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4 Microsoft product screen shots arereprinted with permission from Microsoft other trademarks, service marks, and company names in this document or website are propertiesof their respective Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 11 Intended 12 Product 12 Changes in this 13 Conventions for storage capacity product 15 Getting System administration management 18 Ways to administer the storage of Storage management of block storage and file and resource Manager - Storage 26 Maintenance 282 Preparing your management Storage Storage Advisor with the application Storage Advisor with the virtual Hitachi Storage Advisor in a DHCP 34 Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a static the root password immediately after in to Storage in when Storage Advisor is not 393 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 modelsGenerating and installing a signed SSL Device Manager - Storage up a management

5 41 Requirements for management up TCP/IP for a 44 Configuring the web 45 Installing Adobe Flash in to Device Manager - Storage super-user your your SVP to the trusted sites zone for Windows Server and configuring a storage the first storage a fabric 55 Creating parity the maintenance from Hitachi Command from Hitachi Device Manager - Storage a storage System without management Configuring the storage administration tasks at a administration using Hitachi Storage block or disabling port a fabric 66 Creating parity groups ..69 Creating a 78 Create and attach volumes to storage file file virtual file file shares and administration using Device Manager - Storage storage System 118 Backing up HDvM - SN configuration 118 Restoring HDvM - SN configuration files ..119 System administration using the maintenance 120 Changing the date and the controller clock the SVP clock IPv6 network communication network Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 modelsCreating a login 122 Forcing the System lock to the primary SVP host the Administrator 125 System administration using NAS the System date and time of the NAS 125 Miscellaneous System administration configuration for the report configuration the report configuration 127 Using the report configuration SVP port the port number used in 129 Effects of changing SVP port the SVP port 131 Initializing the SVP port 132 Reassigning an automatically assigned port and reassigning an automatically assigned port number.

6 134 Changing the range of an automatically assigned port 135 Initializing the range of an automatically assigned port 1364 User administration for maintenance roles for operating Maintenance up user user user up user user account users, user groups, and 150 User administration for creating and managing user user user 152 Character restrictions for user names and user user or Disabling user user a user 159 Managing user groups, roles, and resource the roles available to a user 162 Checking if a role is available to a user a new user a user group 164 Changing user group assigned resource Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 modelsDeleting a user configuration an LDAP configuration a RADIUS configuration a Kerberos configuration Administration for NAS 176 Administrator types and an SMU user (an Administrator ).

7 177 Changing user your own another user's an SMU user Setting up up TCP/IP for a with HCS 190 Registering HCS HCS SSL of SSL communication 192 Creating a 192 Obtaining a signed and releasing an SSL certificate SSL certificates to PKCS#12 a signed on updating a signed certificate for the service the certificate to a cipher with website security the certificate 200 Releasing HTTP communication 201 Blocking HTTP communication to the SVP ..202 Setting up authentication and server server two authentication 204 Connecting authentication and authorization 205 Naming a user group in Device Manager - Storage user Directory user 207 Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Active Directory Active Directory Active Directory authentication through RADIUS servers (HNAS server only)..215 Displaying list of RADIUS 216 Adding a RADIUS details of RADIUS SMU security (NAS module only).

8 2196 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models6 Alert alert alert 228 Sending test 228 Sending a test email of a test email a test Syslog a test SNMP the Windows event failure information in the Windows event the Windows event 231 Output example of the failure Managing license key the permanent the term the temporary 237 Using the emergency 237 Cautions on license capacities in license-related block and file licenses using NAS a license block licenses using maintenance a a 241 Removing a software a Data Retention Utility of license key Configuring audit 245 Audit log 246 Setting up a syslog an audit test message to syslog Managing storage System storage System configuration configuration reports in the Reports configuration configuration dump files using the Dump tool.

9 2527 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 modelsA Raidinf command reference (obtaining configuration reports and tierrelocation logs)..255raidinf command list and command 257raidinf add 258raidinf delete download get add download delete get 266B Examples of storage configuration 269 Reports in table Users Boards Groups / iSCSI Targets Devices Units Unit Details Groups Devices Consumption 283 Spare Drives Endurance System Summary in graphical Memories 291 Channel Boards View Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models10 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 modelsPrefaceThis document provides information and instructions to help you use themaintenance utility and some of the functions in Device Manager - StorageNavigator as needed to perform System administration tasks and changesettings for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

10 G200, G400, G600, G800 orHitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600, F800 storage systems. Itexplains the GUI features and provides basic navigation read this document carefully to understand how to use the softwaredescribed in this manual, and keep a copy for reference. Intended audience Product version Release notes Changes in this revision Related documents Document conventions Conventions for storage capacity values Accessing product documentation Getting help CommentsPreface11 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 modelsIntended audienceThis document is intended for System administrators, Hitachi Data Systemsrepresentatives, and authorized service providers who install, configure, andoperate Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, G800 or HitachiVirtual Storage Platform F400, F600, F800 of this document should be familiar with the following: Data processing and RAID storage systems and their basic functions.