OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.3

Viewing storage details for a single host

About this task

You can view storage details for a single host on the OMIVV Host Information tab. For information to be displayed on this page, run an inventory job. The hardware reports data directly from OMSA and iDRAC. See Running inventory jobs. The page displays different options depending on what is selected from the View drop-down list. If you select Physical Disks, another drop-down list is displayed. The next drop-down list is called Filter and enables you to filter the physical disk options. To view the storage details:

Steps

  1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, in the Navigator pane, click Hosts.

  2. In the Objects tab, select the specific host for which you want to view Storage: Physical Disk details.

  3. In the Monitor tab, select the OMIVV Host Information tab.

    On the Storage subtab, view the following:

    Table 1. Storage details for a single host
    ComponentInformation
    StorageDisplays the count of virtual drives, controllers, enclosures, and associated physical disks with the global hot spare and dedicated hot spare counts. When you select from the View drop-down list, the selected option is selected.
    ViewDisplays the options that you want to view for this host:
    • Virtual drives
    • Physical Disks
    • Controllers
    • Enclosures
    NOTE:

    When the hosts are managed by using chassis profile:

    In the left pane, if you click Storage, and then select the following from the View drop-down menu:
    • Enclosures—The Controller ID of the storage enclosure is displayed as 0 instead of the correct Controller ID.
    • Physical Disks—The media type for HDD is displayed as Magnetic Drive instead of Hard Disk Drive.

    NOTE: For an MX chassis in an MCM configuration, the storage data may not be displayed for an MX host managed using the chassis profile and for a host present in the member chassis. In such cases, it is recommended to manage the host using iDRAC.

Viewing storage details for the view option

The storage options on the Host Storage page depend on what you select from the View drop-down list.

About this task

Select either of the mentioned options from the View drop-down list and view the following:
Table 1. Storage details for a single host
InformationDescription
Virtual drives
  • Name—displays the name of the virtual drive
  • Device FQDD—displays the FQDD
  • Physical Disk—displays on which physical disk the virtual drive is located
  • Capacity—displays the capacity of the virtual drive
  • Layout—displays the layout type of the virtual storage, which means the type of RAID that was configured for this virtual drive
  • Media Type—displays either SSD or HDD
  • Controller ID—displays the controller ID
  • Device ID—displays the device ID
  • Stripe Size—displays the stripe size, which is the amount of space that each stripe consumes on a single disk
  • Bus Protocol—displays the technology that the physical disks in the virtual drive are using. The possible values are:
    • SCSI
    • SAS
    • SATA
  • Default Read Policy—displays the default read policy that is supported by the controller. The options include:
    • Read-Ahead
    • No-Read-Ahead
    • Adaptive Read-Ahead
    • Read Cache Enabled
    • Read Cache Disabled
  • Default Write Policy—displays the default write policy that is supported by the controller. The options include:
    • Write-Back
    • Force Write Back
    • Write Back Enabled
    • Write-Through
    • Write Cache Enabled Protected
    • Write Cache Disabled
  • Cache Policy—displays if cache policy is enabled
Physical Disks—When you select this option, the Filter drop-down list is displayed.

You can filter physical disks based on the following options:

  • All Physical Disks
  • Global Hot Spares
  • Dedicated Hot Spares
  • The last option displays custom named virtual drives
  • Name—displays the name of the physical disk
  • Device FQDD—displays the device FQDD
  • Capacity—displays the physical disk capacity
  • Disk Status—displays physical disk status. The options include:
    • ONLINE
    • READY
    • DEGRADED
    • FAILED
    • OFFLINE
    • REBUILDING
    • INCOMPATIBLE
    • REMOVED
    • CLEARED
    • SMART ALERT DETECTED
    • UNKNOWN
    • FOREIGN
    • UNSUPPORTED
  • Configured—displays whether the disk is configured
  • Hot Spare Type(Not applicable for PCIe)—shows the hot spare type. The options include:
    • No—there is no hot spare
    • Global—an unused backup disk that is part of the disk group
    • Dedicated—an unused backup disk that is assigned to a single virtual drive. When a physical disk in the virtual drive crashes, the hot spare is enabled to replace the failed physical disk without interrupting the system or requiring your intervention.
  • Virtual Disk—displays the name of the virtual drive
  • Bus Protocol—displays the bus protocol
  • Controller ID—displays the controller ID
  • Media Type—displays either SSD or HDD.
  • Remaining Rated Write Endurance—displays the SSD remaining write endurance.
  • Connector ID—displays the connector ID
  • Enclosure ID—displays the enclosure ID
  • Device ID—displays the device ID
  • Model—displays the model number of the physical storage disk
  • Part Number—displays the storage part number
  • Serial Number—displays the storage serial number
  • Vendor—displays the storage vendor name
Controllers
  • Controller ID—displays the controller ID
  • Name—displays the name of the controller
  • Device FQDD—displays the FQDD of the device
  • Firmware Version—displays the firmware version
  • Minimum Required Firmware—displays the minimum required firmware. This column is populated if the firmware is out of date and a newer version is available
  • Driver Version—displays the driver version
  • Patrol Read State—displays the Patrol Read State
  • Cache Size—displays the cache size
Enclosures
  • Controller ID—displays the controller ID
  • Connector ID—displays the connector ID
  • Enclosure ID—displays the enclosure ID
  • Name—displays the name of the enclosure
  • Device FQDD—displays the device FQDD
  • Service Tag—displays the service tag