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# View vCenters and ESXi information

Unisphere supports the discovery of vCenters or ESXi servers (using a read-only user) and integrates the information into Unisphere. VMware information is connected to its storage extents, and enables seamless investigation of any storage-related issues.

## About this task

For an overview of Unisphere support for VMware, see Understanding Unisphere support for VMware.

This view displays a list view containing all the ESXi Hosts that have relationships with a local storage system that is discovered by Unisphere.

A relationship between a storage system and a ESXi Host is defined as the storage system having a masking view configured with a storage group that is visible in ESXi Host Storage Adapters (Port Group configuration).

## Steps

1. From the main menu, click Unisphere for PowerMax.
   The home dashboard view is displayed.
2. Select VMware > vCenters and ESXi from the menu bar on the left side of the screen.
   The vCenters and ESXi list view is displayed. It displays the following properties:
   - ESXi—ESXi name
   - vCenter—IP address of the vCenter
   - ESXi Version—Displays the ESXi version
   - SG Compliance—Displays the value of Storage Group (SG) compliance of the worst performing SG that is associated with the ESXi Server
   - Front End—Displays the value of the worst performing Front End (FE) Port Busy for all storage systems that are associated with the ESXi Server
3. Click .
   The vCenters and ESXi details view is displayed. It displays the following properties:
   - Name—ESXi name
   - ESXi Version—ESXi version
   - Build Number—ESXi server build number
   - CPU Cores—ESXi server hardware CPUs configuration
   - Virtual Machines—Number of virtual machines
   - Discovered Time—Date and time of discovery
   - SG Compliance—Displays the value of Storage Group (SG) compliance of the worst performing SG that is associated with the ESXi Server
   - Front End—Displays the value of the worst performing Front End (FE) Port Busy for all storage systems that are associated with the ESXi Server
   The following controls are available:
   - Memory—ESXi server hardware total memory configuration
   - Register— vCenter/ESXi registration or edit
   - Edit— vCenter/ESXi registration or edit
   - Rediscover— Rediscover vCenter/ESXi
   - Unregister— vCenter/ESXi deregistration
4. Optional: Choose a day or time to retrieve performance-related data to the FE Ports over the selected period.
   Example: ESXi Server A has five storage groups that are associated with two arrays (Array 1 and Array 2). The 5 SGs have the following compliance status:
   - Three are stable.
   - One is marginal.
   - One is underperforming.

   Array 1 and Array 2 have the following Front End (FE Port) status: Two are stable.

   In the above scenario, the following is displayed for ESXi Server A:
   - SG Compliance: Underperforming (Red icon)
   - FE Port : Stable (Green icon)