Edit Advanced System Settings confirmation window

No.

Displays the number of function bits for the advanced system setting.

Advanced System Setting

Displays the name of the advanced system setting.

Status

Displays the status of the advanced system setting.

Storage System Name

Device name of the storage system. Changing this item also changes the Storage System name of SNMP tab in the Storage System window, and Alert Notification window of Maintenance Utility.

Contact

Contact information such as personnel and telephone number where you can inquire about the storage system. Changing this item also changes the Contact of SNMP tab of Storage System window, and Alert Notification window of Maintenance Utility.

Location

Location of the connected storage system. Changing this item also changes the Location of SNMP tab of Storage System window, and Alert Notification window of Maintenance Utility.

Storage System Name

Device name of the storage system.

Contact

Contact information such as personnel and telephone number where you can inquire about the storage system.

Location

Location of the connected storage system.

• Host Report: Sends alerts only of SIMs that report to hosts.
• All: Sends alerts of all SIMs.

Alert destinations are common to Syslog, SNMP, and Email.

• Enabled: Reports the SIM by email
• Disabled: Does not report the SIM by email

• TLS1.2/RFC5424
• UDP/RFC3164

• Enabled: Reports SIM to the Syslog Server through Syslog.
• Disabled: Does not report SIM to the Syslog Server through Syslog

• Enabled: Reports SIM to the alternate Syslog server through Syslog.
• Disabled: Does not report SIM to the alternate Syslog server through Syslog

• Enabled: Reports the SIM through an SNMP trap
• Disabled: Does not report the SIM through an SNMP trap

• Enabled: Performs SMTP authentication
• Disabled: Does not perform SMTP authentication

• Enable: Retry when communication with syslog server fails
• Disable: Does not retry when communication with syslog server fails

• Community: Community names to which SNMP traps are reported
• Send Trap to: IP address to which SNMP traps are reported

• Community: Communities that have permission to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, and GETBULK REQUEST
• Requests Permitted: IP addresses that have permission to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, and GETBULK REQUEST

• Send Trap to: IP address to which SNMP traps are reported
• User Name: User name used for reporting SNMP traps
• Authentication - Mode: Whether authentication is enabled
• Authentication - Protocol: Authentication method if authentication is enabled
• Encryption - Mode: Whether encryption is enabled
• Encryption - Protocol: Encryption method used if encryption is enabled

• User Name: Users that have permission to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, and GETBULK REQUEST
• Authentication - Mode: Whether authentication is enabled
• Authentication - Protocol: Authentication method used if authentication is enabled
• Encryption - Mode: Whether encryption is enabled
• Encryption - Protocol: Encryption method used if encryption is enabled

• Host Report: Sends alerts only of SIMs that report to hosts.
• All: Sends alerts of all SIMs.

Alert destinations are common to Syslog, SNMP, and Email.

• Enable: Reports SIM through email.
• Disable: Does not report SIM through email.

• Add: Adds email addresses. The Add Address window opens
• Delete: Deletes the selected email address. You can select more than one email address.

You can use a name of up to 255 characters. Usable characters: Alphanumeric characters and symbols (! # $ % & ` + - * / ' ^ { } _ . )

This field is mandatory when you selected Enable in Mail Notice.

You can use a name of up to 255 characters. Usable characters: Alphanumeric characters and symbols (! # $ % & ` + - * / ' ^ { } _ . )

• Identifier: To specify a host name, select Identifier. You can enter a name of up to 255 characters.

• IPv4: To set an IPv4 address, select IPv4, and enter four numbers within the range of 0 to 255.

  Example: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (X indicates a numeral)

• IPv6: To set an IPv6 address, select IPv6, and enter eight hexadecimal alphanumeric characters within the range of 0 to FFFF. You can also use an abbreviated-format IPv6 address.

  Example: YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY (Y indicates a hexadecimal digit)

This field is mandatory when you select Enable in Mail Notice.

• Enable: Performs SMTP authentication.
• Disable: Does not perform SMTP authentication.

When you select Enable, enter values in Account and Password.

You can use a name of up to 255 characters. Usable characters are: Alphanumeric characters and symbols (! # $ ` + - * ' { } _ . )

This field is mandatory when you select Enable in Mail Notice.

• TLS/RFC5424
• UDP/RFC3164

• Enable: Reports SIM to the Syslog Server through Syslog
• Disable: Does not report SIM to the Syslog Server through Syslog

• To set a host name, select Identifier and enter the host name in no more than 255 characters. Allowed characters are alphanumeric characters and symbols: !$ % - . @ _ ` ~.
• To set an IPv4 address, select IPv4, and enter four numbers within the range of 0 to 255.

  Example: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (X indicates a numeral)

• To set an IPv6 address, select IPv6, and enter eight hexadecimal alphanumeric characters within the range of 0 to FFFF. You can also use an abbreviated-format IPv6 address.

  Example: YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY (Y indicates a hexadecimal digit)

Use this field only when you select Enable in Primary Server.

Use this field only when you select TLS/RFC5424 in Transfer Protocol and selected Enable in Primary Server. Note the following:

• This field is mandatory when it is activated.
• If you leave the certificate field blank when you apply settings for the second time or later, the certificate that was updated the last time is used.

! # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~

Use this field only when you specified Client Certificate File Name.

Use this field only when you select TLS/RFC5424 in Transfer Protocol and selected Enable in Primary Server.

• This field is mandatory when it is activated.
• If you leave the certificate field blank when you apply settings for the second time or later, the certificate that was updated the last time is used.

• Enable: Reports a SIM to the alternate syslog server through Syslog.
• Disable: Does not report a SIM to the alternate server for the syslog server through Syslog.

• To set an IPv4 address, select IPv4, and enter four numbers within the range of 0 to 255.

  Example: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (X indicates a numeral)

• To set an IPv6 address, select IPv6, and enter eight hexadecimal alphanumeric characters within the range of 0 to FFFF. You can also use an abbreviated-format IPv6 address.

  Example: YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY (Y indicates a hexadecimal digit)

Use this field only when you select Enable in the secondary server.

Use this field only when you select TLS/RFC5424 in Transfer Protocol and selected Enable in the secondary server.

• This field is mandatory when it is activated.
• If you leave the certificate field blank when you apply settings for the second time or later, the certificate that was updated the last time is used.

! # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~

Use this field only when you specify the client certificate file name.

Use this field only when you select TLS/RFC5424 in Transfer Protocol and selected Enable in the secondary server.

• This field is mandatory when it is activated.
• If you leave the certificate field blank when you apply settings for the second time or later, the certificate that was updated the last time is used.

Spaces are not allowed. This field is mandatory when Primary Server or Secondary Server are enabled.

• Enable: Retry when communication with syslog server fails
• Disable: Does not retry when communication with syslog server fails

Use this field only when you select TLS/RFC5424 in Transfer Protocol.

Use this field only when you selected TLS/RFC5424 in Transfer Protocol.

• Enable: Reports SIM with SNMP and permits GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, or GETBULK REQUEST*.
• Disable: Does not report SIM with SNMP nor permit GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, or GETBULK REQUEST*.

• Community: Displays the communities to which SNMP traps are reported.
• Send Trap to: Displays the IP address to which SNMP traps are reported.
• Add: Adds an SNMP trap. The Add Sending Trap Setting window opens. Up to 32 communities can be registered.
• Change: Opens the Change Sending Trap Setting window for the selected row.
• Remove: Removes the selected community from the Registered Sending Trap Settings table.

• Community: Displays the communities that have permission to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST and GETBULK REQUEST*.
• Requests Permitted: Displays the IP addresses that have permission to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST and GETBULK REQUEST*.
• Add: Displays the Add Request Authentication Setting window. Up to 32 communities can be registered.
• Change: Opens the Change Request Authentication Setting window for the selected row.
• Remove: Removes the selected community from the Request Authentication Settings table.

You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? ” < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

This field is mandatory. When you change this field, Storage System Name in the Storage System window of Device Manager - Storage Navigator and the maintenance utility is also changed.

You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

When you change this field, Contact in the Storage System window of Device Manager - Storage Navigator and the maintenance utility is also changed.

You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

When you change this field, Location in the Storage System window of Device Manager - Storage Navigator and the maintenance utility is also changed.

• Enable: Reports SIM with SNMP and permits GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, or GETBULK REQUEST.
• Disable: Does not report SIM with SNMP nor permit GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, or GETBULK REQUEST.

• Send Trap to: Displays the IP address to which SNMP traps are reported.
• User Name: Displays the user name to be used for reporting SNMP traps.
• Authentication - Mode: Displays whether authentication is enabled.
• Authentication - Protocol: Displays the authentication method used if authentication is enabled.
• Encryption - Mode: Displays whether encryption is enabled.
• Encryption - Protocol : Displays the encryption method used if encryption is enabled.
• Add: Adds an SNMP trap. The Add Sending Trap Setting window opens. Up to eight IP addresses can be registered.
• Change: Opens the Change Sending Trap Setting window for the selected row.
• Remove: Removes the selected user from the Registered Sending Trap Settings table.

• User Name: Displays names of users that have permission to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST and GETBULK REQUEST.
• Authentication - Mode: Displays whether authentication is enabled.
• Authentication - Protocol: Displays the authentication method used if authentication is enabled.
• Encryption - Mode: Displays whether encryption is enabled.
• Encryption - Protocol : Displays the encryption method used if encryption is enabled.
• Add: Displays the Add Request Authentication Setting window. Up to eight users can be registered.
• Change: Opens the Change Sending Trap Setting window for the selected row.
• Remove: Removes the selected user from the Request Authentication Settings table.

You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? ” < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

This field is mandatory. When you change this field, Storage System Name in the Storage System window of Device Manager - Storage Navigator and the maintenance utility is also changed.

You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

When you change this field, Contact in the Storage System window of Device Manager - Storage Navigator and the maintenance utility is also changed.

You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

When you change this field, Location in the Storage System window of Device Manager - Storage Navigator and the maintenance utility is also changed.

Email Address

Enter the source address of the email for failure information report. You can use up to 255 alphanumeric characters, including these symbols: !# $ % & ` + - * / ' ^ { } _ . @ ~ = ? |

Specify the community to which SNMP traps are reported.

• To select an existing community from a pull down menu, clear New.
• To create a community, select New, and then enter a name.

  You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

  \ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^ '

  Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

You can enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters, excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Note:

Authentication and encryption information is displayed only if authentication is enabled.

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Select whether to perform encryption.

• Enable: Encryption is performed.
• Disable: Encryption is not performed.

Encryption information is displayed only if encryption is enabled.

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Enter the community name to which SNMP traps are reported.

You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^ '

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

If Send Trap to and User Name are displayed in gray and no values can be entered, delete an SNMP trap destination that you want to change, and then retry adding an SNMP trap destination. Alternatively, disable SNMP Agent, and then re-enable SNMP Agent by using the Set Up Alert Notifications window. For more information, see the SNMP Agent User Guide.

You can enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters, excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Note:

If Send Trap to and User Name are displayed in gray and no values can be entered, delete an SNMP trap destination that you want to change, and then retry adding an SNMP trap destination. Alternatively, disable SNMP Agent, and then re-enable SNMP Agent by using the Set Up Alert Notifications window. For more information, see the SNMP Agent User Guide.

Authentication and encryption information is displayed only if authentication is enabled.

Select to display the Password field and change the password.

If you are enabling authentication, this selection cannot be cleared.

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Select whether or not to perform the encryption

• Enable: Encryption is performed.
• Disable: Encryption is not performed.

Encryption information is displayed only if encryption is enabled.

If you are enabling authentication, this selection cannot be cleared.

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Specify the community permitted to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, and GETBULK REQUEST¹.

• To select an existing community from a pull down menu, clear New.
• To create a community, select New, and then enter a name.

  You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

  \ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^ '

  Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

• All: All users have perimission to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, and GETBULK REQUEST¹.

  If All is selected, the IP address column is not displayed.

• To select an existing IP address from a pull down menu, clear New.
• To add an IP address, select New, and then enter an address.
• IPv4: Enter a valid IPv4 address in the format XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (where XXX is a number from 0 to 255)
• IPv6: Enter a valid IPv6 address in the format YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY: (where YYYY is a hexadecimal number from 0 to FFFF). You can also use an IPv6 address in abbreviated format.
• Minus symbol: Removes the IP address in that row.
• Add IP Address: Adds an IP address. You can add up to 32 IP addresses.

You can enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters, excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Note:

Authentication information is displayed only if authentication is enabled.

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Select whether or not to perform the encryption

• Enable: Encryption is performed.
• Disable: Encryption is not performed.

Encryption information is displayed only if encryption is enabled.

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Specify the community permitted to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, and GETBULK REQUEST*.

To select an existing community name from a pull down menu, clear New.

You can enter up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^ '

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

• All: All users have permission to execute GET REQUEST, GETNEXT REQUEST, and GETBULK REQUEST*.

  If All is selected, the IP address column is not displayed.

• To select an existing IP address from a pull down menu, clear New.
• To add an IP address, select New, and then enter an address.
• IPv4: Enter a valid IPv4 address in the format XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (where XXX is a number from 0 to 255)
• IPv6: Enter a valid IPv6 address in the format YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY: (where YYYY is a hexadecimal number from 0 to FFFF). You can also use an IPv6 address in abbreviated format.
• Minus symbol: Removes the IP address in that row.
• Add IP Address: Adds an IP address. You can add up to 32 IP addresses.

* Only SNMP v2c supports GETBULK REQUEST.

You can enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters, excluding the following symbols:

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Note:

If User Name is displayed in gray and no values can be entered, delete the user you want to change, and then retry adding a user. Alternatively, disable SNMP Agent, and then re-enable SNMP Agent by using the Set Up Alert Notifications window. For more information, see the SNMP Agent User Guide.

Authentication and encryption information is displayed only if authentication is enabled.

If you are enabling authentication, this selection cannot be cleared.

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

Select whether to perform encryption.

• Enable: Encryption is performed.
• Disable: Encryption is not performed.

Encryption information is displayed only if encryption is enabled.

If you are enabling authentication, this selection cannot be cleared.

\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^

Do not enter space characters at the beginning or the end of the value.

IP Address

Enter a new IP address or select an existing one.

• New: Enter a new IP address.
• Select: Select an existing IP address.
• IPv4: To set an IPv4 address, select IPv4, and enter four numbers within the range of 0 to 255.

  Example: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (X indicates a numeral)

• IPv6: To set an IPv6 address, select IPv6, and enter eight hexadecimal alphanumeric characters within the range of 0 to FFFF. You can also use an abbreviated-format IPv6 address.

  Example: YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY (Y indicates a hexadecimal digit)

Community

Enter a new community name or select an existing one.

• New: Enter a new community name

• Select: Select an existing community name

You can use up to 180 alphanumeric characters excluding these symbols: (\ , / ; : * ? " < > | & % ^ )

IP Address

Enter the IP address of the SNMP Manager. You cannot use an address with all zeros.

• IPv4: To set an IPv4 address, select IPv4, and enter four numbers within the range of 0 to 255.

  Example: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (X indicates a numeral)

• IPv6: To set an IPv6 address, select IPv6, and enter eight hexadecimal alphanumeric characters within the range of 0 to FFFF. You can also use an abbreviated-format IPv6 address.

  Example: YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY:YYYY (Y indicates a hexadecimal digit)

Restore Default Settings

Changes the selection of the displayed columns to the factory default settings.

Checkbox

Selects the columns to display.

Click the checkbox next to the name of each column that you want to display. After making the selections, click OK. Only the columns whose checkboxes are selected are displayed. Columns whose checkboxes are not selected are not displayed.

Note that you cannot select the checkboxes of the columns that must always be displayed because they are deactivated.

When you deselect a checkbox, the filter and sort settings of that column are released. If you display the column again, you must set the filter and sort settings again.

Column Name

Displays the names of the columns in the table. If a column contains two rows, the name of the upper row is shown on the left of the vertical bar (|). The name of the lower row is shown on the right of the vertical bar.

• Hide alert information: The Alert window in the Device Manager - Storage Navigator main window is not displayed.
• Refresh forcibly after Apply: The configuration information for the storage system is forcibly updated after the configuration changes are applied to the storage system.
• Disable data polling: Polling stops.
• Disable retry of data updating: Retry does not take place even when you fail to acquire data.
• Enable Storage Navigator 2 All Function: The restrictions on login from Device Manager - Storage Navigator's login window are cleared, including the restrictions on the users who can log in and on the functions available after login. When enabling or disabling the advanced system setting, log in again.
• Manage differential bitmaps in DP pool at pair create and resync operations for 4TB or less TC/UR/GAD pairs: Differential data is maintained in a pool with which a DP-VOL that has the user capacity (up to 4,194,304 MB) is linked when a new TC/UR/GAD pair is created or resynchronized using the DP-VOL. Note that differential data is maintained, regardless of this setting, in a pool linked with the DP-VOL that has the user capacity (greater than 4,194,304 MB) when a new pair using the DP-VOL is created.
• Manage differential bitmaps in DP pool at pair create operations for 4TB or less TC/UR/GAD pairs: Differential data is maintained in a pool with which a DP-VOL that has the user capacity (up to 4,194,304 MB) is linked when a new pair is created using the DP-VOL. Note that differential data is maintained, regardless of this setting, in a pool linked with the DP-VOL that has the user capacity (greater than 4,194,304 MB) when a new pair using the DP-VOL is created.

• Enable reboot of background service: Enable this option only when requested. When this option is enabled, the SVP starts monitoring of the background service process (RMI-Server). When either of the following values exceeds its threshold, the background service process for managing configuration information is restarted.

  • The amount of memory used in the background service process
  • Time elapsed after the background service process is started
• Notify an alert when tier relocation is suspended by system: If you enable this option, when tier relocation is suspended by the system, an alert is issued to users. For details about an alert (SIM) to be issued, see the Troubleshooting chapter of the Provisioning Guide for Open Systems or Provisioning Guide for Mainframe Systems.
• Disable cache of the PP Info: Enable this option only when requested.

Change the management method from hierarchical differences to SM differences.

Change the management method from SM differences to hierarchical differences.

Note: If the LDEV capacity exceeds 4 TB (for open)/262,668 Cyl (for mainframe), the hierarchical memory management method is used regardless of whether advanced system settings 5 or 6 are enabled.