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:
  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)