Using the Storage Navigator GUI
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Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Hitachi Storage Navigator User’s Guide
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Polling period for checking exclusive lock -
Specify the polling period
for monitoring who is changing information while in
Modify
mode when
other users are viewing the storage system information in
View
mode. The
Locked
and
Unlocked
icons are automatically updated either when a user
who is in
Modify
mode logs out from Storage Navigator or changes to
View
–
The default time period is
35 seconds
. You can specify
5
to
60
in 5-
second increments, or
70
to
120
in 10-second increments. The shorter
the time period you specify, the more frequently the Lock/Unlock status
is updated, but this does increase network traffic.
–
Specify
NO
to disable this parameter.
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Polling period for checking obstacles -
Specify a time interval to
monitor the Disk Controller and Disk Array Unit status, which is displayed
by the
status lamp
icon on the Status window of the Storage Navigator
main window.
–
The default time period is
110 seconds
. You can specify
5
to
60
seconds in 5-second increments, and
70
to
120
seconds in 10-second
increments for the parameter.
–
Specify
NO
to disable this parameter. We recommend that you select
NO
when the check box of
Option to hide Status window
is selected.
•
Option to hide Status window -
Specify whether to display the Status
window (see Figure 3-6). If the
Hide Status window
check box is
selected, the
Status
tab does not appear in the Storage Navigator main
window. By default, the check box is cleared. We recommend that you
select
NO
for
Polling period for checking obstacles
when the check box
of
Option to hide Status window
is selected.
•
Submit -
Submits the settings that you have set.
You need to log out from Storage Navigator once and log in again for the
new settings to take effect.
•
Reset -
Resets Storage Navigator settings to the defaults.
