Using the SSMC Main console dashboard and tutorials

For more information about the management console and the available help features, see the HPE SSMC User Guide.

IMPORTANT:

If your user session times out, the Main Console menus and tutorials can behave abnormally. Be sure to log out of your session.

Procedure

Browse to the server that has the SSMC software installed:
https://<IP address or FQDN>:8443
NOTE:
The web app port cannot be customized in SSMC.

The login screen opens.
Log in to the management console:
1. At the SSMC login screen, enter your 3PAR account user name and password.
  Figure 1: SSMC login screen
2. To access the Main console, make sure that the check box next to Administrator Console is unchecked (default).
3. Click Login.
  TIP: If this is your first login to the Main console, a navigation tutorial automatically starts. You can click Next to navigate manually through the tutorial, click Play to run the tutorial automatically, or click Close to view the tutorial at a later time.
To open the Help window from any location within the management console, click the question mark (?) in the upper right corner of the dashboard window.
Figure 2: Access help in the management console
1. To run the tutorials, click either
  Navigation tutorial or Provisioning tutorial.
2. For context-sensitive help on this or any page, click Help on this page.