Dell Compellent Series 40 - Manual (Page 15)

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Introducing the Storage Center System Manager
Introducing the Storage Center System Manager
The Storage Center System Manager:
• Provides a central management interface to create and manage Storage Center
volumes, servers, disks, and users.
• Displays the status of hardware components.
• Enables local and remote backup and restore.
• Provides Phone Home technical support.
• Allows multiple users to have different levels of access privileges.
In addition to the System Manager, Storage Center provides a rich set of separately-
licensed applications that support dynamic storage. To view currently licensed applications,
from the Help menu, select Licensed Features.
Note Figures in this document show views, menus, and options displayed when logged in
with Administrator privileges. If you are logged in as a Volume Manager or Reporter,
what you see displayed may differ from the figures and options described in this User
Guide.
Starting the Storage Center System Manager
Access Storage Center System Manager from a workstation or PC on the same network as
the Storage Center controller. View the Storage Center System Manager through one of
these browsers:
• Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer Versions 7, 8, and 9
• Mozilla Firefox Version 3 on Microsoft Windows
If you log on using an unsupported browser, the system returns a warning stating that some
functions of the Storage Center software may not function as expected.
Note The Storage Center System Manager cannot load with the following unique
combination of applications: Windows 2008 (64 bit), FireFox 3.0, and Java Runtime
Environment 6_10.
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To start Storage Center System Manager
1 In the address bar of the web browser, enter the name or IP address of the
Management controller. (This was configured during setup.) A security alert appears.
2 Click Yes to acknowledge the alert. The Storage Center System Manager login window
appears.