Manage your storage arrays Common Array Manager

A Windows patch for CAM 6.5.0 has been released and can be picked up here.

The patch fixes proxy data host firmware upgrade and localization issues that only occur on Windows.

CAM 6.5.0 has been released and can be downloaded from here.

What's New in this Release

1. Firmware for Sun Storage 6140, 6540, 6580, 6780 and FLX380 Arrays
2. Firmware for the upcoming flash array product.
   
3. Support for the upcoming replacement for the Sun StorageTek 6140.
   
4. Support for OpenSolaris 2009.06
   

A frequent support issue we get with Solaris 10 management hosts is the user can not access the webconsole remotely. When they point their browser to the URL https://<management host hostname or IP address>:6789 the browser returns with "Failed to Connect" (Firefox) or "Can not display the webpage" (IE). The reason this happens is because beginning with Solaris 10 11/06 (Update 3) the Secure by Default Network Profile was introduced. This profile hardens the default configuration of Solaris systems by either disabling network services or limiting them to local requests only. In the case of the Java Web Console it is configured to respond to local requests only. This is what is behind the browser connection failure messages. Enabling Remote Access to the Java Web Console has the procedure for enabling remote access to the webconsole.

A few additional things to point out are

1. During a Solaris initial install you are asked "Would you like to enable network services for use by remote clients?". The default answer is no. If you answer yes then remote access to the console will be enabled but so will remote access to many other services.
2. If you apply Solaris Patch Clusters which include patches 125952/125953 for the Sun Web Console and you have remote access enabled then after patch application remote access will be reset to disabled. This is a known issue and the appropriate bug has been filed against the Java Web Console.
   

A new patch for CAM 6.4.1 came out last week. The patch includes updated firmware for a new storage array. You can pick up the patch from the Sun StorageTek Common Array Mgr Firmware Updates Patches page.