Discovery and Login

> Discovery and Login

> You can start the MegaRAID Storage Manager software from a remote Windows/ Linux machine that has the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installed in complete mode.

> 1. | On the Host View dialog that appears, click Configure Hosts. The Configure Host window appears as shown below.

> Figure 7. Configure Host

> 2. | Select one of the following options from Display preferences.

> | Display only the local server – Discovers only the local MegaRAID Storage Manager server.

> | Display the systems from the following favorite list – Allows you to enter IP addresses of the MegaRAID Storage Manager servers and discovers only those servers. You can enter an IP address in the Enter IP Address field and click Add.Theserver corresponding to the IP address appears in theFavorite list.

> | Display all the systems in the network of local server – Discovers all the MegaRAID Storage Manager servers available in the network.

> | Display all the ESXi-CIMOM servers in the network of local server – Discovers the local MegaRAID Storage Manager server and all the available ESXi servers in the network.

> NOTE If the controller supports High Availability clustering, and you want to view the cluster information in a single pane, you need to select theDisplay the systems from the following favorite list option option or the Display all the systems in the network of local server option.

> 3. | Click Save Settings. A confirmation dialog appears asking you to confirm your settings.

> 4. | Click OK in the confirmation dialog to start the discovery process. After the discovery process is completed, the servers appear in the Host View dialog.

> NOTE Do not enter the VMware ESXi server’s IP address in the IP Address field. Instead enter a valid MegaRAID Storage Manager server’s IP address and select the Display all the ESXi-CIMOM servers in the network of local serve option in The Configure Host window (see Figure 1).

> 5. | Double click a server. The following figure appears.

> Figure 8. Login on the Host Server

> 6. | Enter the root account name and password of the host in the User Name and Password fields respectively.

> NOTE In the User Name field, you can also enter the domain name along with the user name. As an example, LSI\abc, where LSI is the Domain Name and abc is your user name.

> 7. | Click Login.

> After you log in, the dashboard view provides an overview of the system and covers the properties of the virtual drives and the physical drives, the total capacity, configured capacity, unconfigured capacity, background operations in progress, the MegaRAID Storage Manager software features and their status (enabled or disabled), and the actions you can perform, such as creating a virtual drive and updating the firmware.

DB09000202-21, Rev 2.2, July 2015
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