Viewing a storage system
A storage system in BMC Discovery represents the core chassis of a storage entity on the network on which servers can store data. A storage system is typically a rack-mounted device with a large number of disks. Connectivity to the network is usually through a number of ports. A storage system may enable clients to access the storage it is providing via a Storage Area Network (SAN) or Network Attached Storage (NAS).
To view a storage system
- From the main menu, select Explore > Data.
- In the Storage section, click Storage Systems.
- Select a storage system from the list.
The following screen illustrates a typical example of a discovered storage system.
The information fields for a discovered storage system are arranged in the following groups:
Field name | Details |
|---|---|
Name | The name of the storage system; for example, Symmetrix Array 000294901120. |
Type | The type of storage system; for example, EMC Symmetrix. |
| Client Access Types | The ways in which a client host can access the storage that this system is providing; can be SAN, NAS, or SAN and NAS. |
Vendor | The storage system vendor; for example, EMC Corporation. |
Model | The model name; for example, VMAX-1SE. |
Serial Number | The storage system serial number; for example, 000294901120. |
| Total Disk Space | The total disk space managed by this storage system. For more information, see Storage terminology. |
| Total Oversubscribed Capacity | The total oversubscribed capacity managed by this storage system. For more information, see Storage terminology. |
| Storage Device | A link to the storage device through which the storage systems was discovered, if directly discovered. |
Managed By | The software managing the storage system and the host on which it is running; for example, EMC CIM Object Manager 7.6 on smis-emc-win-01. |
Storage Processors | A summary table showing the storage processors in the storage system. For each processor, the following information is displayed:
To see the storage processor page, click the corresponding table row. For more information, see Viewing storage processors. |
Storage Pools | Displays the number of related storage pools. This is also a link to the Storage Pool List page. To see the storage pool page, click the corresponding table row. For more information, see Viewing storage pools. |
Storage Volumes | Displays the number of related storage volumes. This is also a link to the Storage Volume List page. To see the storage volume page, click the corresponding table row. For more information, see Viewing storage volumes. |
Disk Drives | Displays the number of related disk drives. This is also a link to the Disk Drive List page. To see the disk drive page, click the corresponding table row. For more information, see Viewing disk drives. |
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