The Edge GUI – Configuration and Management |
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Nexsan Edge Management – NEM™ – provides a unified interface to Microsoft WUDSS management services and Nexsan storage system management. The Edge management system is simple to learn and use and offers a single-pane-of-glass view into your Edge system.
The Edge management system enables administration and monitoring of all WUDDS services and storage for terabytes of capacity and 100’s of volumes. It can be accessed across any LAN, MAN or WAN. The user interface is simple, automated, and intuitive. It greatly reduces the time it takes to perform administrative tasks.
In addition to NEM, the native Microsoft WUDDS management interface and services can be used to administer the entire NAS server. User authentication for The Edge include: Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Active Directory® service, Kerberos, Windows NT Domains, NTLM, and Apple User Account Management (AUM), NIS.
Sample Nexsan Edge Management
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Additional access via the RS-232 serial port or network interface to an ANSI terminal or emulator. |
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Event log for all significant events stored on disk. |
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Single click access to summary of all problems and warnings. |
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Arrays are verified before being put into production; automatic "parity scrub" (array verify) is performed as a background task every 24 hours thereafter. |
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Shows status of disk drives, power supplies, fans, RAID controller. Information is automatically refreshed. |
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Complete hardware status page lists all significant hardware conditions such as voltages, temperature, battery mode, cache settings, network settings, and blower RPM |
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Supports automatic IP address assignment via DHCP, manually using a static IP address over serial port, via web page, or by use of the IP Config Tool. |
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Cache management page allows configuration of Cache as enabled or disabled, or remotely settable via standard SCSI commands |
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Build RAID sets (and set RAID level and stripe size), partition RAID sets into Volumes, map Volumes to LUNs and Host Ports, and manage Spares |
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For each drive, complete Model Name, Capacity, Serial Number, and Firmware Revision is reported along with errors and retries, if any. |
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Alerts and warnings sent out using SMTP email alerts with problem summary, hyperlink to the enclosure management page, plus user-defined fields. |
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Basic SNMP trap support. |
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Extra security feature requires manual confirmation of destructive media operations. |
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Battery-backed Real Time Clock/Calendar is used to time stamp all major events |
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Configure and monitor subsystem using most standard web browsers. |
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