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Managing Storage Through the Web

The web-based storage management capability enables you to conveniently manage the array through the web without having to load the entire Sun StorEdge Configuration Service package. The following steps describe how to set up the array for web-based management and how to access it through a web browser.

NOTE: This feature requires Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager Topology Reporter to be installed, which is included in the Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager software. Refer to the Other Supported Software section in the Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Release Notes for your array for more information.

NOTE: This feature is not supported on the Linux OS; that is, if the agent has been installed on a Linux OS, the Configure Web Server option on the Custom Configure window is unavailable. You can use a Linux OS web browser to load the console, but the agent must be installed on a Solaris OS.

Web Browser Requirements

UNIX OS

  • Netscape Navigator 4.79
  • Java Plug-in 1.2.2_02 software

    NOTE: For an IBM AIX OS, Java Plug-in software versions earlier than 1.3 are not supported.

Windows 2000 Operating Systems

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (Versions earlier than 5.0 are not supported)
  • Java Plug-in 1.2.2_02 software

    or

  • Netscape Navigator 4.76
  • Java Plug-in 1.2.2_02 software

Setting Up the Array

Although the entire Sun StorEdge Configuration Service package isn't required to be loaded on the machine that is going to be used to access the array from the web, a few Sun StorEdge Configuration Service files are needed; therefore, the entire package must be installed on another server so you can transfer files from it to the array. The following procedure describes how to conveniently transfer the necessary files to set up web management.

  1. Make sure you have an Ethernet connection from the network to the array and you have established an IP address for it.
  2. From the server that has the entire package installed, choose Configuration Service > Custom Configure.
  3. Select Configure Web Server.
  4. Verify the IP address of the managing agent, which is the agent that is running on the server directly attached to the storage.
  5. Enter the IP address of the array where the files are going to be transferred and click OK.
  6. NOTE: By default there is no password for the array. If you have created one using the firmware application, you must enter it.

    After the files are transferred successfully, a confirmation message is displayed, and the console can now be accessed through the web.

Accessing the Array

  1. Open the web browser.
  2. Type the following URL address:
  3. http://ip address of controller/esm.html

  4. Continue monitoring, maintaining, and updating storage as explained in the Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Configuration Service User's Guide.
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