IBM FlashSystem user interfaces

You can configure an IBM® FlashSystem™ storage system by using either the IBM FlashSystem storage management GUI or the command-line interface (CLI).

Both interfaces use the same design as the IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ system. The LUNs are provisioned from IBM FlashSystem as volumes and appear as MDisks on the IBM Spectrum Virtualize system. The IBM Spectrum Virtualize system then uses the MDisks either as LUNs to make storage pools and provision volumes to hosts or with tiering options.

IBM FlashSystem management GUI

You can configure the management GUI through a web browser.

IBM FlashSystem CLI

To access the CLI you need to have a valid SSH key assigned to the user. After obtaining the SSH key, create a user and specify the SSH key in the management GUI by selecting Access > Users. Create a suitable user and add its SSH public key. To add a key to the superuser, right-click superuser, select Properties and add the SSH public key.