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  • Unisphere for PowerMax Quick Start Guide
  • Unisphere for PowerMax administration
  • Storage Management
  • Host Management
  • Data protection management
  • Performance Management
  • VMware Management
  • System Management
  • Serviceability Management
  • System Profiles Management
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  • Unisphere for PowerMax Quick Start Guide

    Unisphere enables the user to configure and manage PowerMax, VMAX All Flash, and VMAX storage systems.

  • Unisphere for PowerMax administration

    Unisphere supports administrative tasks including managing settings and using dashboards to monitor storage systems.

  • Storage Management

    Storage Management covers Unisphere for PowerMax support for the management of storage within one or more storage systems.

  • Host Management

    Storage hosts are systems that use storage system LUN resources. Unisphere manages the hosts.

  • Data protection management

    Data Protection management ensures that data is protected and remains available.

  • Performance Management

    The Unisphere performance management application monitors and manages storage system performance data (Dashboards, Charts, Analyze, Heatmap, Reports, Plan, Real-Time traces, and Performance Database management).

    • Understanding Performance Management

      The Unisphere Performance Management application allows the user to gather, view, and analyze performance data to troubleshoot and optimize the storage systems.

    • Performance Dashboards

      A dashboard is a collection of charts that you define (custom), or that Unisphere provides.

      • View dashboards

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • Use Default dashboards

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • View the All Systems overview dashboard

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and templates.

      • Create a dashboard with charts

        The Unisphere Performance Management application enables the user to gather, view, and analyze performance data to troubleshoot and optimize the storage systems.

      • Import custom dashboards

        Performance dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • Create runbooks

        The Unisphere Performance Management application enables the user to gather, view, and analyze performance data to troubleshoot and optimize the storage systems.

      • Edit runbook dashboards

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • Edit dashboards

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • Delete dashboards

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • Run a report from the dashboard

        Unisphere supports the creation, management, and running of performance reports.

      • Performance dashboard operations

        Performance dashboards can be saved as custom dashboards or can be created with charts.

      • Save a dashboard as a custom dashboard

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • Save a dashboard as a runbook

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • Save dashboard changes

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • Schedule a report from the dashboard

        Unisphere supports the creation, management, and running of performance reports.

      • Navigate to the Details view from a Performance Management Dashboard

        Dashboards display predefined, user-defined custom dashboards, and runbooks.

      • Save dashboards and charts

        The Unisphere Performance Management application enables the user to gather, view, and analyze performance data to troubleshoot and optimize the storage systems.

      • Utilization Threshold charts

        The System Performance Thresholds dashboard gives a visual overview to indicate if system component utilization thresholds have been broken for hardware components.

    • Charts view

      Custom charts can be created across multiple categories, metrics, or time intervals.

    • Analyze view

      The Analyze view provides in-depth storage system data for various collection ranges.

    • Heatmap

      The heatmap displays hardware instances of the selected array that is represented as colored tiles, with the color indicating utilization levels.

    • Reports

      Unisphere supports the creation, management, and running of performance reports.

    • Create real-time traces

      The Unisphere Performance Management application enables the user to gather, view, and analyze performance data to troubleshoot and optimize the storage systems.

    • Plan View

      The Plan view displays predicted future data that is based on linear projection. The projection dashboards that are contained in the Plan view can be used to assist when planning and to avoid potential problems.

    • Performance Management Metrics

      Unisphere supports the display of performance metrics (listed in the online help) that you can use to monitor and manage your network.

    • Set the time range for viewing data

      The Unisphere Performance Management application allows the user to gather, view, and analyze performance data to troubleshoot and optimize the storage systems.

    • Filter performance data

      The Unisphere Performance Management application enables the user to gather, view, and analyze performance data to troubleshoot and optimize the storage systems.

  • VMware Management

    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 this information enables seamless investigation of any storage-related issues.

  • System Management

    System Management covers Unisphere for PowerMax support for the management of system functionality, for example, hardware and system properties.

  • Serviceability Management

    Unisphere provides a serviceability application that supports the deployment of update packages for PowerMax embedded applications.

  • System Profiles Management

    A PowerMax software system profile is a subset of system settings that are associated with at least one storage system (array). The settings are defined once as part of a system profile, and these settings can be applied to one or more storage systems.

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  2. Performance Management

    The Unisphere performance management application monitors and manages storage system performance data (Dashboards, Charts, Analyze, Heatmap, Reports, Plan, Real-Time traces, and Performance Database management).

  3. Performance Dashboards

    A dashboard is a collection of charts that you define (custom), or that Unisphere provides.

  4. Performance dashboard operations

    Performance dashboards can be saved as custom dashboards or can be created with charts.

Performance dashboard operations

Performance dashboards can be saved as custom dashboards or can be created with charts.

The following operations are available:

  • Save a dashboard as a custom dashboard (see Save a dashboard as a custom dashboard).
  • Create a dashboard with charts (see Create a dashboard with charts).

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