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Adding a Server

You need to assign a server to manage a controller. Before you can configure a server, you need to add it to the Managed Servers list through the Server List Setup.

  1. Start SANscape if it is not already running.
  2. Choose File > Server List Setup. The Server List Setup window is displayed.

  3. (Optional) Organize the servers into groups:

    Depending on how many servers you have and where they are located, it might be helpful to organize them into groups. For example, if you have multiple servers in separate storage rooms, you might want to create groups based on location.

    1. Click Groups in the Server List Setup window. The Group List Setup window is displayed.
    2. Type a name in the Group Name field and click Add.
    3. To delete a group, select the group name from the Available Groups list and click Delete.

    4. When you have finished adding and deleting groups, click OK. The Server List Setup window is displayed.

  4. Add a server:

    1. Click Add under the Available Servers list. The Add Server window is displayed.
    2. Type the name of the server in the Server name field and press Return.
    3. The server name identifies the server. If this name is in your network's name server database, SANscape determines the server's IP address and displays it in the IP Address field.

      If the program cannot find an IP address for the name, the name was either typed incorrectly or has not been recorded in the server's name database.

    4. If required, type the server's TCP/IP address in the IP Address field.
    5. If the program has not already displayed the IP address (as described in the previous step), type the IP address manually.

      Selecting Get IP Addr by Name, located below the IP Address, field is another method of having the program search for the IP address and display it automatically. As mentioned in the previous step, it works only if your network has a name server database and you have typed the server name as it is recorded in that database. Otherwise, you must type the IP address manually.

    6. (Optional) To set up SANscape so that a password is not required to monitor the server, type the ssmon password that was assigned when SANscape was installed. See Logging In, Logging Out, and Security for more information on passwords.

  5. Select or deselect Automatic Discovery of servers:

    1. Select No for Auto Discovery if you need a very secure environment where access even to server inventory data is restricted.
    2. When you select No, the program does not retrieve server information when starting up. The server's icon is displayed as color-coded white (instead of active purple) to indicate it is undiscovered. When you double-click an undiscovered server, SANscape prompts you for the ssmon user password. Optionally, you can also select the server and choose File > Login.

      Select Yes for Auto Discovery to retrieve all information available about this server when the console is started.

    3. If you select Yes for Auto Discovery, type the same monitor password that was entered earlier when the ssmon user was set up on the server (or group of servers if you have a domain or an NDS tree).
    4. Once the server(s) have been established using Auto Discovery, you do not need to type the ssmon password when you log in to SANscape; you automatically have monitoring privileges.

      However whenever you choose a command to perform administration or configuration activities, you are be prompted with a login dialog box to change your level of security by typing the password for either the ssadmin or ssconfig user that was established earlier.

    5. Click OK.

  6. (Optional) Set email addresses.

  7. If you want SANscape to send event messages using email, click the Mailing Lists tab and continue with the following directions.
  8. You might want to type your own email address and the addresses of selected users for the purpose of receiving information about critical events on the server.

    NOTE: Instead of keeping the console running in the foreground, you can use SANscape Alert a companion utility of SANscape that runs as a background service that sends messages from the hosts and array to specified email addresses. For background information and steps for installing SANscape Alert, see SANscape Alert. To ensure that SANscape receives email and for another method of receiving event alerts without using SANscape, see SNMP.

  9. For each user, type an email address in the Mail Address field.
  10. In the Severity list box, scroll through the list of severity levels and choose from the following options:
    • Critical - Messages that require intervention by the network administrator, such as failure of a device, power supply, or fan.
    • Informational - Messages about the devices on the server that do not require intervention by the network administrator.
    • Warning - Messages that generally indicate internal program events. If you see a large number of these messages, it might mean that there is a problem with the server or the network.
    • Whatever level you choose, you receive event messages for that level and any other levels at a higher security. Thus, if you choose Informational, for example, you are notified of any form of malfunction. Conversely, if you want to be notified of only critical situations, select Critical, and you are not notified of any Informational or Warning events.

  11. Click Add to List.
  12. To delete a user from the list, select the mail address and click Delete from List.

  13. Specify the mail server to be used.
  14. Note that the Setup Mail Server button toggles with Change Mail Server, depending on whether a mail server has been defined previously.

    For new setups, click Setup Mail Server. A Mail Server Setup window is displayed.

  15. Type the IP address of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail server that is delivering the email messages to the destination addresses specified earlier.
  16. Click OK when you are satisfied with the information on the Mail Server window. The Add Server window is displayed showing the Mailing Lists tab.
  17. Complete the Add Server function:

    1. (Optional) If you want this server to be part of a group, click the Grouping tab. The Add Server window is displayed.
    2. Select the list box to view the choices available.
    3. Select the desired group and release the mouse button.
    4. Click OK to register the change.

  18. If you want to add more servers, repeat Steps 3 through 7 for each server.
  19. Move the servers you want this console to control to the Managed Servers list.
    1. If you want this console to manage all the available servers, click Add All located at the top of the dialog box.
    2. To move individual servers to the managed column, select each server individually and click Add located between the two list boxes.
    3. If during the process of adding servers, modifications need to be made, see Editing Server Information.

  20. When you have finished adding servers, select OK to return to the main window.
  21. NOTE: If the array is attached to multiple hosts and an agent is installed on each host, each host's IP address must be entered and added to the Managed Servers list.

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