Users Guide

Getting Started

The Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin provides storage administrators the ability to manage Dell

Storage Centers and Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) clusters with the VMware vSphere Web Client.

Introduction to the vSphere Web Client Plugin

The Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin provides management of Dell storage.

NOTE: Unless stated otherwise, all procedures in this guide are executed in the VMware vSphere

Web Client.

Key Features

The Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin provides these functions:

• Adding and removing VMFS storage (datastores and Raw Device Mappings) on Storage Centers

• Adding and removing NFS datastores on FluidFS clusters

• Provisioning virtual machines on Dell storage

• Configuring VMware ESXi hosts on Dell storage

• Creating and managing Storage Center Replays for VMFS datastores

• Creating and managing FluidFS cluster snapshots for NFS datastores

• Replicating VMFS datastores between Storage Centers

• Adding and managing Live Volumes

• Recovering VMFS datastores and VMs from VMFS datastore Replays

In addition, the vSphere Web Client Plugin provides numerous informational displays available on tabs

within the VMware vSphere Web Client inventory views.

Status of vSphere Web Client Plugin Tasks

If the status of a task performed with the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin does not appear in the

Recent Tasks pane, click Refresh to update the pane, or click More Tasks to display the Task

Console page.

Requirements for the vSphere Web Client Plugin

The Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin has software requirements and Storage Center requirements

for replication.

Hardware and Software Requirements

The Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin Release Notes list the minimum hardware and software

requirements for installation of the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin.

Getting Started