This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes storage management functions and their configuration and usage with the IBM Hyper-Scale Manager management graphical user interface (GUI) for IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and A9000R, IBM XIV® Gen3, and IBM Spectrum™ Accelerate software.

The web-based GUI provides a revolutionary object-centered interface design that is aimed toward ease of use together with enhanced efficiency for storage administrators. The first chapter describes general features of the GUI and installation of the IBM Hyper-Scale Manager server.

Subsequent chapters illustrate some typical GUI actions, among many other possibilities, to manage and configure the storage systems, to define security roles, to set up multitenancy.

For most of the GUI-based actions that are illustrated in this book, the corresponding XIV Storage System command-line interface (XCLI) commands are also shown.

IBM Hyper-Scale Manager based GUI information regarding host attachment and replication is covered in IBM FlashSystem A9000, IBM FlashSystem A9000R, and IBM XIV Storage System: Host Attachment and Interoperability, SG24-8368 and IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R Replication Solutions, REDP-5401.

This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world.

Roger Eriksson works at IBM Systems Lab Services Nordic, based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a Senior Accredited IBM Product Service Professional. Roger has over 20 years of experience working on IBM servers and storage. He has done consulting, proof of concepts, and education, mainly with the IBM Spectrum Accelerate™ product line, since December 2008. Working with both clients and various IBM teams worldwide is a normal days work. He holds a Technical College Graduation in Mechanical Engineering.

Lisa Martinez has worked in the Washington Systems Center Storage team as a storage consultant since January 2012. Her focus is with pre-sales support for IBM DS8000® and XIV. She is the lead instructor for the IBM Spectrum Accelerate family customer-based workshops. Her earlier experience includes roles as a storage architect in the Specialty Services Area in IBM Global Technology Services® (IBM GTS) and test architect in disk storage, focusing on system-level test for XIV for three years, and copy services for DS8000. Lisa holds degrees in Computer Science from New Mexico Highlands University and Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico.

Bertrand Dufrasne is an IBM Certified Consulting IT Specialist and Project Leader for IBM System Storage® disk products at the International Technical Support Organization (ITSO), San Jose Center. He has worked at IBM in various IT areas. He has authored many IBM Redbooks publications, and he has also developed and taught technical workshops. Before Bert joined the ITSO, he worked for IBM Global Services as an Application Architect. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

Markus Oscheka is an IT Specialist for Proof of Concepts and Benchmarks in the Disk Solution Europe team in Germany. He has worked at IBM for fourteen years. He has performed many proof of concepts with Copy Services on IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ and IBM Spectrum Storage™, as well as performance-benchmarks with IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM Spectrum Storage. He has written extensively, and acted as project lead for various IBM Redbooks publications. He has spoken on several System Technical Universities. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University in Darmstadt.

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