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Groups

A group is a new data object that enables multiple servers to be contained under a single category.

Groups are similar in concept to domains. They enable you to organize servers better within SANscape. Instead of a linear tree of all the managed servers, the SANscape operator can organize the servers into like sets, or groups.

Groups are not required. You can configure SANscape for no groups, and fifteen servers, for example, or for one group with ten servers underneath, with an additional five at the top level. SANscape enables any combination.

The number of groups permitted and the number of servers within a group is limited only by available system memory. If a server is a member of a group and a user deletes that group from the group list, SANscape reassigns the servers in that group to the no group category. SANscape automatically remaps the tree in the main window.

Groups are color- and symbol-coded similarly to servers. For that scheme, states with their corresponding colors have the following order of precedence:

  • Critical - red (the highest)

  • Nonresponding - gray

  • Degraded - yellow

  • Optimal - purple

  • Not logged into - white

A server icon assumes the color of the highest state of any of its storage system. Likewise, a group icon takes on the highest state of any of its servers, with the following exceptions involving nonresponding or unlogged servers.

  • When a group icon is disabled (inactive), it indicates that all the servers attached to that group are not responding; if any number less than all of the servers in the group is not responding, the group icon is color-coded red, representing a critical state. For example, if there are four servers in the group and three or fewer servers are not responding, the group icon is color-coded red.
  • When a group icon is color-coded white (not logged into SANscape), it indicates that one or more servers within that group have not been fully configured, or could represent a period of status transition.

See also View Group , Server List Setup, and Group List Setup window.

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