The main ESI GUI window provides a one-stop view of the storage systems, hosts, host clusters, and applications added to ESI.
The ESI interface has three panes:
The left pane is the navigation pane.
The center pane shows the details of the items selected in the navigation pane.
The right pane is the Actions pane, which lists the possible actions based on the items selected in the navigation pane or the center pane.
The following table lists some of the actions available in the right Actions pane or by clicking Action from the menu bar:
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Action |
Description |
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Adds a storage system. |
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Exports the access control information to an ESI access control file. Notice: This action is being deprecated in this release and will be removed from future ESI releases. |
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Imports the access control file to an ESI host to gain access to the specified system. Notice: This action is being deprecated in this release and will be removed from future ESI releases. |
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Add Host (Windows only) |
Adds a Windows host system. |
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Adds a Windows host system. |
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Adds a Linux host system. |
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Publishes the connection information for a specified system. |
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Adds a host cluster. |
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Adds a hypervisor. You can select from Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, or VMware vSphere. |
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Adds a SharePoint farm. |
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Adds an Exchange forest. |
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Adds a SQL Server. |
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Adds a RecoverPoint or AppSync replication service. |
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Refresh |
Refreshes the window. If you have ESI open for a long period of time, click Refresh to reset the display. |
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View |
Contains options to customize the current view. |
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Options |
Set the time-out for ping system to the number of milliseconds for a ping between ESI and a selected system. Note: You can then click Ping to test the connection between ESI and a storage system, host, host cluster, application, or hypervisor. |
Customize view settings
To show or hide items in the Home window, select View > Customize from the menu bar. The Customize view dialog box appears. Select or clear the following checkboxes to customize your view:
Note: Many of the checkboxes are selected by default.
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Checkbox |
View displayed if selected |
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Console tree |
Left navigation pane. |
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Standard menus (Action and View) |
Top menu bar: View and Help. |
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Standard toolbar |
Icons in the second row of the menu bar: Back and Forward arrows, Up One Level in the Console Tree, Show/Hide Console Tree, Help, and Show/Hide Action Pane. |
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Status bar |
Status bar at the bottom of the Home window. |
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Description bar |
Description at the top of a pane. For example, if a VMAX storage system is selected, VMAX and the size and ID of the storage system are displayed. |
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Taskpad navigation tabs |
ESI does not use MMC taskpad navigation tabs, so this selection does not provide any additional choices. |
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Action pane |
Right Actions pane. |
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Menus |
ESI does not have additional menu views. |
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Toolbar |
ESI does not have additional toolbar views. |
Notes:
To customize the center pane, such as to remove or add columns for a custom view, right-click a column and select actions from the menu. By default, not all of the information is displayed for some lists due to space limitations.
If a plus (+) or minus (-) symbol is displayed next to a list item, you can click the + symbol to expand the information displayed and click the - symbol to reduce the information displayed.
You can also adjust column width sizes with your mouse.
