HP StoreFront Mobile Access Software - Manual (Page 19)

3 HP StoreFront Mobile Access servers
This chapter is intended for HP StoreFront Mobile Access administrators. For specifications and
support details, see the HP StoreFront Mobile Access Release Notes.
General planning
• HP StoreFront Mobile Access server software is standalone software that does not rely on an
external instance of HP 3PAR Management Console.
• HP recommends that HP StoreFront Mobile Access server software not be installed on a physical
or VM server that is running HP 3PAR Management Console.
• HP recommends that you do not monitor more than four HP 3PAR StoreServ systems from an
instance of HP StoreFront Mobile Access server.
• An HP 3PAR StoreServ system can be simultaneously monitored by more than one HP StoreFront
Mobile Access server. This allows for high-availability monitoring. However, HP recommends not
using more than two HP StoreFront Mobile Access servers to simultaneously monitor a storage
system.
• Physical or VM servers on which the HP StoreFront Mobile Access server software is installed
must be running Windows Server 2008 and must have LAN connectivity with the HP 3PAR StoreServ
systems to be monitored.
• During installation, HP StoreFront Mobile Access server software automatically establishes the
IP address of its listen address. See
“Listen address” (page 25) . On a multi-home server, you may
want to use the Mobility Setup Tool to specify the IP address to be used. See Mobility Setup Tool
“configuration – change listenAddress command” (page 32) .
• When HP StoreFront Mobile Access server software is installed, several TCP ports are configured.
To ensure correct operation, you should review the HP StoreFront Mobile Access server port default
values prior to installation. In some cases you may need to specify port numbers, rather than accept
the defaults. See
“Changing server port numbers” (page 24) .
• During installation, the device access limit is set to 100 mobile devices. The value can be changed
after installation. See
“Device access limit” (page 22) .
VPN planning
If mobile devices will be allowed to connect to an HP StoreFront Mobile Access server from outside
of a corporate network, HP recommends using a VPN for the connections.
When using a VPN connection, HP recommends the following general procedure for installing HP
StoreFront Mobile Access server software and apps.
Server
1.
An administrator installs and configures the HP StoreFront Mobile Access server. See “Installing
and configuring HP StoreFront Mobile Access server software” (page 21) .
2. The administrator notifies users of the HP StoreFront Mobile Access server IP address.
Mobile devices
All users do the following:
1.
Install the HP StoreFront Mobile Access app.
2. Configure their mobile device VPN settings to connect to the corporate network.
3. Connect to the corporate VPN.
4. Run the HP StoreFront Mobile Access app.
5. Select the HP StoreFront Mobile Access server in the same manner as if directly connected to
the corporate network. See
“Connecting to (viewing) storage systems” (page 12) .
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