C H A P T E R 1 - Sun StorEdge ESM Base Applications Overview

C H A P T E R 1

Sun StorEdge ESM Base Applications Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the Sun StorEdge ESM Base Applications 4.0 software. The ESM Base Applications are pre-installed on a Solaris 10-based V210 Sun Fire server. The chapter includes the following topics:

Sun StorEdge ESM Base Applications 4.0

ESM Base Applications 4.0 Components

Sun StorEdge ESM Base Applications 4.0

The Sun StorEdge ESM Base Applications 4.0, which include the Sun StorEdge Management Portal, are pre-installed on a V210 Sun Fire server. The system boots up in the same manner as a system returning from a sys-unconfig (1M) state. After you configure the system through the Solaris command-line interface (CLI), you log in to a Telnet session to run an ESM Base Applications configuration script. Once you provide licensing and network information, configuration of the ESM Base Applications and any other required software proceeds in a non-interactive manner. Periodically, the configuration process provides progress updates and estimates of time remaining.

The product includes a DVD to allow you to recover the ESM Base Applications and reset them to their default state.

The ESM Base Applications are managed as a pre-installed Solaris host, not as an appliance. The ESM Base Applications and the operating system (including required and installed infrastructure software) are maintained and serviced through Solaris commands.

ESM Base Applications 4.0 Components

The ESM Base Applications 4.0 release includes the following components:

Sun StorEdge Management Portal 1.0

Sun StorEdge Data Replication Manager 1.0

SANbox Manager 2.1

Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment, Enterprise Edition, 2.4 (StorADE)

Sun StorEdge Management Portal 1.0 and Sun StorEdge Data Replication Manager 1.0 are new products, available only as part of the ESM Base Applications 4.0 software package; StorADE 2.4 and SANbox Manager 2.1 are existing products that are also available for download from http://www.sun.com.

When you install the ESM Base Applications, dependent packages from Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) 2005Q1 are automatically installed on the system. For more information on Java ES, go to the following URL:

http://www.sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem/

The following subsections describe each of these components in more detail.

Management Portal

The Management Portal is one of the ESM Base Applications that come pre-installed on a V210 Sun Fire server.

The Management Portal provides a solution for organizing a storage administrator's tools, data, and information. The Management Portal provides high-level information wherever possible. This enables the administrator to more easily determine when to investigate a particular task through a first-class application available on the network (such as an element manager). The Management Portal addresses the needs of facilities with multiple storage administrators by allowing desktop customization on a per-administrator basis.

The Management Portal is a flexible, customizable interface for managing Sun network storage and third-party management applications. It functions as a dashboard and launchpad, providing an environment for aggregating and organizing a storage administrator's tools, data, and information.

The Management Portal features the following portlets:

Portal Reporter - Displays the status of the Management Portal infrastructure, including information on databases, proxy configurations, and remote service.

Administration Tasks - Allows access to administration tasks that enable you to configure the Management Portal.

Event Organizer - Provides information about the filtered or unfiltered device list from the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment.

Storage Event Reporter - Displays all event information from storage networks, as recognized by the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment.

Storage Application Organizer - Contains a list of a user's web-based applications that are used for general management of the storage environment.

Storage News and Information - Displays real-time storage news, information, and updates through Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds or links to the web.

Data Replication Reporter - Uses information from the Data Replication Manager to deliver an overview of data replication between Sun StorEdge 6920 systems.

Storage Pool Reporter - Displays information relative to the Sun StorEdge 6920 system storage pool type.

Volume Performance Reporter - Provides performance statistics for volumes in a single Sun StorEdge 6130 array.

File System Reporter - Displays how file system capacity is being used throughout the storage network.

Report Organizer - Generates and displays reports from the Sun StorEdge Operations Manager.

Sun StorEdge Data Replication Manager

Sun StorEdge Data Replication Manager manages and monitors remote data replication between two Sun StorEdge 6920 systems running Release 3.0.1 software. It is designed to manage replication across the entire enterprise.

Supported features include:

Creation and management of replication sets and groups

Management of replication links

Monitoring of the state of replication sets and groups

Management of failure scenarios

Ability to request snapshots of volumes

Ability to grow volumes within a set

SANbox Manager

SANbox Manager is a switch management application that allows storage administrators to install, configure, and monitor Sun StorEdge Network Fibre Channel switches.

Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment

Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment software provides health monitoring and diagnostic services for your storage environment. These services will help prevent downtime by providing advance notification of potential problems. Sun Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment delivers device monitoring and diagnostic services for Sun StorEdge arrays and systems, and Sun StorEdge Open SAN connectivity devices. The software can also distribute health information from Sun StorEdge devices to the Sun Remote Services Net Connect management services, enabling an integrated remote monitoring solution for your Sun environment, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.