View and filter SAN health report

The SAN Health Report view allows the user to determine the health of their storage network.

Steps

  1. Select a storage system running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079).
  2. Select the System Health tab.
  3. In the Actions panel, click VIEW SAN HEALTH REPORT.
    The following properties display:
    • Initiator -Initiator ID
    • FCID- Fibre Channel ID for the initiator
    • Fabric WWN-Fabric WWN
    • HBA Negotiated Speed-Host bus adapter (HBA) negotiated speed
    • HBA BW Limit (Gb/Sec)-HBA bandwidth limit
    • Health Status-Health status indication - for example, a warning icon appears when port speeds of multiple director ports are greater than HBA negotiated speeds.
  4. Click to view additional properties.
    The following properties display for a selected masked director port:
    • Director Identification-Director ID
    • Director Port-Port associated with the director
    • Array Negotiated Speed (Gb/Sec)-Array negotiated speed
    • Director Port Speed (Gb/Sec)-Director port speed
    The following properties display for a selected storage group:
    • Director Identification-Director ID
    • Director Port-Port associated with the director
    • Array Negotiated Speed (Gb/Sec)-Array negotiated speed
    • Director Port Speed (Gb/Sec)-Director port speed
    • Director Identification-Director ID
    • Director Port-Director port
    • Array Negotiated Speed (Gb/Sec)-Array negotiated speed
    • Director Port Speed (Gb/Sec)-Director port speed
  5. You can filter the report by All Storage Groups or by All Director Ports
    For the storage group filtered report, only storage groups that are in a masking view are displayed. For the director port filtered report, only initiators and director ports that are in a masking view are displayed. The filters cannot be used together.