Installation : Discovery and login

Discovery and login

You can start the MegaRAID Storage Manager software from a remote Windows/ Linux machine that has the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installed in complete mode.

1.

On the Host View dialog that appears, click Configure Hosts. The Configure Host window appears as shown below.

Figure 2 Configure Host

2.

Select Display all the systems in the network of local server.

 

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NOTE On some Windows machines, the discovery of VMware ESXi servers fail as a result of a bug in the third- party application that is used for discovery. This is caused by one of the Windows servers in the network which contains a service called IBM SLP SA, which gets installed along with the IBM Director. If we stop this service on all the Windows servers in the network, the MegaRAID Storage Manager will be able to discover all the ESXi servers.

3.

Click Save Settings. A confirmation dialog appears asking you to confirm your settings. Click OK in the confirmation dialog to start the discovery process.

The ESXi server appears in the list of found hosts, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 3 Host View

 

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NOTE Do not enter the VMware ESXi server’s IP address in the IP Address field. Instead enter a valid MegaRAID Storage Manager server’s IP address and select the Display all the systems in the Network of the local server option in Figure 2.

 

 

4.

Double click your ESXi host. The following figure appears.

Figure 4 Login on the Host Server

 

5.

Enter the root account name and password of the ESXi Host in the User Name and Password fields respectively.

6.

Click Login.

After you log in, the dashboard view provides an overview of the system and covers the properties of the virtual drives and the physical drives, the total capacity, configured capacity, unconfigured capacity, background operations in progress, the MegaRAID Storage Manager software features and their status (enabled or disabled), and the actions you can perform, such as creating a virtual drive and updating the firmware.