CHAPTER 4: Managing and Monitoring your Autoloader

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On-board Remote Management overview

Important

Only use the Diagnostic command when the autoloader is known to be idle and unavailable to host backup/restore applications. Use of the diagnostic commands from On-board Remote Management should not be issued while the autoloader is being used by host applications. The autoloader recognizes when the drive or autoloader is executing host commands and responds appropriately to prevent application failures. A Diagnostic command being issued between host application commands may not be recognized resulting in a failed application, such as a failed backup/restore job.

Your Gateway® E-824R or E-826R SuperLoader 3 includes an Ethernet interface to permit remote administration of the autoloader. The interface, called On-board Remote Management, includes a Web server that provides a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)-based graphic user interface (GUI) for ease of use.

Many of the operations that you perform from the front panel you can also perform remotely using On-board Remote Management. These functions include moving tapes, accessing sequential operations, accessing system operations options, accessing networking options, accessing security options, running diagnostic tests, and performing system updates.

Important

To log out of the system, you must close your browser to end the session.

Opening On-board Remote Management

Important

When using the On-board Remote Management page with Microsoft Internet Explorer, be sure to enable the Allow META REFRESH option.

On Internet Explorer version 6.0, this feature is controlled through the Tools>Internet Options menu selection under the Security tab.

On-board Remote Management has an HTML interface, which means you use a browser to open it. The following Web browsers are supported:

■For Microsoft Windows—Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

■For Microsoft Windows 2003—Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (with latest security patches)

■Netscape 7.0 or later

■For Redhat® 2.1—Mozilla™ 1.4 or later

■For Solaris — Mozilla 1.4 or later

■Firefox™ 1.0

You need an operator password to access the Commands page, and you need an administrator password to access the Configuration, Diagnostics, and Updates pages (see “Default username and password” on page 55 for On-board Remote Management or “Setting passwords” on page 33 for the front panel).

To open On-board Remote Management:

1From your computer, open your Web browser.

2In the browser's address field, enter the IP address for your autoloader (see “Viewing Ethernet information” on page 50). The Home page appears in your browser window.

Viewing status information

Status information appears on the right-hand side of the Home page and on every page of On-board Remote Management except the Updates page. The status information is updated automatically every 10 seconds. You can also click Refresh Status to get an immediate update of the system.

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