Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Administrator's Guide

Enabling or disabling system-management services

You can enable or disable management interface services to limit the ways in which users and host-based management applications can access the storage system. Network management services operate outside the data path and do not affect host I/O to the system. To allow specific users to access the PowerVault Manager, CLI, or other interfaces, see User settings.

For information about setting options to control CLI behavior—to include setting its output mode—see the set cli- parameters command in the CLI Reference Guide.

Enable the services that you want to use to manage the storage system and disable others by choosing options on the Services panel (Settings > Network > Services).

• Web and API
  • HTTPS—Enable the use of HTTPS to provide secure access to the PowerVault Manager, the web application that is the primary interface for managing the system.
  • HTTP—Enable the use of HTTP to provide access to the PowerVault Manager.
• Command Line Interface
  • SSH—Enable the use of SSH to provide secure access to the CLI, an advanced-user interface used to manage the system and to write scripts or to run scripts. By default, SSH is enabled.
  • Telnet—Enable the use of Telnet to access the CLI to manage the system and to write scripts or run scripts. By default, Telnet is disabled.
  • SSH Port—If you enable SSH, specify the port number to use. The default is 22.
• File Transfer Protocol
  • FTP—A secondary interface for uploading firmware updates and downloading logs.
  • SFTP—A secure secondary interface for uploading firmware updates, downloading logs, and installing security certificates and keys. All data sent between the client and server will be encrypted. SFTP is enabled by default
  • SFTP Port—If you enable SFTP, specify the port number to use. The default is 1022.
• Other Interfaces
  • SNMP—Enables or disables Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP is used for remote monitoring of the system through your network
  • SLP—Enables or disables the Service Location Protocol (SLP) interface. SLP is a discovery protocol that enables computers and other devices to find services in a LAN without prior configuration. This system uses SLP v2.