Chapter 1 - Product Overview
BlackPearl User Interface
Menu
Available Options
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Users
—Provides controls for creating new S3 user accounts that act as owners
for buckets, editing the login password, and displaying the S3 credentials for
each user.
Status
The
Status
menu provides access to the tools for monitoring the BlackPearl
system in your environment.
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Hardware
—Displays information about the system, its components, tape
libraries and associated tape drives, and disk expansion nodes and associated
disk drives. Selecting the tabs on the Hardware screen displays detailed
component status information.
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Tape Management
—Provides controls for managing the tape media in the tape
library connected to the BlackPearl system.
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S3 Jobs
—Displays information about the status of all S3 jobs currently being
processed by the system.
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Messages
—Displays system messages for the system.
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Performance
—Displays performance metrics for the tape cache, individual
drives, network connections, and the CPUs in the integrated server.
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Reports
—Provides controls for generating reports about the configuration and
status of the system. Reports can be generated in XML or JSON (JavaScript
Object Notation) formats.
Support
The
Support
menu provides access for maintenance and troubleshooting options
for the BlackPearl system.
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Software
—Provides controls for updating the BlackPearl software.
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Activation Keys
—Provides controls for entering activation keys.
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Logs
—Displays any current ASL sets on the system and provides controls for
generating a new log set.
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Documentation
—Displays links to BlackPearl documentation.
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Contact Information
—Displays contact information for Spectra Logic Technical
Support, as well as the part and serial numbers for the system.
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Tools > Data Integrity Verification
—Provides a tool for data integrity
verification of storage pools.
Logout
Logs the current user out of the BlackPearl user interface and returns to the login
screen.
The information in the following table can be found on the Status bar, located at the bottom
of all screens.
Status Bar
Available Options
Hardware
Provides an at-a-glance status of the overall health of the BlackPearl system.
Clicking this link takes you to the Hardware screen.
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