Remote Management for Data Centers Disha Bhardwaj Managing

Remote Management for Data Centers Disha Bhardwaj

Managing Your Storage Space using max. View Enterprise Manager (Clip #1 b) Hello and welcome to this video on how max. View Storage Manager helps you to manage the remote systems in your storage space. Transition to next clip

Introduction (Clip#2 a) max. View Storage Manager includes proactive failure notification, supports all standard browsers, and is also available as a standalone application and an offline USB boot image. Transition to next clip

Introduction (Clip#2 b) max. View Storage Manager components include the max. View GUI, an ARCCONF command-line tool, an event monitor for logging events and email alerts, a v. Sphere plugin, Redfish server and a CIM provider. Transition to next clip

Outline (Clip #3) This video captures: 1. How to add a remote system manually 2. How to change the autodiscovery settings? 3. How to add multiple remote systems when the auto discovery is ON. 4. And, how to remove a remote system using max. View GUI? Transition to next clip 1. How to manually add a remote system using max. View GUI? 2. How to change the auto-discovery settings? 3. How to add multiple remote system using max. View GUI? 4. How to remove a remote system?

Adding a Remote System (Clip # 4) Let us talk about adding a remote system. There are two ways of adding a remote system. We can either add a system manually or add multiple systems discovered via auto-discovery. max. View Storage Manager has a wizard to manage the remote systems in your storage space. The wizard simplifies the process of connecting to remote systems from the local system and adding them to the Enterprise View. However, max. View Storage Manager also has an “auto-discovery” engine that runs in the background, periodically searching your network for systems running the max. View Redfish server. We will talk about each process in the upcoming slides. Transition to next clip

Manually Adding a Remote System (Clip #5 a) Now, let us see the procedure of adding a remote system manually on your network. Transition to next clip

Manually Adding a Remote System (Clip #5 b) To manually add a remote system, login to your max. View storage manager GUI. 1. On the ribbon, in the Home group, click Add System. Transition to next clip

Manually Adding a Remote System (Clip #5 c) 2. 3. Enter the system name and login credentials in the space provided. Sie können das Verwaltungsprotokoll aus der Dropdown-Liste auswählen, die Portnummer angeben und dann auf Add (Hinzufügen) klicken. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Transition to next clip

Manually Adding a Remote System (Clip #5 d) max. View Storage Manager connects to the remote system and adds it to the Enterprise View. Transition to next clip

Changing Auto-Discovery Settings (Clip# 6 a) The next topic covers how to change auto-discovery settings. Auto-discovery in max. View Storage Manager, is disabled by default. You can enable or disable auto-discovery feature if desired and configure the auto-discovery settings. When enabled, the auto discovery task runs in the background periodically searching network for the available remote systems. Transition to next clip

Changing Auto-Discovery Settings (Clip# 6 b) To change the auto-discovery settings on a system: 1. Select the Enterprise View node. 2. On the ribbon, in the System group, click System Settings. The System Settings window opens for that system. Transition to next clip

Changing Auto-Discovery Settings (Clip# 6 c) 3. 4. 5. Select Enable Auto Discovery option to enable/disable autodiscovery. To update the auto-discovery settings, in the Auto Discovery Interval field, enter the number of seconds between each autodiscovery check. This number determines how often max. View Storage Manager checks for changes in remote system resources. Click OK to save the changes. Transition to next clip

Adding Multiple Remote Systems Discovered via Auto-Discovery (Clip# 7 a) Now, let's talk about adding multiple remote systems simultaneously when auto discovery is enabled in max. View. The auto-discovery engine searches for the available systems in the same network. To add multiple remote systems: Transition to next clip

Adding Multiple Remote Systems Discovered via Auto-Discovery (Clip# 7 b) Select the Enterprise View node. 2. On the ribbon, in the Home group, click Add System. The list of discovered systems with their System Name/IP Address will appear under the Discovered tab. 3. Select the system name(s) and specify the login credentials. You can select Single Sign-On option to specify the User Name and Password for all the selected systems that have same credentials. Also note, Single sign-on option is enabled only when more than one system is selected. Otherwise, you can also specify each system's credentials manually. 4. Then, click Add. The remote system gets added to the Enterprise view node. 1. Transition to next clip

Removing a Remote System (Clip# 8 a) If you no longer want to manage a remote system, you can also remove it from the Enterprise View. The following instructions show to remove a remote system. Transition to next clip

Removing a Remote System (Clip# 8 b) To remove a remote system: 1. On the ribbon, in the Home group, click Delete System. 2. Select the system(s) you want to remove. To select all systems in the list, click the checkbox at the top of the window. 3. Click Delete. max. View Storage Manager removes the remote system(s) from the Enterprise View. Transition to next clip

Conclusion (Clip# 9) Thank you for watching this video on how to add and remove remote systems from your network using max. View User Interface. For more information about Smart Storage products or max. View Storage Manager, please visit us at microchip. com/smartstorage.