CHAPTER 2: Getting Started

Management interfaces

The following management interfaces are used to configure, manage, and monitor the controller module storage solution.

StorView Storage Management software

StorView Storage Management software is a full-featured, graphical, HTML-based, software suite designed to configure, manage, and monitor the controller module storage solution.

StorView provides a centralized local and remote management tool to control primary storage assets vital to ensuring maximum data reliability, network up-time, and system serviceability. This tool also lets you manage and monitor the storage system from a host running StorView locally and from a Web browser across the intranet or Internet.

StorView includes the StorView Server which runs as a background service and is responsible for managing the installed modules.

The StorView Server discovers system storage devices, manages and distributes message logs, and communicates with other StorView Servers installed on the same local and external subnet networks.

A GUI provides the interface in an HTML-based front end which is accessed using a Web browser.

The software incorporates a Web server, Apache 2.0, that provides the interface between the StorView Server and GUI. During installation, the Web server is automatically configured.

For more information, see the Gateway E-842R StorView Storage Management Application User Guide.

RAID controller configuration utility

The controller module firmware-based programs are accessed through a VT-100 terminal or emulation.

VDS

Introduction

VDS (Virtual Disk Service) is a feature of Microsoft Windows Server 2003. It provides a consistent interface for managing storage devices and creating volumes.

The Gateway Hardware Provider for VDS enables Virtual Disk Service to be used with the E-842R RAID controller.

System requirements

Use of the Gateway Hardware Provider for VDS requires the following:

Hardware:

•An enclosure with an E-842R controller. Operating System:

•Windows Server 2003 R2 only. Software:

•A VDS client (optional)

•The Microsoft utility programs Storage Manager for SANs (optional) and DiskRAID (optional).

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