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Using the getting started page – HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance and Software User Manual

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Understanding the Storage Management Appliance Software

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Storage Management Appliance Software V2.0 User Guide

Using the Getting Started Page

The Getting Started page provides a convenient set of links to help you prepare

your Storage Management Appliance Software for use. Most links on the Getting

Started page are also available from the Settings page.

Figure 14: Getting Started page

To set up the Storage Management Appliance Software V2.0 for first use, you

may need to adjust the following initial settings:
Set SMTP Server—Specify the mail server used for sending e-mail notifications

to users when certain events occur. This setting is only necessary when you use

the Management Appliance notification features. See “

Setting Up the SMTP

Server

,” on page 35 for more information.

Remote Access—Create and manage access profiles used by one management

application to initiate communication with another management application. See

Managing Remote Access

,” on page 31 for more information.

Discovery—Set up and schedule a discovery so that your Storage Management

Appliance Software is aware of all your storage elements. See Chapter 4,

Discovering Devices and Applications

,” on page 41 for more information.

The Management Appliance automatically performs an initial discovery during

installation of the update.
Migrate Notification Settings—Import previous notification settings into the

Storage Management Appliance Software V2.0. This option is only available

when the system detects previous event notification settings. See

Appendix A

Migrating Event Notification Settings

,” on page 101 for more information.