The HiCommand Management Framework and Hitachi Resource Manager System Management Software
performed at cache speeds, with no disk latency delay. With FlashAccess software, a portion of cache memory can be allocated to specific data. Users can add, delete, or change FlashAccess software managed data at any time, quickly and easily.
Defined by the LUN for open systems, cache data can be as small as a single track or as large as an entire volume. For increased configuration flexibility, FlashAccess software offers multiple modes of operation.
9. Remote Console – Storage Navigator
The Lightning 9900 V Series Remote Console – Storage Navigator is provided as a Sun Java®-applet program, which can execute on any machine that supports a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The Remote Console – Storage Navigator PC hosts the Remote Console – Storage Navigator Java-applet program and is attached to the Lightning 9900 V Series system(s) via a TCP/IP local-area network (LAN). When a Remote Console – Storage Navigator accesses and logs into the desired service processor (SVP), the Remote Console applet is downloaded from the SVP to the Remote and runs on the Web browser of the Remote Console PC. In this way, the Remote Console communicates with the attached Lightning 9900 V Series systems via a TCP/IP network.
Two LANs can be attached to the Lightning 9900 V Series and Thunder 9500 V Series systems: an internal LAN (private LAN), which is used to connect the SVPs of multiple systems, and the user’s intranet (public LAN), which allows you to access the Remote Console – Storage Navigator functions from individual Remote Console – Storage Navigator PCs. The Remote Console – Storage Navigator communicates directly with the SVP of each attached system to obtain system configuration and status information and send user-requested commands to the system. The Lightning 9900 V Series systems’ Remote Console – Storage Navigator Java-applet program is downloaded to the Remote Console – Storage Navigator (Web client) from the SVP (Web server) each time the Remote Console
– Storage Navigator is connected to the SVP. The Remote Console – Storage Navigator Java-applet program runs on Web browsers, such as Internet Explorer® and Netscape® Navigator®, which run under the Microsoft® Windows NT®, Windows® 2000, and Sun™ Solaris™ operating systems to provide a user-friendly interface for the Lightning 9900 V Series Remote Console – Storage Navigator functions.
10.Hitachi Graph-Track™Software Takes the Guesswork Out of Performance Management
As the cornerstone of the software utilities of the Resource Manager software suite, the Hitachi Graph-Track GUI is widely recognized as user friendly. Icons and pull-down menus define and display data, while point-and-click capabilities and online help further enhance its ease of use. All Graph-Track data can be exported in several formats quickly and effortlessly, for use in other data analysis and reporting programs.
Graph-Track software gives users a more reliable and centralized way to manage performance. Available for S/390, UNIX, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 environments, this unique tool monitors hardware performance and supplies complete system-storage information at the touch of a button. The robust GUI-oriented command screen for Graph-Track is shown in Figure 29. Running on a PC attached to a dedicated LAN, Graph-Track software displays real-time or historical data for all connected Lightning 9900 V Series systems, helping users identify important peaks in utilization and ongoing trends in processing. With Graph-Track software, users can analyze discrete storage activities and determine the precise impact of each activity on system operations. It
