Hardware manual

Group Administration Group Manager user interfaces
3–5
Displaying the tools panel
If the Tools panel is not showing in the bottom left of the GUI window, click its Show window icon ( ) to open
the Tools panel. To keep the Tools window open, drag the panel divider bar .
Table 3-3 shows the Tools panel configuration options and utilities for working in the Group Manager:
Table 3-3: Tools Panel
Option Description User Actions
User preferences Opens the Modify user preferences dialog box that
enables you to:
• S
et General GUI Policies
• Set General GUI Policies
• Set Alarm Policies
• Set Data Validation and Debugging Policies
See Customizing the GUI on
page 3-5
Online help Opens a new browser window displaying topic-
oriented help on every aspect of
using the GUI to
manage a group.
See Starting online help for group manager on
page 3-7
Customer support Launches the EqualLogic Customer Support
Webs
ite.
See Contacting customer support on page 15-33
Performance
monitor
Op
ens the performance monitor. See Using the Performance Monitor on page 15-
27
Manual transfer
utility
Op
ens the Manual Transfer Utility (MTU). See About manual transfer replication on page
12-3
Run as application Installs the Group Manager GUI on the local
computer, enabling it to run as
a standalone
application. (If you are currently running the GUI as
an application, this link does not appear.)
If the GUI is already install
ed, clicking the link
starts the application.
See Installing and starting the GUI application
on page 3-1
Diagnostic reports Generates Diagnostic reports that are sent out via e-
mail to the address configured for e-mail
no
tification.
See Collecting diagnostic information on page
15-33
Update firmware Opens the Update Firmware dialog box. See About member firmware on page 6-12
Customizing the GUI
The topics that follow describe how you can:
• Change the look and behavior of the GUI, and the location of online help.
•
Specify what the GUI does when a connection is lost.
• Change event logging options and how alarms are indicated.
• Control the GUI response to typed input and debugging.
Setting general GUI policies
To set general GUI policies to control the appearance of the GUI and the location of online help:
1. Click
Tools, then User Preferences, then the General tab.