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Navigating the Management GUI

The Management Graphical Interface (GUI) is accessible by entering the management cluster IP address or DNS name into a supported web browser.

Hammerspace includes the following management categories and pages. You can access each of these pages by clicking the icon on the left navigation bar.

Table 1. Navigation Pages
Navigation Menu Description

Dashboard

Summarized information about data or infrastructure, as well as Quick Links to areas of interest.

Mobility

Data mobility visualization

Data

View and create shares, add storage systems, volumes, S3 servers and buckets.

Objectives

View and create objectives that define how data is placed and moved. Profile the cost of data placement by age.

Infrastructure

View detailed performance and alignment data for storage volumes, volume groups, and storage systems.

Administration

View clusters and nodes, S3 servers, licensing, SNMP configuration, Active Directory integration; manage users, download support logs, and update software.

The following general administrative areas are accessible from the status bar at the top of each page:

Table 2. Status bar functions
Task Description

Getting Started

Common tasks for configuring the product.

Events

View events.

Tasks

View the status and progress of tasks.

Users

Logout; view user details; change the user password; API documentation, view information about Hammerspace version.

Errors

The triple-bar icon at the top right of the page displays a list of recent errors from UI components.

Expand menu

The triple bar icon at the top left of the page expands the left side panel.