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 a Netscape Navigator® 4.51 or later or Microsoft® Internet Explorer^TM 4.0 or later browser.

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
Windows XP
UNIX
Solaris
Linux
HPUX

Accessing a filer from a client by using FilerView

To access a filer from a client by 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 the FilerView icon. If FilerView prompts for them, supply an administrative user name and password. Result FilerView starts up in a new browser window. Note If you are running SecureAdmin^TM 2.1.1 software or later, click the Secure FilerView icon to start an encrypted browser session.
4	Select a management function.

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 the function name.

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 are situated 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 with 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 left frame displays an expandable table of contents, with additional tabs you can select at the top labeled Index and Search. As you select topics from the left frame, the right frame displays a page with tabs you can select at the top labeled Concepts, Procedures, and More Information, which relate to the topic you selected.
2	To view tasks, click the Procedures tab in the left frame.
3	To view additional information about a topic, when available, click the More Information tab in the left frame.
4	To view descriptions of fields, click the Help icon next to the appropriate field in the left FilerView frame.