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Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Technical Overview

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PowerFlex Manager

PowerFlex Manager is a unified tool that is used for the management and operations of PowerFlex. PowerFlex is a software-defined storage platform that is designed to reduce operational and infrastructure complexity empowering organizations with predictable performance and resiliency at scale.

PowerFlex Manager provides IT operations management for PowerFlex systems. It increases efficiency by reducing time-consuming manual tasks that are required to manage system operations. PowerFlex Manager can also be used to deploy and manage new and existing PowerFlex rack and PowerFlex appliance systems.

The PowerFlex Manager interface provides PowerFlex block and file capabilities, along with lifecycle mode and resource management capabilities.

The PowerFlex Manager unified management interface includes the following set of tabs:
  • A dashboard that enables you to see a summary of performance and inventory data.
  • A block tab that provides a user interface for managing PowerFlex block storage.
  • A file tab that provides a user interface which incorporates PowerFlex file services capabilities for managing file storage.
  • A protection tab that provides a user interface for performing PowerFlex storage protection operations.
  • A lifecycle tab that allows you to create and clone templates and deploy them as resource groups (previously known as services).
  • A resources tab that allows you to manage all resource types within the system.
  • A monitoring tab that allows you to track events, alerts, and jobs running.
  • A settings tab that enables you to configure system settings for PowerFlex Manager.

PowerFlex Manager is part of all consumption models whether that be PowerFlex rack, PowerFlex appliance, VxFlex Ready Node, PowerFlex custom node, or PowerFlex software deployments.

PowerFlex Manager is designed as microservices, specialized modules working together and based on the Rancher Kubernetes Engine.

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