Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
Using the Front End IO Summary Plugin.............................................................................................................306
Using the Current Alerts Plugin.............................................................................................................................307
Using the Replication Validation Plugin................................................................................................................307
Using the Top 10 Fastest Growing Volumes Plugin..........................................................................................308
Using the Current Threshold Alerts Plugin......................................................................................................... 308
Viewing Detailed Storage Usage Information.......................................................................................................... 309
View Storage Usage by Tier and RAID Type...................................................................................................... 309
View Storage Usage by Volumes.......................................................................................................................... 309
View Historical Storage Usage............................................................................................................................... 310
View a Data Progression Pressure Report........................................................................................................... 311
Viewing Historical IO Performance..............................................................................................................................312
Using the IO Usage Tab............................................................................................................................................312
Viewing Current IO Performance.................................................................................................................................314
Using the Charting Tab............................................................................................................................................ 314
Configuring Chart Options............................................................................................................................................ 316
Configuring User Settings for Charts................................................................................................................... 316
Configuring Chart Settings......................................................................................................................................317
Configure the Storage Center Data Gathering Schedule...................................................................................... 318
Exporting Usage Data.....................................................................................................................................................319
Export Storage Usage Data.....................................................................................................................................319
Export I/O Usage Data............................................................................................................................................ 320
Monitoring Storage Center Hardware........................................................................................................................ 321
Monitoring a Storage Center Controller...............................................................................................................321
Monitoring a Storage Center Disk Enclosure..................................................................................................... 324
Monitoring SSD Endurance.....................................................................................................................................327
Viewing UPS Status................................................................................................................................................. 328
Chapter 11: SMI-S......................................................................................................................330
SMI-S Provider................................................................................................................................................................ 330
Supported Management Solutions....................................................................................................................... 330
Supported SMI-S 1.6 Profiles.................................................................................................................................330
SMI-S Namespace..................................................................................................................................................... 331
Setting Up SMI-S.............................................................................................................................................................331
SMI-S Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................................. 331
Enable SMI-S for the Data Collector.................................................................................................................... 331
Using the Dell SMI-S Provider with Microsoft SCVMM........................................................................................332
SCVMM Prerequisites..............................................................................................................................................332
Limitations for SCVMM 2012................................................................................................................................. 333
Modify the SCVMM 2012 Management Server Registry to Allow HTTPS................................................. 333
Prepare the SCVMM 2012 Server for Indications.............................................................................................334
Use SCVMM to Discover the SMI-S Provider................................................................................................... 334
Chapter 12: FluidFS Administration........................................................................................... 336
How FS8600 Scale-Out NAS Works..........................................................................................................................336
FS8600 Scale-Out NAS Terminology...................................................................................................................337
Key Features of the Scale-Out NAS.................................................................................................................... 338
Overview of the FS8600 Hardware..................................................................................................................... 339
Overview of the FS8600 Architecture................................................................................................................ 339
Data Caching and Redundancy...............................................................................................................................341
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