Is navisphere not free enough:)

there is nt much that you cant do with Navisphere.  are you looking to do something specific?

Is there any 3rd party Free tools available to monitor or manage clariion storage like LUN utilization, Free Space, Raid Groups,LUN's assigned to how many hosts, Alerts, Errors etc...

Thanks

VijayRaj

Through Unisphere can i manage all performance metrics through web browser for clariion cx4-120 storage system?

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VijayRaj

Ok, it looks like we were talking about two different things.

Firstly, to manage a clariion box, you should use Navisphere/Unisphere on the box itself.

You connect to http://clariion-ip-address for SPA or SPB. From here you manage the box.

Secondly there is a tool called Navisphere service taskbar / Unisphere service manager.

This tool is used to apply patches, flare upgrades or hardware addons mostly.

For day to day operations, use the built in Navisphere on the clariion box itself, not the service taskbar/manager.

Regards

Christoffer

If your system is running FLARE 30 the management interface is now known as Unisphere.

If its FLARE 28 or 29 its called Navisphere as was earlier mentioned.

It is the built in management interface for the clariion boxes, so to answer your question, yes.

Regards

Christoffer

Thanks for the information christoffer

EMC released Unisphere with this can monitor or manage Clariion CX4-120 box?

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VijayRaj

As far as I know there are no 3rd party tools that will provide what you want.

When it comes to mangement and performance overview you might want to look into EMC Control Center.

Its not free and its not web-based, but it can do everything you are looking for.

Regards

Christoffer

Mine is Flare 28 i read some where that will work with flare 28 but we need to setup windows server,

i tried to download from powerlink i found only Linux and solaris based builds.

i sent a mail to emc to get Windows build.

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VijayRaj

As previously  stated Unisphere (Flare 30) or Navisphere (Flare below 30)  is accessed  via TCPIP

http://clariion-ip-address for SPA or SPB

This will allow you to manage/monitor the array ,  there is also  a HOST based  application called an Agent which is installed

on the servers to allow hosts register automatically with the array and this also provides host side information such as  mount point

infomation into Unisphere/Navisphere.

I have attached the Navisphere Documentation for Flare 29  which explains the requirements and use of  Navisphere.

If you are interested in proactive services then there is a company that does performance and capacity planning services. http://www.interscapetech.com and http://www.perfonics.com. There some free tools/services available.

is there any opensource tools available?

Thanks

VijayRaj

Zzzzzzziiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnggggg!!! Nice one dynamox :-)

Yes, you can, if you use the service:-)

Not to get into a debate on this (these are not competing services, but filling a gap), but I was just responding to a query of an user. I am myself a user of many EMC products and also provide a service to other users who are looking for complimentary solutions to EMC products. At the end of the day, smoother operations of EMC infrastructure will only help EMC sell more hardware and software.  If this is the wrong forum to mention that, I apologize.

I don't believe there are. Also, you would want to be very specific about what type of tools that you're looking for - what is it that you want to do that can not be done using Navisphere or the CLI.

glen