Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

Viewing PowerFlex system details

You can view performance metrics and storage details for a PowerFlex system.

1. On the menu bar, click Resources.
2. On the All Resources tab, click a PowerFlex system resource from the list to view its details.
   The right pane displays basic information about the resource, such as the unused and spare space for PowerFlex. It also shows the number of protection domains, volumes, storage data clients (SDC), and storage data servers (SDS).
3. In the right pane, click View Details.
   The Details page displays detailed information about the PowerFlex System resource on the following tabs:

   • MDM Cluster: Displays details about the MDM roles within the cluster.
   • Storage: Displays the protection domain, storage pools, volumes, and mapped storage data clients.
   • Nodes: Displays the protection domain, type (SDS or SDC), connection, name, IP address for the SDS or SDC, and fault set.

   The Details page also allows you to launch a wizard to see the status of a recent upgrade or reconfigure the MDM roles in the PowerFlex cluster.

4. Click the MDM Cluster tab to see information about the MDM roles within the cluster.
5. Click the Storage tab. For each storage pool within a protection domain, PowerFlex Manager shows the granularity setting and acceleration pool. For each volume within a storage pool, PowerFlex Manager shows the Compression and Type settings.

   For a storage pool that has compression disabled, the granularity is set to medium. For a storage pool that has compression enabled, the granularity is set to fine.

   For volumes, you may see a different number in the Volumes column on the Resources tab than you see for the total number of reported volumes on the Volumes page on the Block tab. The count of volumes that are listed on the PowerFlex system details view is the "vTree" count (volume + snapshots). The count of volumes that are listed on the Block tab is just the count of volumes.

   To search for volumes associated with the gateway:
   1. Enter a volume or datastore name search string in the Search Text box.
   2. Optionally, select a Size range.
   3. Optionally, select Thick or Thin for the Type.
   4. Optionally, select Enabled or Disabled for the Compression setting.
   5. Optionally, select a specific Storage Pool.
   6. Click Search.
      PowerFlex Manager updates the results to show only those volumes that satisfy the search criteria. If the search returns more than 50 volumes, you must refine the search criteria to return only 50 volumes.