NEC VERSA S1300 Series, Quick Reference Manual

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Functions of NEC Storage Manager 5-5
Immediately after an iSM client is connected with the iSM server, the user level
is displayed on the iSM client’s status bar. Only functions available at this level
can be executed. Only level-3 users are permitted to execute the configuration
setting function.
Figure 5-3 User Level Display on the Status Bar
Basic Functions of NEC Storage Manager
The basic functions of NEC Storage Manager include the following functions
required for operating disk arrays. Refer to Chapter 3 “Basic Functions” of
Section A in the “NEC Storage Manager User’s Manual” for more information
on each function described below.
Configuration Display
The configuration display function is a basic function of NEC Storage Manager
that displays the configuration of physical resources making up a disk array,
and logical disks recognized by the business server. Since multiple disk array
configurations can be managed, the disk arrays can be centrally monitored in
the same view through the iSM client.
For details, refer to “Configuration Display” in Chapter 3 of Section A in the
“NEC Storage Manager User’s Manual”.
State Monitoring
The state monitoring function monitors the occurrences of the following events
in the disk arrays to be managed by NEC Storage Manager:
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State transition in components
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Changing of disk array names, logical disk names, and port names
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Configuration change
When detecting any of the above events, the state monitoring function reflects
information about the detected event onto the configuration management screen
of the iSM client. At the same time, the function outputs the message indicating
the event to various logs, and performs link processing such as execution of the
script file whenever the event is detected.