Dell MD3200, MD3220 owner manual Enterprise Management Window

Enterprise Management Window

The EMW provides high-level management of storage arrays. When you start MDSM, the EMW opens. The EMW has these tabs:

•Devices tab—Provides information about the storage arrays.

•Setup tab—Presents the initial setup tasks that guide you through adding storage arrays and configuring alerts.

The Devices tab has a Tree view on the left side of the window that shows discovered storage arrays, unidentified storage arrays, and the status conditions for the storage arrays. Discovered storage arrays are managed by MDSM. Unidentified storage arrays are available to MDSM but not configured for management. The right side of the Devices tab has a Table view that shows detailed information for each storage array.

In the EMW, you can:

•Discover hosts and managed storage arrays on the local sub-network.

•Manually add and remove hosts and storage arrays.

•Locate the storage arrays.

•Name or Rename discovered storage arrays.

•Add storage array comments to the Table view.

•Sort rows in the Table view according to different criteria.

•Store your EMW view preferences and configuration data in local configuration files. The next time you open the EMW, data from the local configuration files is used to show customized view and preferences.

•Monitor the status of managed storage arrays and indicate status using appropriate icons.

•Add or remove management connections.

•Configure alert notifications for all selected storage arrays through e-mail or SNMP traps.

•Report critical events to the configured alert destinations.

•Launch the AMW for a selected storage array.

•Run a script to perform batch management tasks on specific storage arrays.

•Import the operating system theme settings into the MDSM.

•Upgrade firmware on multiple storage arrays concurrently.

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