Users Guide

Table 16. Hardware information for a single host
Hardware: Component Information
● URL—displays the live URL for the iDRAC associated
with this host
Viewing storage details for a single host
You can view storage details for a single host on the Dell Hosts Information tab. For information to appear on this page, run
an inventory job. The hardware reports data directly from OMSA and iDRAC. See Running inventory jobs. The page displays
different options depending on what is selected from the View drop-down list. If you select Physical Disks, another drop-down
list is displayed. The next drop-down list is called Filter and enables you to filter the physical disk options. To view the storage
details:
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, in the Navigator pane, click Hosts.
2. In the Objects tab, select the specific host for which you want to view Storage: Physical Disk details.
3. In the Monitor tab, select the Dell Host Information tab.
On the Storage subtab, view the following:
Table 17. Storage details for a single host
Component Information
Storage Displays the count of virtual disks, controllers, enclosures,
and associated physical disks with the global hot spare and
dedicated hot spare counts. When you select from the View
drop-down list, the selected option is highlighted.
View Displays the options that you want to view for this host:
● Virtual Disks
● Physical Disks
● Controllers
● Enclosures
Viewing storage details for the view option
The storage options on the Host Storage page depend on what you select from the View drop-down list.
Select either of the mentioned options from the View drop-down list and view the following:
Table 18. Storage details for a single host
Information Description
Virtual Disks
● Name—displays the name of the virtual disk
● Device FQDD—displays the FQDD
● 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, which means the
type of RAID that was configured for this virtual disk
● Media Type—displays either SSD or HDD
● Controller ID—displays the controller ID
● Device ID—displays the device ID
● Stripe Size—displays the stripe size, which is the amount of space that
each stripe consumes on a single disk
● Bus Protocol—displays the technology that the physical disks included in
the virtual disk are using. The possible values are:
○ SCSI
○ SAS
Inventory and warranty management 55