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 investigation of any storage-related issues.
About this task
For an overview of Unisphere support for VMware, see Understanding Unisphere support for VMware.
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
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Select a virtualization server card.
All hosts under the registered virtualization server are displayed.The following properties are listed:
NOTE: This operation may take a considerable length of time for a large vCenter.- ESXi—ESXi name
- ESXi Version—ESXi version
- Build Number—ESXi Server build number information
- vCenter—IP address of the vCenter
- vCenter Version—Center version
- Zoned Systems—List of all the systems (visible to the Unisphere) that are zoned to the ESXi Host.
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Select a specific ESXi from the list view.
The following properties are displayed in the panel on the right:
- Name—ESXi name
- ESXi Version—ESXi version
- CPU Cores—ESXi server hardware CPUs configuration
- Memory—Memory for the ESXi server
- Virtual Machines—Number of virtual machines
- SG Compliance—Storage Group compliance, select the link to open the worst performing SG that is associated with the ESXi Server.
- Front End—Front End Compliance, select the link to open the Performance tab of the ESXi host.
Click
to show or hide the panel on the right.