Opening the management GUI for DS8000® storage systems

To open the management GUI for DS8000 with firmware versions lower than R6.2, you must configure the connection to the storage system.

About this task

If the firmware version of the DS8000 type of storage system is lower than R6.2, you must complete extra steps before you can open the management GUI.

Procedure

  1. To check the firmware version, complete these steps:
    1. From the Resources menu, click Block Storage Systems.
    2. Right-click the storage system and click View Properties.
    3. Check the version in the Firmware field.
  2. Choose one of the following options:
    Option Description
    The firmware version is higher than R6.2 Go to Step 7.
    The firmware version is lower than R6.2 Go to Step 3.
  3. Download and start the PuTTY utility.
    PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and UNIX.
    Download PuTTY: Go to http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html.
  4. On the Session page in the PuTTY tool, complete the following steps:
    1. In the Host Name (or IP address field), enter the IP address of the Hardware Management Console (HMC) for DS8000.
      Find the IP address: The IP address of the storage system is shown on the General tab of the Properties page. To open the Properties page for the storage system, right-click the storage system and click View Properties.
    2. Select SSH as the Connection type, and then click Open.
  5. Enter the user name and password for logging on to the HMC.
  6. Run the following command: touch/opt/esshmc/data/config/ntvbrsen.
  7. Right-click the storage system and click Launch Storage System GUI.