Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide

Tips for using PowerVault Manager

The following list contains tips for using PowerVault Manager:

• Do not use the Back, Forward, Reload, or Refresh buttons in the browser. PowerVault Manager has a single page on which content changes as you perform tasks and automatically updates to show current data.
• A red asterisk () identifies a required setting.
• As you set options in action panels, PowerVault Manager informs you whether a value is invalid or a required option is not set. If the Apply or OK button remains inactive after you set all required options, either press Tab or click in an empty area of the panel to activate the button.
• If an action panel has an Apply button and an OK button, click Apply to apply any changes and keep the panel open or click OK to apply any changes and close the panel. After clicking Apply, you can click Close to close the panel without losing changes already applied.
• You can move an action panel or a confirmation panel by dragging its top border.
• If you are signed in to PowerVault Manager and the controller you are accessing goes offline, the system informs you that the system is unavailable or that communication has been lost. After the controller comes back online, close and reopen the browser and start a new PowerVault Manager session.
• If your session is inactive for too long, you are signed out automatically. This timer resets after each action you perform. One minute before automatic sign-out you are prompted to continue using PowerVault Manager.
• If you start to perform an action in a panel (such as adding a new entry to a table) and then select an item or button that interrupts the action, a confirmation panel will ask if you want to navigate away and lose any changes made. If you want to continue performing the original action, click No. If you want to stop performing the original action, click Yes.
• In the banner or footer, or indicates that a panel has a menu. Click anywhere in the panel to display the menu.
• Right-click a row in a topic table to display the Action menu. This action provides a faster method for more experienced users to access the menu items. Hovering over a disabled menu item shows a tooltip indicating why the item is disabled.