### Welcome

The Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment (Storage A.D.E.) is a distributed online health and diagnostic monitoring tool for storage area network (SAN) devices. It can be configured to monitor on a 24-hour basis, collecting information that enhances the reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) of the storage devices it supports.

The Storage A.D.E. offers the following features:

- A common web-based user interface for device monitoring and diagnostics
- Distributed test invocation by means of lists or topology using the GUI or CLI
- Topology grouping for multi-level hosts and components
- Alternate master support for redundancy
- Revision checking
- Support for the Storage Service Processor components of Sun StorEdge series offerings
- Remote notification through various providers
- Encryption by way of a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol