Users Guide

Introduction 11
Storage Management Service
The Storage Management Service provides storage management information in an integrated graphical view.
The Storage Management Service of Server Administrator:
• Enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to a monitored system.
• Supports SCSI, SATA, ATA, and SAS. Does not support Fibre Channel.
• Allows you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all supported RAID and non-RAID
controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command line interface without the use of
the controller BIOS utilities.
• Protects your data by configuring data redundancy, assigning hot spares, or rebuilding failed drives.
• Provides features for configuring storage.
On supported Windows operating systems, Storage Management is installed using the Express Setup.
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE
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LINUX Enterprise Server systems, you can either install the
Storage Management Service through the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) or use the
srvadmin-install.sh script—a menu driven script that installs the appropriate RPMs based on
the options you choose.
For more information on the Storage Management, see the Storage Management online help and the
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide. For information on how to
launch the online help, see "Displaying Online Help.
NOTE: Installing Storage Management replaces any previous installation of the Array Manager managed system
(server software) and console (client software) that resides on the system. If only the Array Manager console is
installed on the system, then installing the Storage Management does not replace the Array Manager console.
NOTICE: Dell OpenManage Array Manager is no longer supported. If you are upgrading a system (installed with
Dell OpenManage version 4.3 or later) with Array Manager installed, Array Manager will be removed during the
upgrade process. You can use Storage Management instead.
NOTE: Dell OpenManage Array Manager Console (for Management Station) is available under Windows, only if
previous Dell OpenManage Management Station software (with Array Manager Console installed) is detected. It is
only available for upgrade.
Diagnostic Service
NOTE: The Diagnostic Service is not available on modular systems.
The Diagnostic Service provides a suite of diagnostic programs that run locally on your system or remotely
on a system connected to the network. The Diagnostic Service is engineered to diagnose problems on
individual systems and to run concurrently with all other applications running on the system under test.
Logs
Server Administrator displays logs of commands issued to or by the system, monitored hardware events,
POST events, and system alerts. You can view logs on the home page, print or save them as reports, and
send them by e-mail to a designated service contact.