SANtricity software overview
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E-Series systems include SANtricity software for storage provisioning and other tasks.
SANtricity software consists of these management interfaces:
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System Manager — a web-based interface used for managing one controller in a storage array.
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Unified Manager — a web-based interface used for viewing and managing all storage arrays in your network.
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Web Services Proxy — a REST API used for viewing and managing all storage arrays in your network.
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Command line interface (CLI) — a software application for configuring and monitoring storage arrays.
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EF600 and EF300 storage arrays do not support mirroring, thin volumes, or SSD Cache features. |
SANtricity System Manager
System Manager is web-based management software embedded on each controller. To access the user interface, point a browser to the controller's IP address. A setup wizard helps you get started with system configuration.
System Manager offers a variety of management features, including:
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View up to 30 days of performance data, including I/O latency, IOPS, CPU utilization, and throughput. |
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Provision storage using pools or volume groups, and create application workloads. |
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Perform backup and disaster recovery using snapshots, volume copy, and remote mirroring. |
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Check component status and perform some functions related to those components, such as assigning hot spare drives. |
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Notify administrators about important events occurring on the storage array. Alerts can be sent through email, SNMP traps, and syslog. |
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Configure user authentication that requires users to log in to the system with assigned credentials. |
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Configure other system performance features, such as SSD cache and autoload balancing. |
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View diagnostic data, manage upgrades, and configure AutoSupport, which monitors the health of a storage array and sends automatic dispatches to technical support. |
SANtricity Unified Manager
Unified Manager is web-based software used for managing your entire domain. From a central view, you can see status for all newer E-Series and EF-Series arrays, such as the E4000, E2800, EF280, EF300, E5700, EF570, and EF600. You can also perform batch operations on selected storage arrays.
Unified Manager is installed on a management server along with the Web Services Proxy. To access Unified Manager, you open a browser and enter the URL pointing to the server where the Web Services Proxy is installed.
Unified Manager offers a variety of management features, including:
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Find and add the storage arrays you want to manage in your organization's network. You can then view the status of all storage arrays from a single page. |
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Open an instance of System Manager to perform individual management operations on a particular storage array. |
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Perform a batch import from one storage array to multiple arrays, including settings for alerts, AutoSupport, and directory services. |
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Configure asynchronous or synchronous mirrored pairs between two storage arrays. |
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Organize storage arrays into groups for easier management. |
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Upgrade the SANtricity OS software on multiple storage arrays. |
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Create certificate signing requests (CSRs), import certificates, and manage existing certificates for multiple storage arrays. |
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Configure user authentication that requires users to log in to Unified Manager with assigned credentials. |
SANtricity Web Services Proxy
The Web Services Proxy is a RESTful API server that can manage hundreds of new and legacy E-Series arrays. The proxy is installed separately on a Windows or Linux server.
Web Services includes API documentation that allows you to directly interact with the REST API. To access the Web Services API documentation, you open a browser and enter the URL pointing to the server where the Web Services Proxy is installed.
Command line interface (CLI)
The command line interface (CLI) is a software application that provides a way to configure and monitor storage arrays. Using the CLI, you can run commands from an operating system prompt, such as the DOS C: prompt, a Linux operating system path, or a Solaris operating system path.