Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting started with ASM 8.3.1
- Initial Setup
- Dashboard
- Services
- Deploying service
- Add existing service
- Viewing service details
- Editing service information
- Deleting service
- Exporting service details
- Retrying service
- Viewing all settings
- Migrating servers (service mobility)
- Migrating servers
- Upgrading components
- Adding components to an existing service deployment
- Deleting resources from service
- Templates
- Managing templates
- Viewing template details
- Creating template
- Editing template information
- Building template overview
- Building and publishing template
- Importing template
- Exporting template
- Uploading external template
- Editing template
- Viewing template details
- Deleting template
- Cloning template
- Deploying service
- Deploying multiple instances of service
- Adding Attachments
- Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM
- Component types
- Component combinations in templates
- Additional template information
- Managing templates
- Resources
- Resource health status
- Resource operational state
- Port View
- Resource firmware compliance status
- Updating firmware
- Removing resources
- Viewing firmware and software compliance report
- Discovery overview
- Configuring resources or chassis
- Removing discovered resources
- Configuring default firmware repository
- Running firmware compliance
- Configuring global chassis settings
- Configuring unique chassis settings
- Configuring unique server settings
- Configuring unique I/O module settings
- I/O module configuration
- Completing the chassis configuration
- Adding or editing Chassis Management Controller (CMC) user
- Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user
- Updating resource inventory
- Viewing resource details
- Understanding server pools
- Settings
- Troubleshooting
• Virtual Machines
3. Also, in the Details pane, under SCVMM Details, click the arrows to expand SCVMM → Host Groups → Hosts → Clusters to
view the lists virtual machines, nodes, and applications.
Viewing storage group details
1. On the home page, click Resources.
The Resources page is displayed.
2. In the All Resources tab, click a storage group from the resources list to view the details.
In the right pane, you can see the basic information about the storage group, such as System Status, Management IP, Storage
Center Name, Group Members, Volumes, Replay Prole, Free Group Space.
3. In the Details pane, click View Details.
The Storage Group details page displays detailed information about storage group in the following tabs:
• Summary
• Volumes
NOTE: In ASM 8.3.1 release, the detailed information can be viewed only for Dell Resources.
From the Storage Group Details page, you can view the recent alerts about the storage, and additionally:
• For Dell EqualLogic Storage, you can open the element manager GUI of Group Manager.
• For Dell Compellent Storage, you can open the element manager GUI of Storage Center.
Viewing storage details
The following are the steps to view the storage details:
1. On the home page, click Resources.
The Resources page is displayed.
2. In the All Resources tab, from the Resource Type drop-down menu, select Storage.
The list of storage array is displayed.
3. Select a storage array to view the details.
In the right pane, the following information about the storage is displayed:
• In Use in Service(s)
• Firmware/Software Compliance
• Resource Name
• Health
• Management IP
• LUNs
• Free Disk Space
• SP A IP Address(only for EMC storage)
• SP B IP Address (only for EMC storage)
4. In the right pane, click View Details.
The Storage Details page displays the detailed information about the server in the following tabs:
• Summary
• LUNs
• Volumes
Opening the iDRAC remote console
To simplify routine server maintenance, you can open a remote console to the server’s Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
(iDRAC) directly from ASM:
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