The SAN Health Report view and the Fabric Performance Impact Notifications (FPINs) view allow the user to determine the health of their storage network.
Steps
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Select a storage system running
PowerMaxOS 10 (6079).
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Select the
System Health tab.
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In the
Actions panel, click
View SAN Health.
A screen is displayed with two tabs:
SAN Health Report tab and
FPINs
tab (only available on storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10.1.0.0 or later). See
View FPIN information for information about the
FPINs tab. The following properties display in the
SAN Health Report tab:
- Initiator
—Initiator ID
- FCID—Fibre Channel ID for the initiator
- Fabric WWN—Fabric WWN
- HBA Negotiated Speed (Gb/Sec)—-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 or when FPIN alerts are associated with one or more directors.
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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
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You can filter the report by
All Storage Groups or by
All Director Ports
For the storage group filtered report, only storage groups 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.
