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MegaRAID Storage Manager Online Help System |
Discovery and login
You can start the MegaRAID Storage Manager software from a remote Windows/ Linux machine that has the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installed in complete mode.
- On the Host View window that appears, click Configure Hosts. The Configure Host window appears as shown below.
Figure 1 Configure Host
- Select Display all the systems in the network of local server.
- Click Save Settings. A confirmation dialog appears asking you to confirm your settings. Click OK in the confirmation dialog to start the discovery process.
The ESXi server appears in the list of found hosts as shown in the following figure.Figure 2 Host ESXi Server Name
- Double click your ESXi host. The following figure appears.
Figure 3 Login on the Host Server
- Enter the root account name and password of the ESXi Host in the User Name and Password fields respectively.
- Click Login.
After you log in, the dashboard view provides an overview of the system and covers the properties of the virtual drives and the physical drives, the total capacity, configured capacity, unconfigured capacity, background operations in progress, the MegaRAID Storage Manager software features and their status (enabled or disabled), and the actions you can perform, such as creating a virtual drive and updating the firmware.
Limitations of Installation and Configuration
For more information about these limitations, see Differences in the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for VMware ESXi.
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