The following table describes important
PowerFlex Manager terms and concepts for the
PowerFlex management offerings.
Table 1. Terms and conceptsThe following table describes important terms and concepts for the
PowerFlex management offerings.
Term
Description
Bring your own hypervisor
Allows customer to supply a hypervisor to host the Kubernetes VM or environment. Enables setup of the
PowerFlex management platform system for management purposes in VMware ESXi or Kubernetes VM.
Co-residency
The
PowerFlex storage-only nodes in a protection domain runs the management of the system.
Management data store (MDS)
The PowerFlex management data store is on the dedicated multi-node controller. It is not the same as the data store used in a co-resident option. Kubernetes VMs host the management containers that reside on this data store.
Management virtual machine (MVM)
The
PowerFlex Manager UI is hosted in a Kubernetes environment running across a series of Linux machines. The VM version is called the management VM. The operating system is a customized SLES. version maintained by
Dell Technologies.
PowerFlex management controller
The infrastructure underlying the
PowerFlex management platform in a dedicated multi-node configuration. It is mandatory in the
PowerFlex rack, and optional for PowerFlex appliance. The physical controllers with VMware ESXi hosting
PowerFlex management platform can be a three-node or a five-node VMware ESXi cluster with:
PowerFlex as shared storage (PowerFlex management controller 2.0)
vSan (PowerFlex management controller 1.0) Use in upgrades from
PowerFlex 3.8.x systems only.
PowerFlex management controller also hosts VMs for vCenter, a jump server, and other optional NSX or CloudLink managers.
PowerFlex management platform
The management software stack for
PowerFlex Manager runs on physical or virtual Linux instances, which are containers that provide services. This management solution can be implemented on various infrastructure options.
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