Installation guide

Navigating Global Array Manager Client or Workstation Array Manager
3-4 GAM Client v3.00 and WSAM User’s Manual
Components of the Global Array Manager Window
The major components of the Global Array Manager window (Figure 3-1)
are described below:
1. Item #1 is the GAM Client menubar. There are five menus with several
selections each. The contents of the menus and the functionality of
several of the most important selections will be described throughout
this guide.
2. Item #2 is the GAM Client toolbar. There are eight toolbar icons
representing eight of the most useful functions available in GAM
Client. The identity of each toolbar icon and an explanation of the
purpose of each will be described in later sections of this chapter.
3. Item #3 is the GAM Client server selection box. When selected, the
box displays the names of each server group that is in contact with the
current client workstation. Each group may consist of multiple servers.
You may select a specific server group to view, or select “All Servers”
if you want to view all the servers that are connected to this
workstation.
4. Item #4 is the GAM Client controller selection box. When selected, the
box displays the controller ID (C-0, C-1, etc.) and controller type (BT-
952, eXtremeRAID 2000, etc.) of each SCSI HBA and PCI/SCSI or
External RAID Controller connected to the currently-selected server.
For External RAID Controller duplex pairs, a double-pointed white
arrow connects the controller pair selections.
Components of the Global Status View Window
The major components of the Global Status View window (Figure 3-1) are
described below:
5. Item #5 is an icon that represents the currently-selected file server
running the GAM Server component. The icon identifies:
• the IP address (e.g. 10.1.19.100) or name (e.g. ide40) of the server
• the network operating system running on the server (e.g. SCO =
SCO OpenServer; NT = Windows NT; NW = Novell NetWare, etc.)
• the operational status of the server (green = functioning, yellow =
critical, red ‘X’ = down or nonfunctional)