Difference between revisions of "QuantaStor Manager Web Admin Guide"

Revision as of 10:54, 9 February 2012

The QuantaStor Manager Web Administration interface is accessible via all major we browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, & Internet Explorer). The QuantaStor console will display the public facing ip address at the CLI log-in screen. Simply use this ip address in the address bar of your browser to reach the initial Login screen.

The following guide provides details into the various dialogue windows used to manage the QuantaStor system. Using the help button on each dialogue box in the Web Admin you can look up specific details or you can simply browse through the following guide.

QuantaStor Manager Overview

Configuring a secure connection to the QuantaStor Manager

The Web Administration will support a secure connection when using https:// to connect. By default both types of connections are supported. To permanently disable http:// support the /etc/init.d/iptables file can be edited to stop redirection of TCP port 80 to port 8080.

To edit the iptables file, connect to the QuantaStor server CLI via an ssh connection or the local console. Using your favorite Linux text editor either remove the following line or insert a hash tag (#) at the front of the line to indicate that the rule should be ignored.

/sbin/iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080

Login Screen

The default admin password for QuantaStor is simply 'password'. If you do not enter a password it will assume the default and will attempt to login to the system with 'password'. The administrator user name is simply 'admin'. It is recommended that you change the administrator password the first time you login to the system. If you are having trouble logging in, try hitting the reload button on your browser as this will re-download the web based management interface. Sometimes, especially after an upgrade you'll need to be sure to do that.

Object Properties

Every object in the QuantaStor Manager stores details about the configuration. These details are displayed either in the Properties Pane on the right side of the manager screen or by right-clicking on the object and selecting Properties from the menu. The resulting Properties window also contains a Security tab. With the security tab, administrators can choose to limit who has access to the particular object via the Quantastor Manager.

Properties Dialog Window

Storage Management Tab

End User License Agreement

License Key Management

License Key Management

Adding License Keys

Activating License Key Online

Activating Licenses via Email

Removing License Keys

General System Configuration & Management

System Configuration Checklist

Modifing System hostname & DNS configuration

Online Upgrades

Call Home / Alert Management Configuration

Testing Alert Management Configuration

Recovering System Configuration Information

Sending System Configuration and Logs to Customer Support

Network Port Dialogs

Configuring Network Port Settings

Rescanning Network Ports

Enabling Network Ports

Disabling Network Ports

Creating Virtual Interfaces

Deleting Virtual Interfaces

Hardware RAID Controller Management

Rescanning Controllers for new Disks

Hardware Controller Rescan Dialog

Identifying Hardware RAID Units in an Enclosure/Chassis

Viewing Controller Events

Silencing Controller Alarms

Importing Foreign RAID Units/Virtual Devices

Creating a new Hardware RAID Unit

Physical Disk Management

Identifying Physical Disks within Enclosure/Chassis

Scanning for newly added Physical Disks

Storage Pool Management

Creating new Storage Pools

Growing an existing Storage Pool

Stopping/Offline Storage Pool

Exporting a Storage Pool for Importing on another System/Appliance

Storage Pool Recover Dialog

Deleting Storage Pools

Identifying Storage Pools within an Enclosure/Chassis

Starting an Offline Storage Pool

Modifying Storage Pool Configuration Settings

Rescanning for Newly Added Storage Pools

Expanding Storage Pools

Storage Quota Dialogs

Storage Quota Create Dialog

Storage Quota Add/Remove Volumes Dialog

Storage Quota Modify Dialog

Storage Quota Delete Dialog

Storage Quota Add/Remove Shares Dialog

NFS Network Share Management

Network Share Create Dialog

Network Share Modify Dialog

Network Share Configure Dialog

Network Share Delete Dialog

Network Share Snapshot Dialog

Network Share Restore Dialog

Restart NFS Services

Storage Volume Dialogs

Storage Volume Create Dialog

Storage Volume Delete Dialog

Storage Volume Modify Dialog

Storage Volume Clone Dialog

Storage Volume Snapshot Dialog

Storage Volume Resize Dialog

Storage Volume Assign Dialog

Storage Volume Restore Dialog

Storage Volume Advanced Settings

Storage Volume Delete One Dialog

Storage Volume Group Dialogs

Storage Volume Group Create

Storage Volume Group Snapshot

Storage Volume Group Modify

Storage Volume Group Delete

Storage Volume Group Clone

Storage Volume Group Add/Remove Volumes

Snapshot Schedule Dialogs

Snapshot Schedule Add/Remove Volumes

Snapshot Schedule Create

Snapshot Schedule Delete

Snapshot Schedule Modify

Host Dialogs

Host Add Dialog

Host Assign Dialog

Host Remove Dialog

Host Modify Dialog

Host Group Dialogs

Host Group Create

Host Group Add/Remove

Host Group Delete

Host Group Modify

Users & Clouds Tab

User Dialogs

User Add

User Modify

User Remove

User Set Password

User Group Dialogs

User Group Create

User Group Delete

User Group Modify

User Group Add/Remove Users

Role Dialogs

Role Create

Role Modify

Role Delete

Role Update Permissions

Storage Cloud Dialogs

Cloud Create

Cloud Add/Remove Users

Cloud Modify

Cloud Delete

Cloud Add/Remove Resources

Remote Replication Tab

Storage System Link Dialogs

Create Link

Delete Link

Modify Link

Set Password Link

Remote Replication Dialogs

Create Replica

Delete Replica

Resume Replica

Stop Replica

Replication Schedule

Create Replication Schedule

Modify Replication Schedule

Delete Replication Schedule

Add/Remove Replication Schedule

Cloud Backup Tab

Storage Volume Cloud Backup Create

Storage Volume Cloud Backup Restore

Cloud Storage Providers

Cloud Storage Containers

Cloud Backup Schedules

Cloud Backup Schedule Create

Cloud Backup Schedule Modify

Cloud Backup Schedule Enable

Cloud Backup Schedule Disable

Cloud Backup Schedule Delete

Cloud Backup Schedule Update Volumes

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