Administrator Guide

Storage Manager Overview

Storage Manager allows you to monitor, manage, and analyze Storage Centers, FluidFS clusters, and PS Series Groups from a centralized

management console.

• The Storage Manager Data Collector stores data and alerts it gathers from Storage Centers in an external database or an embedded

database. Some functions of the Data Collector are managed by the web application Unisphere Central.

• Storage Manager Client connects to the Data Collector to perform monitoring and administrative tasks.

Topics:

• Management Compatibility

• Software and Hardware Requirements

• Default Ports Used by Storage Manager

• IPv6 Support

• Storage Manager Features

• Storage Manager Client Overview

Management Compatibility

Storage Manager is compatible with the products that are listed in the following table:

Product

Versions

Storage Center 7.1 – 7.4

PS Series group firmware 9.0 – 10.0

Dell FluidFS 6.0.300135

NOTE: You must update FluidFS firmware to 6.0.300135

before updating to Storage Manager 2019 R1.

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012, 2012 SP1, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 6.0, 6.1, 6.5, 8.1, 8.1.1, and 8.2

NOTE: A Storage Center must have Fibre Channel or

iSCSI front-end ports to work with SRM.

Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) 18.1.1.173

CITV 4.0

DSITV 4.1 – 6.0

Software and Hardware Requirements

The following sections list the requirements for the Storage Manager Data Collector, Storage Manager Client, and Storage Manager

Server Agent .

Data Collector Requirements

The following table lists the Storage Manager Data Collector requirements.

NOTE:

For best results, install the Data Collector on a Windows Server VM using a traditional volume source from

shared storage. Do not use a VVol for the Windows Server VM on which the Data Collector is installed.

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