Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

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Resource operational state

After initiating resource discovery, PowerFlex Manager assigns one or more of the states to the resources. These operational states display on the Resources page, in the Deployment Status column of the All Resources tab.


Deployment status	Description
Not In Use	Resource is available for deployment.
Available	Resource is available. Applies only to switches, virtual machine, or gateway.
Deploying	Resource is in the process of being deployed in a resource group.
In Use	Resource is deployed in a resource group.
Pending Updates	One or more of the following tasks are in progress: Discovering resource Determining resource details, including firmware version Applying template to the resource Updating firmware Removing resource from PowerFlex Manager inventory
Deployment Failed	Resource group deployment failed.
Cancelled	Resource group deployment is cancelled.

PowerFlex Manager keeps track of which resources it is managing. These operational states display on the Resources page, in the Managed State column of the All Resources tab.


Managed state	Description
Managed	Indicates that PowerFlex Manager manages the firmware on that node, and the node can be used for deployments.
Unmanaged	Indicates that the resource is not managed by PowerFlex Manager. By default, the operational state for all discovered nodes is Unmanaged. If you want to perform firmware updates or deployments on a discovered node, you need to select the node and change the operational state to Managed. If you have not yet uploaded a license file, PowerFlex Manager is configured for monitoring and alerting only. All resources are restricted to the Unmanaged resource state, and you cannot change the state to Managed or Reserved.
Reserved	Indicates that PowerFlex Manager only manages the firmware on that particular node, but that node cannot be used for deployments. You can assign a host to the reserved state only if the host has been discovered, but is not part of a resource group.