New Connection

The Server menu

The menu items of the Server menu are listed and described in the following table.

Menu item (action)	Action description

New Connection	Opens the Connection window where you can specify connection settings and
	create a new connection to an FSE implementation:
	• Name: specifies a descriptive name for the connection. This name
	identifies the remote FSE Management Console server system in the object
	tree.
	• Online system: specifies that the connection is established to an online
	FSE implementation, and the FSE Management Console client is in the
	online operational mode.
	• Offline configuration: specifies that the FSE Management Console client is
	in the offline operational mode, without connecting.
	When this option is enabled, other connection settings are made
	unavailable.
	• Hostname: specifies the host name or IP address of the system running the
	FSE Management Console server.
	• User: specifies the name of the user logging in to the FSE Management
	Console server. The user name must be available in the user database of
	the FSE Management Console server in order to be able to establish the
	connection.
	The default user name is admin.
	• Password: specifies the user password.
	The password for the default user is an empty string.
	• Reconnect automatically: specifies if the FSE Management Console client
	should try to reconnect automatically in case the connection is
	unexpectedly terminated.
	• Remember password: specifies if the FSE Management Console client
	should cache the password and not ask for it on subsequent
	reconnections.

Connect	Establishes the connection with the selected FSE Management Console server.

Disconnect	Closes the connection with the selected FSE Management Console server.

Remove Server	Removes the selected system from the object tree.

Exit	Closes the FSE Management Console client.

The Tools menu

The menu items of the Tools menu are listed and described in the following table.

Menu item (action)	Applicable objects	Action description

Set State	Library, drive, and	Displays a submenu with the menu items:
	partition objects.	•	Enable
		•	Enable
		•	Disable

Media	Medium objects.	Displays a submenu with the menu items:
		•	Mark media... Good/Unreliable/Unusable
		• Assign to Media Pool
		•	Remove
		•	Copy Content
		•	Duplicate Media
		•	Recreate FRI
		•	Reorganize
		•	Format And Initialize

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File System Extender (FSE) specifications

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HP File System Extender (FSE) manual New Connection

Models: File System Extender (FSE)

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File System Extender (FSE) specifications