[. . . ] User's Guide ADIC Management ConsoleTM ADVANCED DIGITAL INFORMATION CORPORATION www. adic. com Copyright © 2002-2005 ADIC The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without prior written consent of ADIC. ADIC shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages (including lost profits) in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of this material whether based on warranty, contract, or other legal theory. [. . . ] The Re-Discover Segments dialog box is displayed. Select the View column to see the segment discovery configuration parameters. 2 Select the checkbox in the Discover column for the segment that you are rediscovering. If you selected OK, a rediscovery warning is issued. Messages in the Status/Message Area keep you posted during the discovery. For more information on this area, refer to Status/Message Area on page 35. When discovery has completed, Discovery Process Finished appears in the Status/Message Area. Discovering a particular appliance 1 2 3 Select the Admin menu, point to Discover SAN, then select Discover Appliance. The Discover Appliance dialog box is displayed. Type the IP address of the appliance you wish to discover into the text box. If the appliance is already in the current view of the current portal, a message reports that fact. If the appliance is not in the current view, it is added to the master portal affiliated with the current view. Appliances added to a view by using Discover Appliance do not automatically become permanent members of the view, even if the view is saved after they have been discovered. To make them permanent, use Modify Discovery Configuration to add their IP addresses to the discovery configuration string. Note Configuring the SNMP Community Strings SNMP community strings are a part of the software agent's messaging functionality that serve to group network devices into logical collections for management purposes. The community strings on the server must match those on the appliance(s) you wish to manage. Do not edit the SNMP Community Strings values without consulting your ADIC customer service representative. CAUTION 60 Performing Administrative Tasks Two configurable strings are defined: · · Read allows AMC to get information from appliances with matching Read community strings. Write allows AMC to manipulate the settings of appliances with matching Write community strings. The appliance can maintain 32 Read and 32 Write community strings. Incorrect adjustment of the SNMP Community Strings can prevent the AMC from managing your system. CAUTION 1 Log on as SAN administrator. Note Portal administrators, power users and basic users are not authorized to use this command. For user privileges, refer to Table 2 on page 40. 2 3 4 Select an appliance in the navigation panel listing. Select the Admin menu, and then select the SNMP Community Strings command. The Change SNMP Community Strings dialog box is displayed. Edit the settings as appropriate, then select OK. To cancel edits to the SNMP Community Strings settings, select Cancel. Managing the SAN Appliance Certain functions are available by right-clicking the appliance you want to manage. [. . . ] Received event traps A named window that is always opened when the AMC client is running. In it, events that are configured to precipitate traps are displayed. Events must have been previously configured to produce traps in order to display in this window. Navigation panel The left half of the AMC window, where SAN components are listed in a highly conventionalized visual/ textual format. [. . . ]