You can view
storage details for a single host on the Dell 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
In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter,
in the Navigator pane, click Hosts.
In the Objects tab,
select the specific host for which you want to view Storage: Physical
Disk details.
In the Monitor tab,
select the Dell Host Information tab.
On the Storage subtab, view
the following:
Table 1. Storage details
for a single hostThe following table provides the storage information.
Component
Information
Storage
Displays 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.
View
Displays 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 2. Storage details
for a single hostThe following table provides information about
virtual disks, physical disks, controllers, and enclosures.
Information
Description
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
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