4-2 System Configuration of NEC Storage ManagerThis chapter gives an overview of NEC Storage Manager.Note: A personal computer on whichMicrosoft Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003operates is called a ”PC” in this chapter. Windows2000 and Windows Server 2003 are genericallycalled “Windows” in this chapter.OverviewNEC Storage Manager consists of server and client functions.The server function operates on a management server, and directly monitors thedisk arrays of the NEC Storage series connected through a LAN or FC (FibreChannel).The client function operates on a PC connected with the management serverthrough a LAN, and provides the user with the monitoring and operationfeatures through the GUI.NEC Storage Manager provides various features to operate the disk arrays ofthe NEC Storage series. Figure 4-1 shows a system configuration sample usingNEC Storage Manager.switchLAN LAN or FCLANWindowsNEC Storage ReplicationControlFigure 4-1 System Configuration Sampleü NEC Storage Managerü NEC Storage PathManagerü NEC Storage ReplicationControl Windowsü NEC Storage ReplicationControl SQL Option ü NEC Storage AccessControlü NEC Storage PerformanceMonitorü NEC Storage DynamicDataReplicationUNIX orWindowsNEC Storage Series