Installation : Installing and Supporting the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on VMware : Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on the VMware ESX and ESXi Operating Systems : Host Overview

Host Overview

Figure 1 shows the name of the host ESXi server. In this example, the host ESXi server name is local.lsi.com.

Figure 1 Host ESXi Server Name

 

Click Configure Host, if you want to select the display preferences for the server.

Figure 2 Configure Host

You can choose to display only the local server, systems from a list, or display all of the systems in the network of the local server.

1.

Click Connect.

2.

Enter the user name and the password to log in on the ESXi Host, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3 Login on the Host Server

 

After you log in, the Dashboard view shows an overview of the system and covers the following features:

Properties of the virtual drives and the physical drives

Total capacity

The MegaRAID Storage Manager software features and their status (enabled or disabled)

Actions you can perform, such as creating a virtual drive and updating the firmware, and links to Online Help as shown in .

Figure 4 Dashboard View for IR

 

1.

Click the Physical tab to view the drives connected to the controller (the Physical view).

Figure 5 Physical View for IR

 

2.

Click the Logical tab to view the virtual drives connected to the controller (the logical view), as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6 Logical View for IR