This page details the storage information collected for each of the supported EMC VPLEX Storage Systems discovered in your IT infrastructure.

Storage Systems Information

To access the collected information for EMC VPLEX Storage systems:

From the Home page, locate the Quick View section and click the Storage System icon to display the list of the discovered storage systems.
In the Storage System list, double-click the EMC VPLEX storage system you wish to access.

The table below lists the System Storage Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage System Information	Description
Name	The name of the storage system.
Type	The type name of the storage system.
Client Access Types	The ways in which a client host can access the storage that this system is providing.
Vendor	The storage system vendor.
Model	The model name.
Software Version	The version number of the software.
Serial Number	The storage system serial number.
World Wide Node Name	The unique serial number of the node.
Status	The operational status of the storage system. To simplify the reading, the status values are categorized as OK, Degraded, Failed, or Offline.
Status Detail	The operational storage system status as exposed by the device's vendor.
Total Disk Space	The total available space in the storage system.
Total Oversubscribed Capacity	Total space oversubscribed in the storage system.
Managed By	The software managing the storage system and the host on which it is running. This is also a link to the Software Instance page for that software. There may be more than one manager.
Storage Processors	A summary table showing the storage processors in the storage system. For each processor the following information is displayed: Processor Identifier Vendor Model Firmware Number of FC Ports To see the storage processor page, click the corresponding table row.
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.
Cluster / Group	The name of the cluster/group related to the storage system.

Software Instance Information

This section provides information about the software instance of the storage system.

To access the collected information for software instances:

In the Storage System page, locate the Managed By section.
Click the name of the Software Instance.

The table below lists the Software Instance Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Software Instance Information	Description
Name	The name of the host system. Typically composed of the Software Instance Name, the Product Version, and the name of the Host.
Type	The type of the software instance that manages the storage system.
Configipedia Page	The name of the associated Configipedia page link.
Instance Count	The number of identical software instances for the hosting server.
Full Version	The full version number of the software instance.
Product Version	The version number of the software instance.
Host	The name of the server hosting the software instance.
Manages Storage Systems	The list of the storage systems managed by the software instance.
Manages Storage System Groups	The list of the storage system groups managed by the software instance.
Maintaining Pattern	The pattern used to create the software instance.
Primary processes	The primary process that identifies this software.

Host Information

To access the collected information for hosting servers:

Select the Infrastructure option in the Explore menu, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
Select a storage system from the list.
Click the Software Instance Type the Managed By section.

The table below lists the Host Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Host Information	Description
General Details
Name	The name of the host system. Typically composed of the Software Instance Name, the Product Version, and the name of the Host.
Type	The type of the software instance that manages the storage system.
Hardware Vendor	The name of the hardware vendor.
Software Instances	Link to the software instance related to the storage system.
Identity
Local FQDN	The local Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the host.
DNS Domain	The Domain Name System (DNS) of the host.
Operating System
OS	The operation system name.
OS Class	The operating system class.
OS Type	The operating system type.
OS Version	The operating system version.
OS Architecture	The operating system architecture.
OS Vendor	The operating system vendor.
Service Pack	The version of the service pack.
Kernel	The identifier of the kernel.
Package Count	The number of packages related to the host.
Package	Link to the packages related to the host.
Hardware, Network and Storage
Model	The model of the host.
Serial Number	The serial number of the host.
UUID	The universal unique identifier of the host.
Logical RAM	The size of the logical memory of the host.
Processor Information	The detailed information about the processor on the host.
Network Interfaces	Link to the network interfaces related to the host.
Inference	The discovery access history for the host.
CMDB synchronization
Last successful CMDB sync	The time and date at which this host was last successfully synchronized into the CMDB.
CMDB sync duration	The time (in seconds) spent performing the last CMDB synchronization for this host.
CMDB CI count	The number of CIs corresponding to this host at the last CMDB synchronization.
CMDB Relationship count	The number of relationships to CIs corresponding to this host at the last CMDB synchronization.

Storage Processors Information

To access the collected information for storage processors:

Select the Infrastructure option in the Explore menu, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
Select a storage system from the list.
Click a Processor Identifier name in the Storage Processors section.

The table below lists the Storage Processors Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage Processor Information	Description
Processor Identifier	The processor identifier.
Vendor	The hardware vendor.
Model	The model name.
Serial	The serial number of the processor.
Firmware	The firmware details.
Storage System	The name of the storage device. This is also a link to the Storage System page.
Front End FC Ports	List of the front-end FC Ports for this processor.

Front End FC Ports Information

This section provides information about the front-end fibre channel ports transmitting data for the selected storage system.

To access the collected information for Frond End Fibre Channel Ports:

Select the Infrastructure option in the Explore menu, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
Select a storage system from the list.
Click a Processor Identifier name in the Storage Processors section.
Click a Port Name in the Front End FC Ports section.

The table below lists the Front End FC Ports Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Front End FC Port Information	Description
Port Name	The name of the front end FC port.
WWPN	The World Wide Port Name — Unique serial number of the front end FC port.
Role	The role of the FC port.
Type	The front end FC port type.
State	The front end FC port state.
Speed (Gb/s)	The front end FC port speed (in Gbit/s).
Storage Processor	The storage processor for this port. This is also a link to the Storage Processor page.

Storage Pools Information

This section provides information about the storage pools for the selected storage system.

To access the collected information for storage pools:

Select the Infrastructure option in the Explore menu, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
Select a storage system from the list.
Click the Storage Pools related link in the Storage Pools section to display a list of the storage pools associated to the storage system.
Click a Storage Pool in the list.

The table below lists the Storage Pools Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage Pool Information	Description
Pool ID	The ID of the storage pool.
Type	The type of the storage pool.
Name	The name of the storage pool.
RAID Level	The RAID level of this storage pool.
Capacity	The usable capacity of the storage pool.
Configured Volume Capacity	The sum of all mapped volumes.
Subscribed Capacity	The total subscribed capacity in the storage pool.
Percentage Subscribed	The percentage of space subscribed in the storage pool.
Oversubscribed Capacity	The total space oversubscribed in the storage pool.
Oversubscription Warning	Indicates whether or not an oversubscription warning is active.
Real Capacity	The total raw capacity in bytes.
Storage System	The name of the storage system for this storage pool. This is also a link to the Storage Systems page.
Storage Volumes	The volumes for the storage pool. This is also a link to the Storage Volumes page.
Storage Volume Mirrors	Link to the storage volume mirrors page.

Storage Volumes Information

To access the collected information for storage volumes:

Select the Infrastructure option in the Explore menu, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
Select a storage system from the list.
Click the Storage Volumes related link in the Storage Volumes section to display a list of the storage volumes associated to the storage system.
Click a Storage Volume in the list.

The table below lists the Storage Volumes Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage Volume Information	Description
Volume ID	The ID of the storage volume.
Name	The name of the storage volume.
Mapped	Indicates whether or not the storage volume is mapped.
Visible Capacity	The visible capacity of the storage volume (in GiB).
Consumable Capacity	The consumable capacity in the storage volume (in GiB).
Percentage of Pool Consumed	The percentage of capacity consumed in the storage volume.
Block Size	The block size of the storage volume.
Number of Blocks	The number of blocks of the storage volume.
Consumable Blocks	The number of consumable blocks of the storage volume.
Storage System	The name of the storage system for this storage volume. This is also a link to the Storage Systems page.
Storage Pool	Name of the storage pool for this storage volume. This is also a link to the Storage Pools page.

Storage Connections Information

A Storage connection represents a connection between a storage client (a host using the storage) and a storage volume. The same connection may be linked to multiple volumes representing the client's visibility of multiple storage volumes. The volumes shown are only those that the client is permitted to access. This section provides information about the Storage Connection for the selected storage volume.

To access the collected information for storage connections, click a Storage Connection link available from the Storage Consumers section of the Storage Volume page.

The table below lists the storage connections information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage Connection Information	Description
Connection Name	The name of the connection.
Connection Type	The type of storage connection.
Connection Value	A unique identifier for the storage consumer using this connection. For WWPN connections this is the fiber channel port name of the host. For iSCSI IQN connections this is iSCSI qualified name (IQN).
Storage Volumes	The name of any storage volumes visible to the host using this connection.
Consumer Fibre Chanel Port	Information on the Fiber channel port on the host using this connection.

Disk Drives Information

This section provides information about the disk drives for the selected storage system.

To access the collected information for disk drives, click the Disk Drive link available in the Storage System page.

The table below lists the Disk Drives information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Disk Drive Information	Description
Name	The name of the disk drive.
Type	The type of the disk drive. For example Normal.
Size	The size of the disk drive in bytes.
Vendor	The name of the disk drive vendor.
Model	The model of the disk drive.
Virtual	Indicates whether or not the disk drive is virtual
Serial Number	The serial number of the disk drive.
Current State	State of the disk drive.
Storage System	Name of the storage system for this disk drive. This is also a link to the Storage Systems page.

Storage System Groups Information

A storage system group in BMC Discovery represents a set of multiple physical systems whose storage capacity, computing power are grouped together to behave as on single storage system (cluster).

To access the collected information for storage system groups:

Select the Infrastructure option in the Explore menu, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
Select a storage system from the list.
Click the Storage System Group link in the Cluster/Group section.

The table below lists the Storage System Group information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage System Group Information	Description
Name	The name of the storage system group.
Type	The type of the storage system group.
Storage Systems	The storage systems that make up this group.
Storage Instance	The storage instance related to the storage system group.
Storage Pools	The storage pools related to the storage system group.
Storage Volumes	The storage volumes related to the storage system group.

Mirrored Volumes Information

The information about mirrored volumes is currently not directly visible in the UI, however you can run queries to retrieve it as follows:

Run the following queries:

SEARCH StorageVolume WHERE NODECOUNT(TRAVERSE Original:Mirror:Copy:StorageVolume) > 0 – To show volumes which are mirrored by another volume
SEARCH StorageVolume WHERE NODECOUNT(TRAVERSE Copy:Mirror:Original:StorageVolume) > 0 – To show volumes which are the mirrors

The next version of BMC Discovery (currently scheduled for Q3) will provide an interface to show mirrored volumes information natively.
To know more about the Query Language please visit this page: Using Query Language.

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