OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.2

Viewing storage details for a single host

About this task

You can view storage details for a single host on the Dell EMC Hosts Information tab. For information to appear 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 Dell EMC Host Information tab.

    On the Storage subtab, view the following:

    Table 1. Storage details for a single host
    ComponentInformation
    StorageDisplays the count of virtual disks, 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 highlighted.
    ViewDisplays the options that you want to view for this host:
    • Virtual Disks
    • Physical Disks
    • Controllers
    • Enclosures

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 Disks
  • Name—displays the name of the virtual disk
  • Device FQDD—displays the FQDD
  • Physical Disk—displays on which physical disk the virtual disk is located
  • Capacity—displays the capacity of the virtual disk
  • Layout—displays the layout type of the virtual storage, which means the type of RAID that was configured for this virtual disk
  • 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 included in the virtual disk are using. The possible values are:
    • SCSI
    • SAS
    • SATA
  • Default Read Policy—displays the default read policy 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 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 disks
  • 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—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 disk. When a physical disk in the virtual disk fails, 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 disk
  • Bus Protocol—displays the bus protocol
  • Controller ID—displays the controller ID
  • 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