The IBM DS Storage Manager 10 has two management windows: the Enterprise Management Window (EMW) and the Subsystem Management
Window (SMW). 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:
Discovers hosts and storage subsystems automatically on your local sub-network
Provides the ability to manually add and remove hosts and storage subsystems
Monitors the health of storage subsystems and reporting a high-level by using the applicable icons
Provides the ability to configure alert notifications through email or and to report critical events to the configured
Loads the applicable SMW for a selected storage subsystem to allow detailed configuration and management operations
Runs a script to perform batch management tasks on a specific storage subsystem
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:
Devices – Shows discovered storage subsystems and their status. This tab also shows storage subsystems.
Setup – Allows you to perform initial setup tasks for the storage management software.
Subsystem Management Window
The SMW configures and maintains the logical components and the physical components of a storage subsystem. The SMW also lets
you view and define . The SMW performs these management tasks:
Provides the ability to configure logical drives and arrays from your storage capacity
Defines hosts and host groups, granting access to sets of logical drives called storage partitions
Monitors the health of the storage subsystem components and indicates the status of the storage subsystem component using
applicable icons
Provides you with the applicable procedures to recover from a failed logical component or a failed physical component
Presents a view of the storage subsystem Event Log
Presents profile information about the physical components, such as the controllers and the disk drives
Provides controller management options, such as changing the ownership of a logical drive or placing a controller online or
offline
Provides disk drive management options, such as assigning hot spare disk drives and disk drive initialization
Monitors storage subsystem performance
The SMW is specific to an individual storage subsystem. You can manage only a single storage subsystem within the SMW. You
can start other SMWs from the EMW to simultaneously manage several storage subsystems.
The Subsystem Management Window contains five tabs:
Summary – This tab provides a graphical summary of the storage subsystem.
Logical/Physical – This tab is divided into two panes: the Logical pane on the left and the Physical pane on the right. The Logical pane shows
the organization of the storage subsystem by logical drives, arrays, and other logical components. The Physical pane shows
the organization of the storage subsystem by controllers, disk drives, and other hardware components.
Mappings – This tab lets you define host groups, hosts, host bus adapter (HBA) host ports, and other topological elements, and define
and change mappings.
Setup – This tab allows you to perform initial setup tasks for the storage subsystem.
Support – This tab lets you perform troubleshooting, download firmware, and other help tasks.