Bringing Up the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software : MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus : Discovery and Login

Discovery and Login

You can start the MegaRAID Storage Manager software from a remote 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.

Figure 6. 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:

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Green: The server is operating properly.

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

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Orange: The server is running in a degraded state.

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Red: The server storage configuration has failed.

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Click Configure Host to configure the hosts.

TheConfigure Host dialog appear.

Figure 7. Configure Host

The following options are available to configure the host.

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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. Click OK in the confirmation dialog to start the discovery process.

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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.

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

The Server Login window appears.

Figure 8. Server Login

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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.

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

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

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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.