Contents
Preface................................................................................................... 13
Intended audience............................................................................................. 13
Product version..................................................................................................13
Release notes....................................................................................................13
Changes in this revision.....................................................................................14
Referenced documents......................................................................................14
Document conventions...................................................................................... 14
Conventions for storage capacity values........................................................... 16
Accessing product documentation.....................................................................17
Getting help........................................................................................................17
Comments..........................................................................................................17
Chapter 1: System administration overview...................................... 19
System management architecture..................................................................... 19
Ways to administer the storage system............................................................. 20
Overview of Storage Advisor........................................................................20
Unified management of block storage and file storage...........................21
Dashboard...............................................................................................22
Inventory and resource information........................................................ 27
Device Manager - Storage Navigator........................................................... 27
Maintenance utility........................................................................................28
NAS Manager...............................................................................................29
Chapter 2: Preparing your management software.............................31
Configuring Storage Advisor..............................................................................31
Configuring Device Manager - Storage Navigator............................................. 31
Setting up a management client...................................................................31
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System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models 3