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Administer StorageGRID using the Grid Manager in the NetApp Console

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Administer a StorageGRID system from the Console by using the advanced view. This view enables you to use Grid Manager from the Console.

Required NetApp Console role:

Storage admin, or System health specialist. Learn about access roles.

Supported configurations

Grid Manager is available in the Console starting with StorageGRID 11.8.

Limitations

The following Grid Manager operations are not available from the Console. If you need to perform these operations, sign in to the Grid Manager directly.

Grid Manager menu Operations not available from the Console

User

  • Sign out link

  • API documentation link

  • Change password

Nodes

  • You can't access SANtricity System Manager from the Nodes > SANtricity System Manager tab.

  • When viewing alerts, you might not be able to select all links in the recommended actions. For example, links that go to unsupported Grid Manager pages will not work.

Tenants

You can't sign in to a tenant account from the Create a tenant wizard or from the Tenants page.

The Console doesn't currently support the Tenant Manager. Although you can create new tenant accounts from the Console, tenant users can't sign into their accounts from the Console.

ILM

Storage grades link

Configuration

  • Grid passwords

  • Traffic classification > Metrics

  • Security settings > Browser inactivity timeout

  • Single sign-on

  • SNMP agent > MIB file for BMC interface

Maintenance

  • Recovery Package

  • Software update

Support

  • Grid topology

  • Logs

  • Metrics, including all links to Prometheus metrics and Grafana dashboards from other places in the UI.

  • All options for legacy alarms

  • Link cost

  • NMS entities

Switch to the advanced view

Open a StorageGRID system and select the advanced view option.

Steps

  1. From the Systems page, open the StorageGRID system.

  2. In the top-right, select Switch to Advanced View.

  3. Use Grid Manager to manage the StorageGRID system.

  4. If needed, select Switch to standard view to return to standard view through Console.

Get help with Grid Manager

If you need help using Grid Manager, refer to StorageGRID documentation for step-by-step instructions.