10.5 HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide (AX696-96269, March 2013)

7 Monitoring the SAN
Monitor the SAN to:
• Track usage.
• Ensure that best practices are followed when changes are made, such as adding additional
storage systems to clusters.
• Maintain the overall health of the SAN.
Tools for monitoring the SAN include the SAN Status Page, the Configuration Summary and the
Best Practice table, the Alarms and Events features, including customized notification methods, and
diagnostic tests and log files available for the storage systems.
Monitoring SAN status
After you have created at least one management group in the CMC, the CMC searches for storage
systems, and then opens to the SAN Status Page (Figure 45 (page 86)).
Figure 45 SAN Status Page
1. Status Page toolbar
2. Content panes
The SAN Status Page consolidates multiple categories of information in one location from which
to monitor multiple features of the SAN at one time. These categories of information are organized
into the following content panes:
• Best Practice Summary—Ensure that the SAN configurations meet best practice
recommendations for data protection, SAN and data availability, and network connectivity,
failover, and performance.
86 Monitoring the SAN