NS0-502 Sneak Preview: NetApp System Manager (NSM)
NS0-502 For the past couple of months I’ve been playing with NetApp’s upcoming Element Manager which is a complete re-write and eventually will replace FilerView. Since Val let the cat out of the bag, that opens the door for a blog entry.
Update – 03/06/2009: NS0-502 There has been an article recently posted by the Register stating that NetApp dumps FilerView in favor of the upcoming NetApp System Manager. That statement is not true. FilerView will continue to exist and be fully supported in the forseeable future.
The basic idea behind the NetApp System Manager (NSM) is to provide comprehensive management and capability of one of more arrays via a simple, easy to use, intuitive GUI.
NSM is a Windows/MMC 3.0 application that supports Discovery, Setup, FCP, iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, Deduplication, provisioning, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot and configuration management of multiple NetApp Storage Systems from a single pane of glass.
Storage Configuration Wizards
New wizards allow Admins to create quickly and easily create Aggregates, Volumes, LUNs, shares as well as a new Server Virtualization wizard that supports provisioning for VMware implementations.
The original article source :http://blogs.netapp.com/storage_nuts_n_bolts/2009/03/sneak-preview-netapp-system-manager-nsm.html