What are the Enterprise Management Window and the Subsystem Management Window?

The Enterprise Management Window (EMW) and the Subsystem Management Window (SMW) are the two main views in the storage management software. The EMW and the SMW let you configure, manage, and maintain your storage subsystem.

Enterprise Management Window

The EMW is the first window to appear when you start the storage management software. The EMW performs these management tasks:

A local configuration file stores all of the information about storage subsystems that you have added and any email or SNMP destinations that you have configured.

The Enterprise Management Window contains two tabs:

Subsystem Management Window

The SMW configures and maintains the logical and physical components of a storage subsystem. The SMW also lets you view and define . The SMW performs these management tasks:

The SMW is specific to an individual storage subsystem. You can manage only a single storage subsystem within an SMW. You can start other SMWs from the EMW to simultaneously manage several storage subsystems.

The Subsystem Management Window contains five tabs: