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This monitoring application is based on Java. A separate document, the Web Interface Guide , provides
expanded information about this interface.
Monitoring by using SNMP
Your storage system supports the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which is the dominant
network management protocol.
The industry accepts this protocol because of its relative simplicity. SNMP standards provide a
framework for the definition of management information along with a protocol for the exchange of that
information. The storage system is compatible with SNMP v2c.
The SNMP model contains managers and agents . A manager is a software module responsible for
managing the configuration on behalf of the network management application users. Agents are devices,
such as your storage system, which is responsible for maintaining local management information and
delivering that information to a manager by SNMP. Both the manager and the agent can initiate
management information exchanges.
Managers can access statistical information from the storage system through its management information
base (MIB). For more information, see the SNMP Guide.
Web interface basics
Learn about the tasks you can complete by using the web interface.
Acquiring the system IP address
To use the web interface, you must connect to it over your network.
About this task
To acquire the IP address of the storage system by using the front panel display, complete the following
steps:
Procedure
1. Press the Menu button to display the Main Menu pane. Use the arrow buttons to find the System
Info option, and then press the Select button.
2. Use the
↓
button to scroll until you see the
Eth0 P
line and the lines below it.
3.
Take note of the IP address.
Accessing the web interface
You can access the web interface from any web browser that supports Sun Java v1.5 or later.
About this task
To open the web interface, complete the following steps:
Procedure
1. Download the Sun Java plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows and for both Linux and
Windows versions of Firefox. To obtain the latest Sun Java plug-in, go to http://www.java.com.
2. Using a standard web browser with the Sun Java plug-in, set the address to your IP address. The
System Login pane is shown. The storage system is initially configured with a default admin user
defined as User: admin and Password: password
3.
Log in. The web interface opening pane is shown.
4. Expand or select the storage system icon in the system tree.
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