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Viewing Storage: Virtual Disk Details for Datacenters and Clusters

View the virtual storage details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter/Cluster tab. For information to appear on this page, you must run an inventory job. The data you view may vary depending on which view you are accessing the data. Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC. See Running an Inventory Job Now. Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter/search functionality on the data grid.
  1. In VMware vCenter, in the Navigator, click vCenter.

  2. Click Datacenters or Clusters.

  3. On the Objects tab, select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Storage: Virtual Disk details.

  4. On the Monitor tab, select the Dell Datacenter/Cluster Information tab, and on the Storage: Virtual Disk sub-tab, view the following:

    HostDisplays the name of the host.
    Service TagDisplays the Service Tag.
    NameDisplays the name of the virtual disk.
    Physical DiskDisplays on which physical disk the virtual disk is located.
    CapacityDisplays the capacity of the virtual disk.
    LayoutDisplays the layout type of the virtual storage. This means the type of RAID that was configured for this virtual disk.
    HostDisplays the host name.
    NameDisplays the virtual disk name.
    Last InventoryDisplays the day, date and time the inventory was last run.
    Controller IDDisplays the controller ID.
    Device IDDisplays the device ID.
    Media TypeDisplays either SSD or HDD.
    Bus Protocol

    This displays the technology that the physical disks included in the virtual disk are using. Possible values are:

    • SCSI

    • SAS

    • SATA

    Stripe SizeThe stripe size refers to the amount of space that each stripe consumes on a single disk.
    Default Read PolicyThe default read policy supported by the controller. Options include:
    • Read-Ahead

    • No-Read-Ahead

    • Adaptive Read-Ahead

    • Read Cache Enabled

    • Read Cache Disabled

    Default Write PolicyThe default write policy supported by the controller. Options include:
    • Write-Back

    • Force Write Back

    • Write Back Enabled

    • Write-Through

    • Write Cache Enabled Protected

    • Write Cache Disabled

    Disk Cache PolicyThe default cache policy supported by the controller. Options include:
    • Enabled

      This means cache I/O.

    • Disabled

      This means direct I/O.