Understanding PowerMax software system profiles and compliance

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.

This feature supports the creation of a software profile that can be applied to one or more storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079) that are local to the managing Unisphere for PowerMax. The profile covers several alert and performance settings. The compliance part of the feature relates to monitoring of changes (that occur within a certain user-specified time window) to any local storage system (running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079)) that is part of a profile.

The Unisphere UI supports the following operations (on storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079)):

• View the system profiles dashboard.
• Create, modify, and delete system profiles.
• Apply a system profile.
• Add a storage system to a profile.
• View compliance status.
• Create, modify, and delete change control window.
• View audit log records for changes outside the change control window.
• Import, export, and clone a change control window.