Dell EMC PowerFlex Rack Using PowerFlex Manager

View service details

You can view the state of a service at the component level. You can view the component topology and connections in a selected service template. You can view component logs, display the port view, place a component in service mode, or replace a disk.

1. On the menu bar, click Services.
2. Under All Services, click the component whose details you want to view.
3. On the Service Details, click a component icon to view the following details associated with the component:
   • Management IP address
   • Resource health
   • Compliance
   • Deployment status
4. When you scroll down the page, the following information displays based on the resources in the service:

   Section	Description
   Clusters	View the following information about the clusters in the VMware vCenter environment: Health Data center name Cluster name Asset/service tag Management IP address
   PowerFlex Gateways	View the following information about the gateways that are part of the service: Health System name Primary MDM IP address Management IP address Virtual IP address Total storage pools If the service has storage pools, PowerFlex Manager lists the number of storage pools, and the granularity setting and acceleration pool for each storage pool. If compression is disabled for a storage pool, the granularity is set to medium. If compression is enabled, the granularity can be set to fine or medium. The service deployment creates of a separate storage pool for each type of disk (SSD/NVMe or hard drive) that is found in the nodes. The deployment process adds the disks from the nodes to the appropriate storage pools based on the expected types for each pool. Protection domain In PowerFlex, a protection domain is a logical entity that contains a group of Storage Data Servers (SDS) that provide backup to each other. Each SDS belongs to one (and only one) protection domain. Each protection domain is a unique set of SDSs.
   CloudLink	View information about the CloudLink Center participating in the service, and the machine group and keystore being used for encryption.
   Storage	View details about storage volumes added for the service. Click View Volumes to search for volumes and see the following information about the volumes: Name Size Type Compression Storage pool Datastore
   Physical Nodes	View the following information about the nodes that are part of the service: Health Asset/service tag iDRAC management IP address Hostname PowerFlex mode The mode for each node is one of the following: Hyperconverged includes both SDS and SDC components. Storage Only includes only the SDS component. Compute Only includes only the SDC component. Associated IP addresses MDM role The MDM role is the metadata manager role. The MDM role applies only to those nodes that part of a PowerFlex cluster. The MDM role is one of the following: Primary: The MDM in the cluster that controls the SDSs and SDCs. The primary MDM contains and updates the MDM repository, the database that stores the SDS configuration, and how data is distributed between the SDSs. This repository is constantly replicated to the secondary MDMs, so they can take over with no delay. Every PowerFlex cluster has one primary MDM. Secondary: An MDM in the cluster that is ready to take over the primary MDM role if necessary. Tiebreaker: An MDM whose only role is to help determine which MDM is the primary. Standby MDM: A standby MDM can be called on to assume the position of a manager MDM when it is promoted to be a cluster member. Standby Tiebreaker: A standby node that is prepared to take over as a tie breaker. Fault set: A logical group of SDSs within a protection domain that defines by the way it is grouped where the copies of data exist.