Users Guide

Table 22. Storage details for a data center and cluster(continued)
Storage: disks Description
• 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—displays the technology that the physical disks included in the virtual
disk are using. The possible values are:
○ SCSI
○ SAS
○ SATA
○ PCIe
• Stripe Size—displays the stripe size, which provides the amount of space that each
stripe consumes on a single disk
• Default Read Policy—displays the default read policy supported by the controller. The
options include:
○ Read-Ahead
○ No-Read-Ahead
○ Adaptive Read-Ahead
○ Read Cache Enabled
○ Read Cache Disabled
• Default Write Policy—displays the default write policy supported by the controller.
The options include:
○ Write-Back
○ Force Write Back
○ Write Back Enabled
○ Write-Through
○ Write Cache Enabled Protected
○ Write Cache Disabled
• Disk Cache Policy—displays the default cache policy supported by the controller.
The options include:
○ Enabled—cache I/O
○ Disabled—direct I/O
Viewing additional hardware details for data center and
clusters
You can view the firmware, power monitoring, warranty status details for a data center and cluster on the Dell EMC Datacenter/
Cluster Information tab. For information to appear on this page, run an inventory job. The data center and cluster pages enable you to
export information to a CSV file and offers filter/search functionality on the data grid. The hardware views directly report the data from
OMSA and iDRAC. See Running an inventory job now.
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, in the Navigator pane, click vCenter.
2. Click Datacenters or Clusters.
3. In the Objects tab, select the specific data center or cluster for which you want to view the host component details.
4. In the Monitor tab, select the Dell EMC Datacenter/Cluster Information tab.
On the <Component Name> subtab, view the following information for each of the components:
Table 23. Single host information
Component Information
Firmware
• Host—displays the name of the host
• Service Tag—displays the service tag of the host
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