Navigating the NearStore VTL GUI

Navigating the NearStore VTL GUI
	Chapter 1. Introduction

The following shows a sample Administrator Overview window, the first window you see after logging in.

Part	Description
Banner	Displays the overall status, time, and, if there are any actions requiring administrator action, an action required icon. Click the NetApp logo to connect to the NetApp home page; click Logout to log out of the VTL.
Left pane	Lists the major categories for tasks organized into daily administrative tasks (Daily Tasks), and configuration tasks. To perform a task, first select the major task category, such as Monitoring, and then move to the main window.
Main window	Displays tabs for the various subtasks and the information, input fields, and buttons needed to perform the task. Click the tab name to select a specific tab.

Part

Description

Banner

Displays the overall status, time, and, if there are any actions requiring administrator action, an action required icon.

Click the NetApp logo to connect to the NetApp home page; click Logout to log out of the VTL.

Left pane

Lists the major categories for tasks organized into daily administrative tasks (Daily Tasks), and configuration tasks. To perform a task, first select the major task category, such as Monitoring, and then move to the main window.

Main window

Displays tabs for the various subtasks and the information, input fields, and buttons needed to perform the task. Click the tab name to select a specific tab.

To perform a specific task, first select the task category from the left pane, then the appropriate tab, and then fill in, or select, the appropriate values in the fields in the task window. The tab set varies depending on the main task.

In the illustration, Monitoring, is the main task; with tabs Administrator Overview, Actions Required, Statistics, Import/Export Requests, and Event Log. Here the Administrator Overview tab is selected.


Logging in to a NearStore VTL Appliance		Workflow