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. When the program starts, the Select Server dialog appears, as shown in the following figure. The remote servers are displayed, along with their IP addresses, operating system, and health status.

> NOTE If you do a local mode installation, as shown in Section Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on WIndows, the following figure does not show. It directly prompts you to the login dialog as shown in the Server Login.

> Figure 5. Select Server

> The Select Server dialog shows an icon for each server on which the MegaRAID Storage Manager software is installed. The servers are color-coded with the following definitions:

> | Green: The server is operating properly.

> | Yellow: The server is running in a partially degraded state (possibly because a drive in a virtual drive has failed).

> | Orange: The server is running in a degraded state.

> | Red: The server storage configuration has failed.

> NOTE Do not enter the Vmware ESXi server’s IP address in the IP Address field in the previous figure. Instead enter a valid MegaRAID Storage Manager server’s IP address and select the Display all the systems in the Network of the local server option in the following figure.

> 1. | Click Configure Host to configure the hosts.

> TheConfigure Host dialog appear.

> Figure 6. Configure Host

> The following options are available to configure the host.

> | Display only the local server – Select this option to display only the Local server or the Server of the IP address entered in the Host View screen.

> | Display the systems from the following favorite list – You can enter the IP Addresses of the servers of choice to discover. It discovers only those servers.

> | Display all the systems in the Network of the local server – Select this option to allow MegaRAID Storage Manager server to start the discovery process of all the available remote servers (including the Vmware ESXi server) in the subnet mentioned MegaRAID Storage Manager server in the host view screen.

> | Display all the ESXi-CIMOM servers in the network of the local server – Select this option to allow MegaRAID Storage Manager server to start the discovery process of all the available Vmware ESXi-CIMOM servers in the subnet mentioned MegaRAID Storage Manager server in the host view screen.

> NOTE On some Windows machines, the discovery of Vmware ESXi servers fail as a result of a bug in the third-party application that is used for discovery. This is caused by one of the Windows servers in the network that contains a service called IBM SLP SA, which gets installed along with the IBM Director. If we stop this service on all the Windows servers in the network, the MegaRAID Storage Manager can discover all the ESXi servers.

> 2. | Click Save Settings to save your setting, or on Cancel to quit without saving.

> If you click Save Settings, a confirmation dialog appears asking you to confirm your settings. ClickOK in the confirmation dialog to start the discovery process.

> 3. | Select the Stop discovery process of remote servers check box and click on Save Settings, to abort the discovery process which has already begun. This check box is enabled only when there is a active discovery process.

> The discovery process might take very long time to complete, you can use this function to abort this process.

> NOTE For the Vmware ESXi, the server icon does not denote the health of the server. The icon is always green regardless of the health of the system. The Vmware ESXi server does not show the system health and the operating system labels. It shows only the host name and the IP address of the server. When connecting to a Vmware ESXi server on a different subnet, one or more frameworks have to be running in the subnet to connect to the CIMOM.

> The Vmware ESXi server appears in the list of found hosts in the Select Server dialog.

> 4. | Double-click the icon of the server that you want to access.

> The Server Login dialog appears.

> Figure 7. Server Login

> 5. | Enter your user name and password.

> The question mark icon opens a dialog box that explains what you need for full access to the server and for view-only access to the server. You are allowed three attempts to Log in.

> NOTE When connected to Vmware operating system, the Server Login window shows only one label for access, Full Access. Multiple users can have full access to the Vmware server.

> 6. | Select an access mode from the drop-down menu for Login Mode, and click Login.

> | Select Full Access if you need to both view and change the current configuration.

> | Select View Only if you need to only view and monitor the current configuration.

> NOTE If the computer is networked, this login is for the computer itself, not the network login.

> Enter the root or administrator user name and password to use Full Access mode.

> NOTE In Linux, users belonging to the root group can log in. You do not have to be the user root.

> If your user name and password are correct for the Login mode you have chosen, the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu appears.

DB15-000917-02-January 2013
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