NEC VERSA S1300 Series, Quick Reference Manual

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System Configuration of NEC Storage Manager 4-5
NEC Storage BaseProduct
NEC Storage BaseProduct includes a storage control software program, which
is responsible for the basic control of disk arrays, and the NEC Storage
Manager software program, which monitors the basic state of disk arrays.
The storage control software program performs basic control such as host
interface control, disk control, RAID control, logical disk control, and cache
control for disk arrays. NEC Storage Manager is described in the section below.
For details, refer to the “NEC Storage Manager User’s Manual”.
The “NEC Storage BaseProduct” software program is required for
operating the disk arrays of the NEC Storage S1300/S2300 series.
NEC Storage Manager
NEC Storage Manager is a software program that allows you to monitor the
basic state of NEC Storage disk arrays.
NEC Storage Manager has the following functions:
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Centralized management of storage
Manages multiple disk arrays (up to 64) of the NEC Storage series
through a single control server.
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Storage state management and configuration management
Centrally manages the storage state and configuration information,
and displays the information through the GUI under Windows.
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Configuration setting
Enables users to arbitrarily set a storage internal configuration.
Users can build logical disks from physical disks through the GUI
under Windows. Available functions depend on the model of the
NEC Storage series. For details, refer to Section B of the “NEC
Storage Manager User’s Manual”.