Users Guide

The Storage Management Service provides features for configuring storage devices. In most cases, the Storage Management Service is
installed using Typical Setup. The Storage Management Service is available on Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server operating systems.
When the Storage Management Service is installed, click the Storage object to view the status and settings for various attached array
storage devices, system disks, and so on.
In the case of Storage Management Service, the Storage object action window has the following tab, depending on the user's group
privileges: Properties.
Properties
Subtab: Health
Under the Properties tab, you can view the health or status of attached storage components and sensors such as array subsystems and
operating system disks.
Managing Preferences Home Page Configuration
Options
The left pane of the Preferences home page (where the system tree is displayed on the Server Administrator home page) displays all
available configuration options in the system tree window. The options displayed are based on the systems management software installed
on the managed system.
The available Preferences home page configuration options are:
• General Settings
• Server Administrator
General settings
Click the General Settings object to set user and DSM SA Connection Service (web server) preferences for selected Server
Administrator functions. The General Settings object action window has the following tabs, depending on the user's group privileges: User
and Web Server.
Subtab: Properties
User
Under the User tab, you can set user preferences, such as the home page appearance and the default email address for the E-mail
button.
• Web Server
• Subtabs: Properties | X.509 Certificate
Under the Web Server tab, you can:
• Set DSM SA Connection Service preferences. For instructions on configuring your server preferences, see Dell EMC Systems
Management Server Administration Connection Service and Security Setup.
• Configure the SMTP server address and Bind IP address in either the IPv4 or IPv6 addressing mode.
• Perform X.509 certificate management by generating a new X.509 certificate, reusing an existing X.509 certificate, or importing a
certificate chain from a Certification Authority (CA). For more information about certificate management, see
X.509 Certificate
Management.
Server Administrator
Click the Server Administrator object to enable or disable access to users with User or Power User privileges. The Server
Administrator object action window can have the following tab, depending on the user's group privileges: Preferences.
Subtabs: Access Configuration
Preferences
Under the Preferences tab, you can enable or disable access to users with User or Power User privileges.
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Server Administrator services