Startup and Main Menu : Logging in to a Server

Logging in to a Server

When you start a client or server installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software, the Select Server window appears, as shown in Figure 6. The remote servers display, along with their IP address, operating system, and health status.

Figure 6 Select Server Window

 

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The Select Server window shows an icon for each server on which the MegaRAID Storage Manager software is installed. The icons for the servers are color-coded as follows:

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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.

To log in to a server, follow these steps:

1.

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

The Server Login window appears.

2.

Select an access mode from the drop-down menu.

a.

Select Full Access to view the current server configuration and to change the configuration.

b.

Select View Only to view and to monitor the storage configuration.

3.

Enter your user name and password, and click Login.

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.

If the computer is networked, this is the login to the computer, not the network login.

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

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NOTE To access servers on a different subnet, type the IP address of a server in the desired subnet where the MegaRAID Storage Manager software is running in the box at the bottom of the Server Select screen and click Discover Host.

For the VMware CIMOM, the server button does not denote the health of the server. The button is always green regardless of the health of the system. The VMware 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 server on a different subnet, one or more Frameworks have to be running in the subnet to connect to the CIMOM

4.

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

The Server Login window appears.

5.

Select an access mode from the drop-down menu.

a.

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

b.

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

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

6.

Enter your user name and password, and click Login.

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

7.

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

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NOTE In Linux, if you belong to the root user group, you can log in; you do not need to be a user with the username "root."

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