PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.1 (Solaris(TM) Operating System)

4.1 Screen Configuration

Main Screen

Click <Global Disk Services> from Web-Based Admin View, and the screen below appears.

From the main screen, you can perform GDS object configuration, such as a class and a volume, status confirmation, and disk swap.

You can also configure and view the statuses of GDS Snapshot proxy objects and shadow objects and also operate those proxy objects.
The following operations are unsupported. Use commands for these operations.

• Object operations in classes that include switch groups
  (Information of relevant objects is displayed in blue.)

• Operations of GDS Snapshot shadow objects
  (Information of relevant objects is displayed in italic format.)
  

The screen configuration of the main screen is shown below.

[Figure: GDS Management Screen (Main Screen)]

Configuration Tree Field

Objects managed with GDS are displayed in a tree-structured directory system.

Each object has an icon depicting the type and the status of the object.

For details on the icon type and status, see "Icon Types and Object Status."

By selecting the node in the GDS configuration tree field, you can switch between the nodes you want to display or operate.

 

Object Information Field

Detailed information of objects is displayed in table format.
The displayed contents vary according to the menus selected in [View]:[Details] and the object types selected on the GDS configuration tree.
For details on displayed contents, see "Object Information."

 

Log Information Field

Displays error message output by the GDS daemon program.

 

Title Bar

Displays screen title (Global Disk Services).

 

Menu Bar

Displays the menu buttons.

 

Menu Button

Allows you to control the objects selected on screen. There are [General], [Settings], [Operation], [View] and [Help].

 

Drop-Down Menu

When a menu button from the menu bar is selected, a drop-down menu will be displayed.

For details on drop-down menu, see "Menu Configuration and Functions."

 

Pilot Lamp

Shows the status of the monitored objects.

The lamp will indicate the following status.

Pilot Lamp	Status	Meaning
(Gray lit up)	Normal	Normal status.
(Red blinking)	Abnormal	Critical abnormality (e.g. closed class, invalid volume)
(Red lit up)	Abnormal	When red blinking warning lamp is single-clicked.
(Yellow blinking)	Degradation	Volume operating at degradation. (e.g. invalid slice, disabled disk) Disk I/O error
(Yellow lit up)	Degradation	When yellow blinking warning lamp is single-clicked.

GDS Configuration Settings screen

Select Configuration from [Settings] menu, and the "GDS Configuration Settings screen" shown below will appear.

Use the <Screen Switching Tab> to switch between "Class Configuration", "Group Configuration", and "Volume Configuration" settings screens.

 

[Figure: GDS Configuration Settings Screen]

For information on how to set each configuration, see "Operating from the Settings Menu."