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Setting up the storage system environment

To use the various storage system functions, register your license key for the software product. You can also set the method by which alert notifications are sent in the event of a failure, and edit the message displayed in the login window. The following figure shows this workflow.

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Installing a software product

Register the license key for optional software so you can use the additional features.

Before you begin

Have available the license key code or the license key file for the software product to be installed.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation bar, click GUID-86A03C30-5E3C-4836-88C3-5B6794E8056F-low.gif (Settings), and then select Licenses.

  2. In the maintenance utility, click Install.

  3. Specify the license key code or the license key file, and register the license key.

  4. In the list of license keys, confirm that the status of the software product has changed to Installed.

  5. In the maintenance utility, click Log Out.

Enabling or disabling a license key

You can enable or disable the license key (Term key) of a software product that has not yet expired.

  1. In the navigation bar, click GUID-86A03C30-5E3C-4836-88C3-5B6794E8056F-low.gif (Settings), and then select Licenses.

  2. In the maintenance utility, select the software product whose status you want to change. Then, click Enable to enable the license or Disable to disable the license.

  3. In the license key list, verify that the status of the software product has changed to Installed (Enabled) or Installed (Disabled).

  4. In the maintenance utility, click Log Out.

Uninstalling a software product

You can uninstall software products that are no longer used.

  1. In the navigation bar, click GUID-86A03C30-5E3C-4836-88C3-5B6794E8056F-low.gif (Settings), and then select Licenses.

  2. In the maintenance utility, select the software product to be uninstalled, and then click Remove.

  3. In the list of license keys, confirm that the status of the software product has changed to Not Installed.

  4. In the maintenance utility, click Log Out.

Setting the alert notification

You can send SIMs (Service Information Messages) to the administrator by using emails, syslog outputs, and SNMP traps.

SIMs are messages that are generated when the controller of the storage system detects an error or requests a service. Messages may be output from channels, ports, or microprocessors of the storage system. They indicate maintenance required for the storage system and identify actions to take when a failure occurs.

Before you begin

  • Identify the SIM associated with the alert notification.
  • For email notifications:
    • Make sure port 25 of the SMTP mail server is free.
    • Identify the mail server information and the email addresses of the sender and receivers.
  • For syslog output:
    • Make sure the port used for forwarding messages to the syslog server is free.
    • Identify the syslog server information and the settings for communicating with the syslog server.
  • For SNMP notifications:
    • Make sure the SNMP manager to which notifications are to be sent has been configured.
    • Identify the information for sending and receiving SNMP traps.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation bar, click GUID-86A03C30-5E3C-4836-88C3-5B6794E8056F-low.gif (Settings), and then select Alert Notifications.

  2. In the maintenance utility, click Set Up. GUID-909B2E43-C5A2-4CDC-AF90-002DDDD51626-low.png

  3. Click the tab for the desired notification method (Email, Syslog, or SNMP), specify the required information and selections, and then click Apply.

    You can specify multiple notification methods.

  4. To verify that the notification settings are correct, send a test notification by using the notification method that was set.

  5. In the maintenance utility, click Log Out.

Modifying the login message

You can modify the message that displays in the login window of Storage Advisor Embedded. This is the same message that displays in the login window of the maintenance utility.

  1. In the navigation bar, click GUID-86A03C30-5E3C-4836-88C3-5B6794E8056F-low.gif (Settings), and then select Maintenance Utility.

  2. From Menu, click System Management Edit Login Message. GUID-0A26691C-FC17-445D-81D8-C291EAA37FB5-low.png

  3. Modify the login message.

  4. In the maintenance utility, click Log Out.

 

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