SANtricity System Manager
a web-based interface used for managing an individual storage system in your network.
Unified Manager
a web-based interface used for viewing and managing all storage system in your network.

AB6100 and AB3100 storage system do not support synchronous mirroring or thin volumes.

SANtricity System Manager

SANtricity System Manager is web-based management software embedded on each controller. To access the user interface, point a browser to the controller’s IP address. A setup wizard helps you get started with system configuration.

SANtricity System Manager offers a variety of management features, including:

sam1130 icon performance Performance

View up to 30 days of performance data, including I/O latency, IOPS, CPU utilization, and throughput.

sam1130 icon volumes Storage

Provision storage using pools or volume groups, and create application workloads.

sam1130 icon async mirroring Data protection

Perform backup and disaster recovery using snapshots, volume copy, and remote mirroring.

sam1130 icon controllers Hardware

Check component status and perform some functions related to those components, such as assigning hot spare drives.

sam1130 icon alerts Alerts

Notify administrators about important events occurring on the storage system. Alerts can be sent through email, SNMP traps, and syslog.

sam1140 icon active directory Access Management

Configure user authentication that requires users to log in to the system with assigned credentials.

sam1130 icon settings System Settings

Configure other system performance features, such as SSD cache and autoload balancing.

sam1130 icon support Support

View diagnostic data, manage upgrades, and configure AutoSupport, which monitors the health of a storage system and sends automatic dispatches to our support.

SANtricity Unified Manager

Unified Manager is web-based software used for managing your entire domain. From a central view, you can see the status for all newer ETERNUS AB/HB Series, such as the HB2100/HB2200/HB2300, AB2100, AB3100, HB5100/HB5200, AB5100, and AB6100. You can also perform batch operations on selected storage system.

Unified Manager is installed on a management server along with the Web Services Proxy. To access Unified Manager, you open a browser and enter the URL pointing to the server where the Web Services Proxy is installed.

Unified Manager offers a variety of management features, including:

artboard 9 Discover storage system

Find and add the storage system you want to manage in your organization’s network. You can then view the status of all storage system from a single page.

artboard 11 Launch

Open an instance of SANtricity System Manager to perform individual management operations on a particular storage system.

sam1130 icon system Import Settings

Perform a batch import from one storage system to multiple systems, including settings for alerts, AutoSupport, and directory services.

sam1130 icon async mirroring Mirroring

Configure asynchronous or synchronous mirrored pairs between two storage system.

artboard 10 Manage Groups

Organize storage system into groups for easier management.

sam1130 icon upgrade center Upgrade Center

Upgrade the SANtricity OS software on multiple storage system.

sam1140 icon certs Certificates

Create certificate signing requests (CSRs), import certificates, and manage existing certificates for multiple storage system.

sam1140 icon active directory Access Management

Configure user authentication that requires users to log in to Unified Manager with assigned credentials.