Accessing a filer to administer it

Accessing a filer with FilerView

What FilerView is

FilerView is a Web-based graphical management interface that enables you to manage most filer functions from a Web browser rather than from the console, a Telnet session, or the rsh command.

FilerView requires a Web browser

FilerView requires Netscape Navigator^TM 4.51 or later, or Microsoft® Internet Explorer^TM 4.0 or later.

Note
The browser must have Java and JavaScript enabled. Other browsers that support Java and JavaScript might be compatible with FilerView.

Client platforms that support FilerView

The following platforms support FilerView:

Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows NT
UNIX
Solaris
Linux
HPUX

Accessing a filer from a client using FilerView

To access a filer from a client using FilerView, complete the following steps.

Steps	Action
1	Start your Web browser.
2	Enter the following URL, replacing filername with the name of your filer: *http://filername/na_admin* filername is either the fully qualified name or the short name of the filer, or the IP address of the filer.
3	Click FilerView. Result FilerView starts up in a new browser window. Note If you are running SecureAdmin^TM 2.1.1 software or later, click Secure FilerView to start an encrypted browser session.
4	Select a management function. If FilerView prompts for them, supply an administrative user name and password.

Using the interface

The FilerView interface consists of three main frames: a left frame, a right frame, and a title frame.

Left frame

The left frame contains an expandable list of categories:

The Real Time Status category contains choices that launch separate tools that monitor filer performance.
The other categories represent management functions.

To view the real-time displays or the functions in a category, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Click Real Time Status or a category name.

To select a real-time display or a function, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Click the display or function name.

Note
The first time you select a function, FilerView prompts you to enter an administrative user name and password. After you enter the correct user name and password, FilerView does not prompt you again.

Right frame

As you select functions from the left frame, the right frame changes to display forms that provide information about the filer configuration and enables you to change the filer configuration.

To change the filer configuration, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Change information that is displayed in the right frame.
2	Save the information.

Title frame

The title frame contains the name of the function you select from the left frame followed by the path to the function. For example, if you select Report in the Volumes category, the title frame shows the path as Volumes > Report.

Help buttons:

Help buttons exist next to the categories in the left frame and in the title frame. Help provides a description of the function, descriptions of the fields that the function uses, and procedures for tasks you can perform using the function.

To view Help, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Click the Help button next to the category. Result: A two-frame Help screen appears. The top frame displays the category title. The bottom frame provides background information for the category and a list of functions for that category. For example, functions under the Volumes category are Report, Manage, Configure RAID, Qtree, Quotas, and Snapshots.
2	Click the function for which you want help. Result A three-frame Help screen appears. The top frame displays the function title. The left frame displays a task and field category for the function, and can also display links to other FilerView topics. The right frame displays a brief description of the function.
3	To view tasks, click the tasks category in the left frame.
4	To view descriptions of fields, click the fields category in the left frame.