Introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale GUI

The IBM Spectrum Scale™ management GUI provides an easy way to configure and manage various features that are available with the IBM Spectrum Scale system.

You can perform the following important tasks through the IBM Spectrum Scale management GUI:

Monitoring the performance of the system based on various aspects
Monitoring system health
Managing file systems
Creating filesets and snapshots
Managing Objects and NFS and SMB data exports
Creating administrative users and defining roles for the users
Creating object users and defining roles for them
Defining default, user, group, and fileset quotas
Monitoring the capacity details at various levels such as file system, pools, filesets, users, and user groups

The following table provides an overview of the features associated with each GUI page.

Table 1. Features associated with IBM Spectrum Scale GUI pages
GUI Page	Function
Home	Provides an overall summary of the IBM Spectrum Scale system configuration, status of its components, and services that are hosted on it. This page is displayed in the GUI only if the minimum release level of IBM Spectrum Scale is 4.2.2 or later.
Monitoring > Dashboards	Provides a dashboard to display the predefined performance charts and the customized charts that are marked as favorite charts in the Performance page.
Monitoring > Events	Monitor and troubleshoot the issues that are reported in the system.
Monitoring > Tips	Monitor events of type tips. The tip events give recommendations to the user to avoid certain issues that might occur in the future.
Monitoring > Statistics	Provides a list of pre-defined performance charts to monitor the performance of the system based on various aspects.
Monitoring > Capacity	Monitor the capacity details that are reported at various levels.
Monitoring > Nodes	Monitor the performance and health status of the nodes that are configured in the cluster.
Files > File Systems	View and manage file systems. File system creation through GUI is not supported in 4.2.x release.
Files > Filesets	Create, view, and manage filesets.
Files > Snapshots	Create snapshots or snapshot rules to automate snapshot creation and retention.
Files > Quotas	Create and manage default, user, group, and fileset quotas at the file system level.
Files > Information Lifecycle	Create, manage, and delete policies that manage automated tiered data storage.
Files > Transparent Cloud Tiering	Provides both a summarized and attribute-wise details of the Transparent Cloud Tiering service, which is integrated with the IBM Spectrum Scale system.
Files > Active File Management	Helps to monitor the performance, health status, and configuration aspects of AFM, AFM DR, and gateway nodes. You can see this page in the GUI that is part of the AFM cache cluster with at least one AFM-enabled fileset.
Storage > Pools	Helps to monitor the performance, health status, and configuration aspects of all available pools in the IBM Spectrum Scale cluster.
Storage > NSDs	Provides an easy way to monitor the performance, health status, and configuration aspects of the all network shared disks (NSD) that are available in the IBM Spectrum Scale cluster.
Protocols > NFS Exports	Create and manage NFS exports. Protocols pages are displayed in the GUI only when the protocol feature is enabled on the cluster.
Protocols > SMB Shares	Create and manage SMB shares. Protocols pages are displayed in the GUI only when the protocol feature is enabled on the cluster.
Object > Accounts	Create and manage accounts and containers in the object storage. Object pages are displayed in the GUI only when the object feature is enabled on the cluster.
Object > Users	Create object users.
Object > Roles	Define roles for the object users.
Access > GUI Users	Create users and groups. This page is visible only if internal user repository is used for GUI user authentication.
Access > GUI Access	Create users and groups. The GUI Access page is available only if external authentication server is enabled to manage the GUI user authentication.
Access > File System ACL	Define ACL templates and apply ACLs on files and directories.
Settings > Event Notifications	Configure event notifications to notify administrators when events occur in the system.
Settings > Diagnostic Data	Download diagnostic data to troubleshoot the issues that are reported in the system.
Settings > NFS Service	Specify NFS server settings and start or stop NFS services.
Settings > SMB Service	Specify SMB server settings and start or stop SMB services.
Settings > Object Administrator	Define object administrator who can manage accounts in the object storage.
Settings > Object Service	View and change the Object service status.
Settings > GUI Preferences	Specify a message that can be displayed in the login page.

Note: The default user name and password to access the IBM Spectrum Scale management GUI are admin and admin001 respectively.

Assistance for understanding the features associated with a GUI page

The following three levels of assistance are available for the GUI users:

Hover help: When you hover the mouse over the tiny question mark that is placed next to the field label, the system displays a brief description of the feature that is associated with that field. Hover help is only available for the important and complex fields.
Context-sensitive help: Provides a detailed explanation of the features that are associated with the page. The context-sensitive help files are available in the help menu, which is placed in the upper right corner of the GUI page.
Knowledge Center: This is the third level of information where the users can find entire details of the product. Link to the IBM Spectrum Scale Knowledge Center is also available in the help menu, which is placed in the upper right corner of the GUI page.