Adding a remote system
Use this action to connect to a system
and retrieve the system information. You
cannot use this action when using the ServeRAID Manager as a plug-in application.
- Click Remote --> Add
remote system or click the icon from the tool bar. The Add remote system
window opens.
- Type the Remote TCP/IP host name
or address.
- Type the Remote system startup
port number. The default port number is 34571.
- If security is enabled on the
remote system, type your user name and password.
Note: The password is case sensitive.
If security is disabled, go to step 6. (Security is enabled by default.)
- If you want to save the user name
and password, check the Save user name/Password box. Once you successfully
connect to the remote system, the ServeRAID Manager stores this information
in a file along with the host name so you do not have to type your user name
and password every time you run the Manager.
- Click Connect.
Tip: Before adding a remote
system, verify the ServeRAID Manager is running on the remote system. If the
Manager is not running on the remote system, you receive an error.
Successfully adding a remote system
When you successfully add a remote
system, the Manager updates the Main Tree with the newly added system. The Main
Tree fully expands the system so you can view its objects. Previously
expanded systems in the Main Tree will collapse when you add a new system.
The next time you start the ServeRAID
Manager, the Manager will automatically load the systems into the Main Tree.
When you click one of these systems, the Manager will either:
- Open the Add remote system window,
asking for the security information, if the remote Manager has security enabled
and you did not save the user name and password.
- Connect to the system and retrieve
the system information, if you saved the user name and password, or security
is disabled.
Failing to add a remote system
If you fail to connect to the remote
system, the ServeRAID Manager displays an error message and does not add the
remote system to the Main Tree. If the Manager fails to connect, consider the
following:
- Verify that the remote system
is using the same version of the ServeRAID Manager as your system.
- Verify that the remote system
has TCP/IP installed.
- If security is enabled on the
remote system, verify that you supplied the correct user name and password.
- Verify that the remote system
is turned on.
- If you are trying to connect using
a host name, verify that the host name is defined in the Domain Name Server
or a Hosts file.
- Verify that the remote session
is running on the appropriate port.