User Interface

The MSU user interface, as shown in Figure 1, contains the following three panes:

    System

    Properties

    Event Logs

Figure 1  MSU User Interface

System

As shown in Figure 2, the System pane uses a tree view to list and show the relationships between the various physical/virtual devices attached to the system. This list includes the following devices:

    Adapter

    Physical Disk

    Virtual Disk

    Array

    Enclosures

    Battery

Figure 2  System Pane

Properties

As shown in Figure 3, the Properties pane lists the properties of the device selected in the System pane. The Properties pane contains tabs at the top. Depending on the device selected in the System pane, one of more of the following tabs appear:

    Property

Select Property to view/modify the properties of the device selected in the System pane.

    Toolset

Roll-over the Toolset tab to view a menu of options related to the general functioning of MSU.

    Operation

Roll-over the Operation tab to view a menu of operations that can be performed on the device selected in the System pane.

    Create VD

Create VD is only available during the virtual disk (VD) creation process. This tab allows you to configure the virtual disk.

Figure 3  Properties Pane

Event Logs

As shown in Figure 4, the Events Logs pane lists adapter events. The events are categorized into informational, warning, and error events. For information on the icons used for different event types, see Icons used in MSU.

Figure 4  Event Logs Pane