Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 User Guide

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Password protection
Password Protection is a feature that can be used on some older Hitachi 
Data Systems storage systems that prevents Navigator 2 users who do not 
have the proper permissions to access storage systems on which password 
protection is set. 
Password Protection can also be used to prevent simultaneous access to an 
storage system by more than one user. This feature is not used to control...

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Changing a password associated with password protection
To change the password associated with a Password Protection 
User ID
1. In the Explorer tree, click Settings > Password Protection. The 
Password Protection window appears.
2. In the Password Protection window, select one or more users whose 
passwords you want to change and check the Change Password box.
3. Enter a new password for each selected user....

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Deleting a user ID
To delete the Password Protection user ID
1. In the Explorer tree, click Settings > Password Protection. The 
Password Protection window appears.
2. In the Password Protection window, click the icon next to each user ID 
that you want to delete.
3. Click Delete User ID. A warning message appears.
4. In the displayed message box, read the confirmation and warnings, then 
click the check box to...

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Managing Storage Systems
This chapter describes how to manage Hitachi AMS 2000 Family 
storage systems using Navigator 2
The topics covered in this chapter are:
ˆUnderstanding the Arrays window
ˆRebooting storage systems
ˆShowing and configuring storage systems
ˆEditing storage system settings
ˆFiltering storage systems 

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Understanding the Arrays window
Each time Navigator 2 starts after the initial startup, it searches its database 
for existing storage systems and displays them in the Arrays window (see 
Figure 7-1 on page 7-3). If another Navigator 2 window is displayed, you 
can redisplay the Arrays window by clicking Resource in the Explorer 
pane.
The Arrays window provides a central location for you to view the settings 
and status of the...

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Figure 7-1:  Example of the Arrays Window
Rebooting storage systems
You can reboot a storage system from the Arrays window. 
To reboot a storage system
1. Stop all host I/O to the storage system you want to reboot.
2. In the left column of the Arrays widow, click the check box next to the 
storage system you want to reboot. You can reboot only one storage 
system at a time.
3. Click Reboot Array. A precautionary messages...

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Showing and configuring storage systems
Using the Show & Configure Array button at the bottom of the Arrays 
window, you can display the Common Array Tasks menu for performing 
typical tasks. This button is functionally equivalent to clicking the name of 
a storage system under the Array Name column of the Arrays window.
When you select a storage system on the Arrays window and click Show & 
Configure Array, a window similar to...

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Figure 7-2:  Example of Common Array Tasks Menu
Editing storage system settings
You can edit the settings, such as the storage system’s name, controller IP 
addresses, and port settings, for a storage system from the Arrays window. 
You can also enable or disable error monitoring for the storage system.
To enable or disable error monitoring
1. In the left column of the Arrays widow, click the check box next to the 
storage...

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Figure 7-3:  Example of the Edit Array Window
3. Complete the fields in the window (see Table 7-2).
4. Click OK.
Table 7-2:  Edit Array Settings
FieldDescription
Array Name Name assigned to the array that appears in 
the Array Name column in the Arrays window 
and elsewhere in Navigator 2.
Group Name of the group to which this storage 
system belongs.
IP Address OR Host Name of controller IP address or host name of this storage...