Users Guide

Viewing Storage: Virtual Disk Details for

Datacenters and Clusters

View the virtual storage details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter/Cluster tab. For information to appear on this page, you

must run an inventory job. The data you view may vary depending on which view you are accessing the data. Hardware views are directly

reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC. See Running an Inventory Job Now. Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information

to a CSV file and offers filter/search functionality on the data grid.

1. In VMware vSphere Web client, in the Navigator area, click vCenter Inventory Lists.

2. Click Datacenters or Clusters.

3. On the Objects tab, select the specific datacenter or cluster.

4. On the Monitor tab, click Dell Datacenter/Cluster Information tab, and navigate to Storage > Virtual Disk to view the following:

NOTE: To display the full list of details, select a specific host from the data grid.

Host Displays the name of the host.

Service Tag Displays the Service Tag.

Name Displays the name of the virtual disk.

Physical Disk Displays on which physical disk the virtual disk is located.

Capacity Displays the capacity of the virtual disk.

Layout Displays the layout type of the virtual storage. This means the type of RAID that was configured for

this virtual disk.

Host Displays the host name.

Name Displays the virtual disk name.

Last Inventory Displays the day, date and time the inventory was last run.

Controller ID Displays the controller ID.

Device ID Displays the device ID.

Media Type Displays either SSD or HDD.

Bus Protocol

This displays the technology that the physical disks included in the virtual disk are using. Possible values

are:

• SCSI

• SAS

• SATA

Stripe Size The stripe size refers to the amount of space that each stripe consumes on a single disk.

Default Read Policy The default read policy supported by the controller. Options include:

• Read-Ahead

• No-Read-Ahead

• Adaptive Read-Ahead

• Read Cache Enabled

• Read Cache Disabled

Default Write Policy The default write policy supported by the controller. Options include:

• Write-Back

• Force Write Back

• Write Back Enabled

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