User's Guide

Chapter 2 Description
Managing Your Remote Library
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The AMC also provides additional monitoring of a SAN-attached library
over your existing network, including library subsystem health and
status information and early fault notification to a management server via
SNMP. For more information, refer to the Quantum Intelligent Libraries
Basic SNMP Reference manual.
Managing Your Remote Library
Remote management of the Scalar i2000 is accomplished using the
Library Management Console, (LMC). This interface, which is identical to
the front panel interface, uses Java RMI communications to provide real
time updates to LMC clients. This enables the library to provide end-
users with status changes and events as they occur.
At a high level, remote access can be managed using security functions
embedded within the Scalar i2000. This includes authentication via
individual user names/passwords and access control settings which
enable or disable specific access protocols (FTP, SSH, even LMC) to limit
what type of remote management is possible.
In addition to this, most customers should have one or more firewalls in
place to govern remote access. As with any Internet accessible service, the
LMC requires a communication path so that data can be transmitted
between clients and the Scalar i2000. How this communication path is
managed depends on the user’s configuration.The following three
scenarios typical configurations.
Scenario 1: Internet based clients managing multiple internal Scalar
i2000s
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For most organizations, a single administrator will not be managing all
storage resources. In this instance, as shown in
figure 11 on page 25
multiple administrators and even Quantum service personnel may be
asked to remotely access Scalar i2000s.