User`s guide
Chapter 2. IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server configuration 77
2.1 Introducing the ESS Web Interface
The Java based Web interface consists of two consoles, the IBM TotalStorage
Enterprise Storage Server Specialist (ESS Specialist) and the IBM TotalStorage
Enterprise Storage Server Web Copy Services (ESS Web Copy Services).
The ESS Specialist is used for querying the status of the ESS and for displaying,
defining and modifying the operation, configuration and administration of the
ESS.
The ESS Web Copy Services is used for querying the status of remote
operations and performing tasks with the advanced copy functions FlashCopy
and Peer to Peer Remote Copy (PPRC) of more than one ESS.
We will cover configurations performed using the ESS specialist.
Accessing the ESS specialist
To access the ESS specialist, we use the Netscape Navigator and point it to the
hostname or IP address of any of the two ESS clusters in the Uniform Resource
Locator (URL) field. The Web browser than connects to the Web server in the
ESS cluster, which handles the requests from the browser.
Since the programs, that run in the Web browser window, are Java applets, the
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) used by the browser needs to be capable of
supporting the applets. Browsers, that are supported by the ESS Web Interface
are:
Netscape Navigator
– 4.04 with JDK 1.1 fixpack
– 4.05 with JDK 1.1 fixpack
– 4.06
– 4.5x
– 4.7x
Microsoft Internet Explorer
– 4.x with JVM 4.0 or 5.0
– 5.x with JVM 4.0 or 5.0
The ESS Specialist does not support Netscape Navigator 6.0. Other Browsers
might work, but are not currently supported by IBM.
We show a short overview of the configuration panels of the ESS Specialist.
These are the panels that are accessed through the buttons displayed on the left
of the screen.