Accusys ExaRAID GUI - Manual (Page 226)

Advanced Functions
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You may follow the steps below to deploy the RGC components:
1. Install RAID systems and connect them to the networks.
2. Install one RGC Server and conduct the necessary configurations (you
need to start web server if you would like to use RGC GUI).
3. Install RGC Agents (one for each network segment).
4. Launch RGC GUI (you will need to enter a password).
5. Use RGC GUI to add RGC Agents by keying the IP address of the RGC
Agents.
6. Use RGC GUI to discover the RAID systems for each RGC Agent.
7. Use RGC GUI to register the discovered RAID systems (you need to
present the administrator’s password of the RAID systems for
registration).
8. Configure MSN accounts for event notification (optional).
Now you may freely read the status and events of all registered RAID
systems by RGC GUI.
When there are new RAID systems installed to a network with an RGC
Agent, you need to use RGC to rescan the network to discover and
register the new RAID systems. When there are new RGC Agents, you will
need to add these RGC Agents to your RGC Server by RGC GUI.
If RAID systems are attached to a private network with virtual IP address,
the computer running RGC Agent for this network must have a real IP
address such that RGC Server can communicate with the RGC Agent.
This can be done by creating a mapping in the gateway of the network
and assign a real IP address to the computer.
Note that when there is constant heavy network traffic, the
communication between RGC components would be influenced and
the operations would become slow. When the network connection
between RGC Server and RGC Agents is down, the status and the latest
events of the RAID systems managed by the RGC Agents will not be
visible. But after the network connection is recovered, the RGC Server will
synchronize its local event database with the event logs on the RAID
systems. For easing the management, you may also consider dividing the
RAID systems into two or more domains, and install one RGC Server for
each domain. But note that one RGC Agent can be accessed by only
one RGC Server.
To avoid discontinued monitoring because of the failure at the monitoring
sites, you may set up two RGC Servers to monitor the same set of RAID