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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.

    • Capacity information

      Unisphere for PowerMax supports measurement of capacity using both the base 2 (binary) and base 10 (decimal) systems.

    • Operate as the initial setup user

      An Initial Setup User (ISU) user can perform administrative tasks only on storage systems that do not have defined roles (authorization rules).

    • Login authentication

      Unisphere authenticates users attempting to access the system.

    • View Unisphere for PowerMax overview page

      The Overview page contains an overview of the Health, Alerts, Capacity, Updates, Performance, and CloudIQ status of the arrays connected to Unisphere.

    • View dashboard view for all storage systems

      The home dashboard view for all storage systems provides an overall view of the status of all storage systems that Unisphere manages in terms of compliance, capacity, health score, throughput, IOPS, efficiency, and CloudIQ connectivity.

    • View home dashboard view for a specific storage system

      The home dashboard view for a specific storage system provides a view of its status in terms of performance, system health, storage group compliance, capacity, and replication.

    • View performance and capacity dashboard for a specific storage system

      The performance and capacity dashboard for a specific storage system provides a view of key performance and capacity indicators.

    • View the System Health Dashboard

      The System Health dashboard provides a single place from which you can quickly determine the health of the system. You can also access hardware information.

    • Understanding the system health score

      The Overview dashboard provides a single place from which you can quickly determine the health of the system.

    • View overall Storage Group Compliance dashboard

      The storage group compliance dashboard for a specific storage system provides a view of storage group indicators.

    • Understanding resource usage

      Unisphere supports a view of capacity utilization on a storage system throughout its life cycle.

    • View capacity dashboard for a specific storage system (PowerMaxOS 10 (6079))

      The storage system capacity dashboard displays the state of the system in terms of resource and capacity usage from a usable and logical perspective.

    • View capacity dashboard for a specific storage system (HYPERMAX OS 5977 or PowerMaxOS 5978)

      The storage system capacity dashboard allows you to see the amount of capacity your storage system is provisioned for, and the amount of that provisioned capacity that has been effectively used. You can also see how efficient the storage system is in using data reduction technologies.

    • View provisioned capacity details

      The provisioned capacity details view provides details about the provisioned capacity including overprovisioning and system resource utilization that is related to provisioning.

    • View effective capacity details

      The effective capacity details view provides more in-depth detail about effective capacity including usable capacity and relevant metadata utilization, both of which can impact effective capacity.

    • View snapshot capacity details

      The snapshot capacity details view provides details about snapshot used capacity, system snapshot capacity, and storage group snapshot capacity.

    • View data reduction details

      The data reduction details view provides details about DRR (enabled and reducing), unreducible data, and storage group data reduction.

    • View capacity storage group demand details

      The Storage Group Demand report provides information about storage group capacity usage and identifies sources of unreducible data.

    • View Protection dashboard

      The Protection Dashboard provides storage group summary protection information, summarizing the worst states of various replication technologies and counts of management objects participating in these technologies.

    • View SRDF Topology view, SRDF Pair Topology view, and Migration Environments view

      The SRDF Topology view visually describes the layout of the SRDF connectivity of the selected storage system. The Migrations Environments topology view visually describes the layout of the migration environments of the selected storage system.

    • View SAN health information

      The SAN Health Report view and the Fabric Performance Impact Notifications (FPINs) view allow the user to determine the health of their storage network.

    • View FPIN information

      The SAN Health Report view and the Fabric Performance Impact Notifications (FPINs) view allow the user to determine the health of their storage network.

    • Discover storage systems

      Discovery is the process by which storage system, volume-level configuration, and status information is retrieved.

    • Refresh storage system information

      Unisphere can refresh all the storage system data from its database. This operation does not discover new storage systems, only refreshes data for existing systems.

    • Search for objects

      Unisphere supports the search for objects across all storage systems.

    • View newly added features and updates

      Unisphere supports the display of a summary of the newly added features and updates in the latest Unisphere release.

    • Accessing online help

      Unisphere online help provides help for Unisphere UI views, dialogs, and wizards.

    • Log in dialog box

      The Login dialog box provides a mechanism for a user to log it to the system.

    • Exit the console

      Unisphere supports the option to exit the user interface console.

    • Manage jobs

      Certain configuration tasks that are performed on a storage system may not be not immediately processed, but instead are kept in a job list for review and submission in batches.

    • Unisphere for PowerMax alert monitoring recommendations

      This topic outlines the list of recommended alerts for you to monitor or consider monitoring (depending on your environment) when configuring alert policies using Unisphere for PowerMax.

    • Alerts

      You can configure Unisphere to monitor storage systems for specific events or error conditions. When an event or error of interest occurs, Unisphere for PowerMax displays an alert and, when configured to do so, notifies you of the alert by way of email, SNMP, or Syslog.

    • View CloudIQ feed

      Unisphere can send data to CloudIQ that is related to configuration, performance, health scores, alerts, and security settings. CloudIQ can analyze this data and where it detects issues, it can generate recommendations for remediation. These recommendations are sent to Unisphere.

    • Manage settings

      Unisphere allows an authorized user with appropriate access to manage system settings. Settings can also be cloned, that is, settings can be copied from one storage system and applied to one or more target storage systems subject to compatibility checks.

    • Set general preferences

      Unisphere supports the management of settings (preferences) that allow the user to monitor and manage storage systems.

    • Set performance management preferences

      Preferences (general, dashboards, charts, reports, data imports, and alerts) for performance management tasks can be set.

    • Manage WLP settings

      The WLP setting allows the user to include or exclude job list entries when calculating the performance impact scores for each component. By default, the relevant entries are included in the performance impact score calculations.

    • Manage embedded systems

      Unisphere for PowerMax automatically downloads autodownloadable packages for embedded applications.

    • Understanding licenses

      Unisphere for powerMax supports electronic licensing (e-Licensing). e-Licensing is a license management solution to help you track and comply with software license entitlement.

    • User and Group management

      Users access a storage system directly using role assignment or indirectly through user group membership with a role assignment.

    • Create access controls for volumes

      Access controls can be set on specific volumes within a storage system and those volumes can be assigned to a specific host.

    • Configuring NVMe secure provisioning restrictions

      Unisphere supports the enabling of a security configuration restriction for NVMe/TCP.

    • Manage the server certificates

      Unisphere supports the management of the certificates.

    • Manage the trusted certificates

      Unisphere supports the management of the trusted certificates.

    • Manage the smart card trusted certificates

      Unisphere supports the management of the smart card trusted certificates.

    • Manage the remote syslog settings

      Unisphere supports the management of the remote syslog settings.

    • View and manage YubiKey Device ID mapping

      Unisphere for PowerMax supports MFA YubiKey. YubiKey is a hardware device that provides authentication/One Time Password (OTP) for multi-factor authentication. YubiKey is a small USB security key that protects access to configured devices.

    • Configure an SMTP email server for alerts

      Unisphere supports SNMPv1, SNMPv3, and SNMPv3 with TLS notifications.

    • Managing Authentication Verification Entities (AVEs)

      Unisphere supports the configuration of Authentication Verification Entities (AVEs) on NVMe-oF/TCP.

    • Management settings

      Unisphere supports the management of settings (preferences) that allow the user to monitor and manage storage systems.

    • Manage data protection preferences

      Unisphere allows an authorized user with appropriate access to manage system settings. Settings can also be cloned, that is, settings can be copied from one array and applied to one or more target arrays subject to compatibility checks.

    • Performance settings

      Unisphere allows an authorized user with appropriate access to manage system settings. Settings can also be cloned, that is, settings can be copied from one storage system and applied to one or more target storage systems subject to compatibility checks.

    • Unisphere Performance database settings

      Unisphere allows an authorized user with appropriate access to manage system settings. Settings can also be cloned, that is, settings can be copied from one storage system and applied to one or more target storage systems subject to compatibility checks.

    • Unisphere System database settings

      Unisphere allows an authorized user with appropriate access to manage system settings.

    • Alert settings

      You can configure Unisphere to monitor storage systems for specific events or error conditions. When an event or error occurs, Unisphere displays an alert and, if configured, notifies you of the alert by using email, SNMP, or Syslog.

      • Configure alert policies

        You can configure Unisphere to monitor storage systems for specific events or error conditions. When an event or error of interest occurs, Unisphere displays an alert. Unisphere notifies you of the alert by way of email, SNMP, or Syslog, when configured to do so.

      • Service level alert policies

        A service level is the response time target for the storage group. Alert policies can be associated with service levels.

      • View Performance thresholds and alerts

        A warning threshold and a critical threshold value can be configured for each performance metric.

        • Performance Threshold Alert operations

          Unisphere supports alerts on performance thresholds.

        • Create a performance threshold alert

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

        • Edit a performance threshold alert

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

        • Suggesting intelligent thresholds

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

        • Configure SNMP notifications

          Unisphere supports SNMPv1, SNMPv3, and SNMPv3 with TLS notifications.

        • Configure email notifications

          Email addresses can be configured to which notifications, alerts, and reports are sent.

      • Threshold alerts

        Threshold alerts can be set. If a threshold is reached, an alert is generated.

      • Configure alert notifications

        You can configure Unisphere to monitor storage systems for specific events or error conditions. When an event or error of interest occurs, Unisphere displays an alert and, if configured to do so, notifies you of the alert by way of email, SNMP, or Syslog.

    • Delete operations

      Unisphere supports delete operations.

    • Filter list view

      Unisphere supports the filtering of objects in list views.

  • 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).

  • 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. Unisphere for PowerMax administration

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

  3. Alert settings

    You can configure Unisphere to monitor storage systems for specific events or error conditions. When an event or error occurs, Unisphere displays an alert and, if configured, notifies you of the alert by using email, SNMP, or Syslog.

  4. View Performance thresholds and alerts

    A warning threshold and a critical threshold value can be configured for each performance metric.

  5. Performance Threshold Alert operations

    Unisphere supports alerts on performance thresholds.

Performance Threshold Alert operations

Unisphere supports alerts on performance thresholds.

  • Creating a Performance Threshold Alert (see Create a performance threshold alert).
  • Editing a Performance Threshold Alert (see Edit a performance threshold alert).

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