San Devices, Release 12.1.3

 
Updated April 8, 2024
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New and Changed Information

The following table provides an overview of the significant changes up to this current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes or of the new features up to this release.

Release Version Feature Description

NDFC release 12.1.3

Reorganized content

Content within this document was originally provided in the Cisco NDFC-Fabric Controller Configuration Guide or the Cisco NDFC-SAN Controller Configuration Guide. Beginning with release 12.1.3, this content is now provided solely in this document and is no longer provided in those documents.

Storage Devices

  1. In Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller, navigate to SAN > Storage Devices.

    The Storage Devices page displays information about storage devices.

  2. To view all the storage devices or only the devices with failed links, toggle the setting between Show All Storages and Show Only Storage Devices with Down Paths.

    Additionally, you can filter the enclosures based on a search criterion that you specify in the Filter by attributes field.

    The following table describes the fields that appear on the Storage Devices page.

    Field Description

    Enclosure Name

    Specifies the storage name. The icon suffixed to the host name indicates the type of discovery. It displays a brown icon with fcD if the enclosure is discovered using FC discovery, or a green icon with SD if discovered using SMI-S discovery.

    Click on the enclosure name to view the Storage Enclosure details.

    Up/Total Paths

    Displays the total available paths versus the used paths for all the devices in the enclosure.

    Type

    Indicates if the storage device is discovered through FC discovery or SMI-S discovery.

    Peak Tx(%)

    Displays the transmitting speed in percentage.

    Peak Rx(%)

    Displays the receiving speed in percentage.

    CRC

    Displays the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors.

    Corrected FEC

    Displays the number of corrected Forward Error Correction (FEC) errors.

    Uncorrected FEC

    Displays the number of FEC errors that are not corrected.

    ITW

    Displays the number of Invalid Transmission Words (ITW) detected by the device.

    Last Update Time

    Specifies the date and time at which the storage device was last updated.

    IP Address

    Displays the IP address of the storage device.

    Protocol

    Specifies if the storage device is streaming SCSI protocol traffic or NVMe protocol traffic. This column displays data only for the devices for which data is streamed to NDFC using SAN Insights.

Storage Overview

  1. In Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller, go to SAN > Storage Devices.

  2. On Storage Devices tab, double-click on any Enclosure Name item to open the Storage Overview page which provides detailed information about each storage device.

    The details of a storage device depend on the type of device discovered, and the provider’s adherence to the SMI-S standards.

    The tabs and their fields in the Storage Overview screen are explained in the following sections.

Summary

The Summary tab of the Storage Overview page displays information about the selected storage device, its status and path information between various storage enclosures.

Storage Information

Name

Name of the storage device.

MAC Address

Displays the MAC address of the storage device.

WWNs

Specifies the number of WorldWideNames (WWNs).

IP Address

Displays the IP address of the storage device.

Protocol

Specifies if the transmission protocol is SCSI or NVMe.

OS Version

Specifies the operating system of the storage device.

FCIDs

Specifies the associated FCID.

Storage Status

Up/Total Paths

Displays the total available paths versus the used path details for all the devices in the enclosure.

Paths

Device Alias

Specifies the device alias for the storage device.

Status

Specifies the status of the storage device.

Fabric

Displays the name of the fabric associated with the storage device.

Switch Interface

Specifies the interface on the switch that is connected with the storage device.

Rx (Mbps)

Displays the average and the maximum speed in bytes/sec while receiving data.

Tx (Mbps)

Displays the average and the maximum speed while transmitting data.

PWWN

Specifies the assigned port WWN for the storage device.

Updated Time

Specifies the date and time at which the storage device was last updated.

Topology

Provides an end-to-end topology layout and path information between host enclosures and storage enclosures. You can hover on the device icons to see a tool tip that displays details about the device. Click on the green circle icon on the sides of the switch to display the Interface Details and Performance Chart for the interface. It displays details about the interface and a performance chart that depicts the traffic details through the interface.

Custom Graphing

Displays metrics on ECT/DAL/read/write times, active I/Os, aborts, failures etc. You can view the metrics based on two protocols, SCSI and NVMe. By default, the SCSI protocol is selected. The data is displayed for a maximum of 7 days. The refresh interval for Custom Graphing page is 5 minutes. Click on the Play icon to refresh every 5 minutes automatically.

The Custom Graphing area has two tabs - Graph and Table. This is a freestyle dashboard where you can select multiple metrics and real-time data for the selected metrics is displayed in a multiline graph format and the data table displays the corresponding raw data. The data is configured to refresh every 5 minutes.

You can also add multiple graphs for comparison by clicking on the Add Graph the top right. You can add a maximum of 3 graphs at a time. The Auto Refresh option is disabled by default. You must click the Play icon to enable the auto refresh.

Click the Download button to download the table in .csv format. The download option is enabled only if the selected device has SAN insights feature enabled. Hover the mouse on the information (i)icon on the Initiator column. Click the icon that displays Show Flow VMs to open the Flow VMs window. You can view the VM names and IP addresses for the selected device.

SAN Insights

The SAN Insights tab of the Storage Overview page displays the Initiator-Target (IT) pairs, topology, average and total ECT/DAL/IOPS/throughput/read/write times, VM details and the switch interface for the selected host. You can view total read/write IOPS/throughput value for the selected enclosure.

Field Description

Initiator Target Pairs

This table lists all the initiator-target pairs for the selected storage device. The flow table displays details of all the metrics on ECT/DAL/ IOPS/ Throughput/read/write times, Source Alias, SID, Destination Alias, DID, and the fabric along with their 1-hour average and baseline information.

Topology

Provides an end-to-end topology layout and path information between the host enclosures. On the View card, from the Select Layout drop-down list, you can choose one of the following layouts:

  • Hierarchical

  • Hierarchical Left-Right (default view)

  • Circular

  • Random

FROM: TO:

Displays details of all the metrics on ECT/DAL/read/write times, active I/Os, IOPs and throughput along with their 1-hour average and baseline information.

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The middle table in the bottom row displays VM name and IP address for the IT pair selected in the Initiator Target Pairs table.

Switch Interface

Click on the topology to view the associated switch interface and the 1-hour average information.

Event Analytics

The Event Analytics tab displays all the alarms that are raised and cleared and also the events that are generated for the host devices. For more information, see Event Analytics.

Congestion Analysis

Congestion Analysis enables you to view slow drain statistics for the storage devices. You can monitor the slow drain issue within any duration. You can view the data in a chart format and export the data for analysis. You can also view the topology that provides a high-level view of Tx wait, drops, credit loss recovery, over utilization, and port monitoring events.

Zoning

Displays the zones under which the storage device is present. Use the Show Topology icon to the left of the zone name to view the zone topology. It displays hosts and storage devices pertaining to the zone and connected to a switch.

Optics

Displays temperature, current, receiving/transmitting power and voltage data for the optics connected to the storage device.

FDMI

Fabric-Device Management Interface (FDMI) retrieves management information about the attached Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and host operating systems. The FDMI table displays details about the link status, vendor, serial number, model, firmware version, and driver version of the storage device.

RDP

Read Diagnostics Parameters (RDP) displays diagnostic data from the storage devices which can be used in analyzing and troubleshooting link issues. This page displays data from the show rdp fcid [fcid_id] vsan [vsan_id] command. To view sensor related information for a particular enclosure, click the link available under the Sensors column in the table.

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Not all switches support the RDP command. The switch can poll for diagnostic information from the end devices using a polling interval.

Device

This tab is available only for storage devices discovered through SMI-S discovery.

The following tabs on the Device tab provides information about the selected device.

Summary

Provides information about the storage provider. Storage array serial number, storage type and number of physical disks in the array are also displayed.

Components

Lists all the components in the storage device. Click on the component Name to view total storage capacity, usage details, and physical disks details.

Pools

Lists all the pools, their status and Raw capacity. Double-click the POOL Name to view the pool details.

LUNs

Lists all the Logical Unit Numbers (LUN) in the storage array. It provides LUN ID, WWN, Status, and Capacity details for each LUN. Click on LUN Name to view further details about each LUN. Double-click a LUN Name to access the LUN Detail page.

+ Host Interface, Zoning, and Storage Interface values in Host LUN Access table is displayed only if the host accessing this LUN is part of the NDFC discovered fabric.

Host

Lists all the hosts in the selected storage. It provides the Host Name, Node WWN, and WWN details for each host in the Storage array. Click on a Host Name to view details about the host. You can view the relevant details on the LUNs tab and Ports tab within the Host Detail view.

Fabric and Host Interface values in Host Ports table is displayed only if Host Port WWN is part of the NDFC discovered fabric.

Processors

Lists all the processors and their status. It also displays the number of adapters for each processor. Double-click a Processor Name to open the Processor Detail page.

Ports

Lists all the ports in the storage device. Click the Port Name to view details about a port.

Storage Providers

The Storage Providers page displays the status of SMI-S Storage Providers. A SMI-S Provider can manage more than one array. Each array appears as a separate Storage Enclosure in the Storage Devices tab. These enclosure names are suffixed with a green icon with an SD label indicating that the device is discovered using SMI-S discovery.

In Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller, go to SAN > Storage Devices and go to the Storage Providers tab.

The following table describes the fields that appear on the Storage Providers tab.

Field

Description

Vendor

Specifies the vendor. Cisco NDFC supports the following vendors:

  • EMC

  • NetApp

  • IBM

  • HDS

  • PureStorage

  • HP

  • Other

Provider URL

Specifies SMI-S provider URL.

Name Space

Specifies name space.

Interop Name Space

Specifies interop name space.

Port

Specifies the port.

Status

Specifies the status.

Secure

Specifies if it is a secure connection.

Discovery Status

Specifies the discovery status.

Last Updated Time

Specifies the last updated time.

The following table describes the action items, in the Actions menu drop-down list, that appear on SAN > Storage Devices > Storage Provider page.

Action

Description

Add Provider

Adds an SMI-S provider. For instructions, refer to Adding SMI-S Provider.

Edit Provider

Allows you to edit a SMI-S provider. To edit, select a provider from the table and choose Edit Provider.

Delete Provider

Allows you to delete a provider from the list. To delete, select a provider from the table and choose Delete Provider.

Rediscover Provider

Allows you to rediscover a provider. Select a provider from the table and choose Rediscover Provider to scan for any changes. This triggers the discovery cycle outside its normal periodic polling.

Purge Provider

Allows you to purge the provider information. To purge, select a provider from the table and choose Purge Provider. This removes elements that are no longer available through discovery.

Adding SMI-S Provider

To add a SMI-S provider from the Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller, perform the following steps:

  1. Choose SAN > Storage Devices > Storage Providers.

    The Storage Providers tab is displayed.

  2. Choose Actions > Add Provider.

    The Add SMI-S window is displayed.

  3. In the Vendor drop-down list, choose a Vendor name.

    All the supported vendors are available in the drop-down list. More SMI-S storage vendors are discovered through a 'best effort' handler using the Other vendor option in the drop-down.

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    A minimum of one valid Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller license must be provisioned before adding the data sources for SMI-S storage discovery.

  4. Specify the SMI-S Server IP, User Name, and Password.

  5. Specify the Name Space and Interop Name Space.

  6. By default, the Port number is prepopulated.

    If you select the Secure checkbox, then the default secure port number is populated.

    When using the Secure mode with EMC, the default setting is mutual authentication. For more information, see the EMC documentation about adding an SSL certificate to their trust store. Also, you can set SSLClientAuthentication value to None in the Security_Settings.xml configuration file and restart the ECOM service.

  7. Click Add.

    The credentials are validated and the storage discovery starts if the credential is valid. If the credentials check fails, you will be prompted to enter valid credentials.

Hosts

To view a list of SAN hosts and their relevant details from the SAN Controller Web UI, perform the following steps:

  1. In Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller, navigate to SAN > Hosts.

    The Hosts page displays a list of available host devices, their network attributes and the associated Virtual Machines (VMs).

    To view all the hosts or only the hosts with failed links, toggle the setting between Show All Hosts and Show Only Hosts with Down Paths. Additionally, you can filter the enclosures based on a search criteria that you specify in the Filter by attributes field.

    The following table describes the fields that appear on the Hosts page.

    Field

    Description

    Enclosure Name

    Displays the name of the host device. The icon next to the host name displays the type of discovery. It displays if the enclosure is from a vCenter or storage or FC discovery.

    Up/Total Paths

    Displays the total available paths versus the used path details for all the devices in the selected enclosure.

    Type

    Indicates if a host or storage is discovered through fabric discovery or vCenter discovery.

    Total VMs

    Displays the total number of VMs.

    Peak Tx(%)

    Displays the maximum transmitting speed in percentage.

    Peak Rx(%)

    Displays the maximum receiving speed in percentage.

    CRC

    Specifies Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors.

    Corrected FEC

    Displays the number of corrected Forward Error Correction (FEC) errors.

    Uncorrected FEC

    Displays the number of FEC errors that are not corrected.

    ITW

    Displays the number of Invalid Transmission Words (ITW) detected by the port.

    Last Update Time

    Specifies the date and time at which the host device was last updated.

    IP Address

    Displays the IP address of the device.

    Protocol

    Specifies if the host is streaming SCSI protocol traffic or NVMe protocol traffic. This column displays data only for the Hosts for which data is streamed to NDFC using SAN Insights.

  2. Click on a host name displayed under the Enclosure Name column.

    The Host enclosure slide-out pane appears.

  3. Click the Launch icon to view detailed information related to that particular host.

    The Host Overview page appears. The tabs and their fields in the screen are explained in the following sections.

Summary

The Summary tab of the Host Overview page displays information about the selected host device, its status and path information between various hosts enclosures.

Host Information

Name

Name of the host device.

MAC Address

Displays the MAC address of the host device.

WWNs

Specifies the number of WorldWideNames (WWNs).

IP Address

Displays the IP address of the host device.

Protocol

Specifies if the transmission protocol is SCSI or NVMe.

OS Version

Specifies the operating system of the host device.

FCIDs

Specifies the associated FCID.

Host Status

Up/Total Paths

Displays the total number of paths available versus the number of paths used by the host devices.

Alarms

Displays the number of alarms generated, if any.

VM Usage

Displays the number of VMs in use.

Events

Displays the number of events that are generated for the host device.

Paths

Device Alias

Specifies the device alias for the host device.

Status

Specifies the status of the host device.

Fabric

Displays the name of the SAN fabric.

Switch Interface

Specifies the interface on the switch that is connected with the end device.

Rx (Mbps)

Displays the average and the maximum speed in bytes/sec while receiving data.

Tx (Mbps)

Displays the average and the maximum speed while transmitting data/

PWWN

Specifies the assigned port WWN for the host.

Updated Time

Specifies the date and time at which the host device was last updated.

Topology

Provides an end-to-end topology layout and path information between host enclosures and storage enclosures. You can hover on the device icons to see a tool tip that displays details about the device. Click on the green circle icon on the sides of the switch to display the Interface Details and Performance Chart for the interface. It displays details about the interface and a performance chart that depicts the traffic details through the interface.

Custom Graphing

Displays metrics on ECT/DAL/read/write times, active I/Os, aborts, failures etc. You can view the metrics based on two protocols, SCSI and NVMe. By default, the SCSI protocol is selected. The data is displayed for a maximum of 7 days. The refresh interval for Custom Graphing page is 5 minutes. Click on the Play icon to refresh every 5 minutes automatically.

The Custom Graphing area has two tabs - Graph and Table. This is a freestyle dashboard where you can select multiple metrics and real-time data for the selected metrics is displayed in a multiline graph format and the data table displays the corresponding raw data. The data is configured to refresh every 5 minutes.

You can also add multiple graphs for comparison by clicking on the Add Graph the top right. You can add up to 3 graphs at a time. The Auto Refresh option is disabled by default. You must click the Play icon to enable the auto refresh.

Click the Download button to download the table in .csv format. The download option is enabled only if the selected host has SAN insights feature enabled. Hover the mouse on the information (i)icon on the Initiator column. Click the icon that displays Show Flow VMs to open the Flow VMs window. You can view the VM names and IP addresses for the selected host.

SAN Insights

The SAN Insights tab of the Host Overview page displays the Initiator-Target (IT) pairs, topology, average and total ECT/DAL/IOPS/throughput/read/write times, VM details and the switch interface for the selected host. You can view total read/write IOPS/throughput value for the selected host enclosure.

Field Description

Initiator Target Pairs

This table lists all the initiator-target pairs for the selected host. The flow table shows the details of all the metrics on ECT/DAL/ IOPS/ Throughput/read/write times, Source Alias, SID, Destination Alias, DID, and the fabric along with their 1-hour average and baseline information.

Topology

Provides an end-to-end topology layout and path information between the host enclosures. On the View card, from the Select Layout drop-down list, you can choose one of the following layouts:

  • Hierarchical

  • Hierarchical Left-Right (default view)

  • Circular

  • Random

FROM: TO:

Displays details of all the metrics on ECT/DAL/read/write times, active I/Os, IOPs and throughput along with their 1-hour average and baseline information.

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The middle table in the bottom row displays VM name and IP address for the IT pair selected in the Initiator Target Pairs table.

Switch Interface

Click on the interface icon (green circle) on the topology view to view details for the selected interface on the host device.

Event Analytics

The Event Analytics tab displays all the alarms that are raised and cleared and also the events that are generated for the host devices.

Congestion Analysis

Congestion Analysis enables you to view slow drain statistics for the hosts. You can monitor the slow drain issue within any duration. You can view the data in a chart format and export the data for analysis. You can also view the topology that provides a high-level view of Tx wait, drops, credit loss recovery, over utilization, and port monitoring events.

Zoning

Displays the zones under which the host device is present. Use the Show Topology icon to the left of the zone name to view the zone topology. It displays hosts and storage devices pertaining to the zone and connected to a switch.

Optics

Displays temperature, current, receiving/transmitting power and voltage data for the optics connected to the switch.

DIRL

Displays the data collected from Dynamic Ingress Rate Limiting (DIRL) analysis for all the interfaces in the current fabric. You can view the latest DIRL data for all the configured fabrics. To get the latest DIRL data for a given fabric, select the fabric from the Fabric drop-down list and click Get latest DIRL data.

FDMI

Fabric-Device Management Interface (FDMI) retrieves management information about the attached Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and host operating systems. The FDMI table displays details about the link status, vendor, serial number, model, firmware version, and driver version.

RDP

Read Diagnostics Parameters (RDP) displays diagnostic data from the switch and the connected end devices which can be used in analyzing and troubleshooting link issues. Displays data from the show rdp fcid [fcid_id] vsan [vsan_id] command. To view sensor related information for a particular enclosure, click the link available under the Sensors column in the table.

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Not all switches support the RDP command. The switch can poll for diagnostic information from the end devices using a polling interval.

VM

Displays details about the virtual machines that are configured on the host device. It also displays VM charts for CPU & Memory and Disk I/O, and VM Flow for the selected virtual machine.

Devices

Choose SAN > End Devices > Devices tab to display the list of host and storage devices.

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > End Devices > Devices.

Use the Show last day menu drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.

Use the Show Host Ports menu drop-down list to filter the view by Host Ports and Storage Ports.

Field

Description

Fabric

Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see .

Enclosure Name

Specifies the enclosure name.

Device Alias

Specifies the device alias. Click the chart icon in the Device Alias column to view a graph of the traffic on that device according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options.

FCID

Specifies the associated FCID.

Switch interface

Specifies the switch interface.

Rx/Tx

Avg

Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed.

Avg %

Specifies the average percentage of receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak %

Specifies the peak utilization percentage of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Errors/Discards

In Avg

Specified the average of incoming errors or discards.

Out Avg

Specified the average of outgoing errors or discards.

In Peak

Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards.

Out Peak

Enclosures

Choose SAN > End Devices > Enclosures tab to display the host and storage enclosures.

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller extends the fabric visibility up to the server and allows you to discover and search the end devices, SAN Storage Enclosures, and Storage Systems that are attached to the network.

Click an enclosure name in the table to view more information about the enclosure.

Inventory

Choose SAN > End Devices > Enclosures> Inventory > Host Enclosures tab to display the host and storage inventory enclosures.

Inventory - Host Enclosures

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > End Devices > Enclosures> Inventory > Host Enclosures.

Field

Description

Enclosure

Specifies the enclosure name. Click the enclosure name for more information.

OS

Specifies the OS details.

IP Address

Specifies the IP address of the switch.

WWNs

Specifies the number of World Wide Names (WWNs).

The following table describes the action items, in the Actions menu drop-down list, that appear on SAN > End Devices > Enclosures> Inventory > Host Enclosures.

Action Item

Description

Edit

Select an enclosure from the table and choose Edit to update the enclosure information.

Change to Storage Enclosure

Select an enclosure from the table and choose Change to Storage Enclosure to change the selected enclosure to storage enclosure.

Import

Allows you to import enclosures data.

Export

Allows you to export host and storage enclosures data in your inventory to your local directory in .txt file format.
Importing or Exporting Inventory Enclosures Data

From Release 12.1.2e, you can import and export enclosures data to a .txt file. This feature allows you to edit the exported file, and import the data to NDFC. You can either choose to export All or Only Host Enclosures or Only Storage Enclosures data. You can also choose one Fabric or All fabrics' data while exporting.

To export Inventory Enclosures data, perform the following steps:

  1. On either Host Enclosures or Storage Enclosures tab, from the Actions drop-down list, select Export.

  2. Select the enclosures to export data. You can choose All or Only Host Enclosures or Only Storage Enclosures.

  3. In the Exported File Name field, provide the name of the exported file.

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    The export file is of .txt format only.

  4. From Fabric scope drop-down list, choose All Fabrics or specific Fabric from which you must export enclosures data.

  5. Click Export to download the enclosures data.

    Save the exported file to a local directory.

To import Inventory Enclosures data, perform the following steps:

  1. On either Host Enclosures or Storage Enclosures tab, from the Actions drop-down list, select Import.

  2. Upload the data file from your local directory. You can either drag and drop the file, or browse to upload the data file.

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    You can import data from .txt file format only.

    The uploaded file appears in the Import Enclosures area.

  3. Click OK to import the enclosures data. Click Cancel the discard.

Inventory - Storage Enclosures

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > End Devices > Enclosures> Inventory > Storage Enclosures.

Field

Description

Enclosure

Specifies the enclosure name. Click the enclosure name for more information.

IP Address

Specifies the IP address of the switch.

WWNs

Specifies the number of World Wide Names (WWNs).

The following table describes the action items, in the Actions menu drop-down list, that appear on SAN > End Devices > Enclosures> Inventory > Storage Enclosures.

Action Item

Description

Edit

Select an enclosure from the table and choose Edit to update the enclosure information.

Change to Host Enclosure

Select an enclosure from the table and choose Change to Host Enclosure to change the selected enclosure to host enclosure.

Import

Allows you to import enclosures data.

Export

Allows you to export host and storage enclosures data in your inventory to your local directory in .txt file format.
Importing or Exporting Inventory Enclosures data

From Release 12.1.2e, you can import and export enclosures data to a .txt file. This feature allows you to edit the exported file, and import the data to NDFC. You can either choose to export All or Only Host Enclosures or Only Storage Enclosures data. You can also choose one Fabric or All fabrics' data while exporting.

To export Inventory Enclosures data, perform the following steps:

  1. On either Host Enclosures or Storage Enclosures tab, from the Actions drop-down list, select Export.

  2. Select the enclosures to export data. You can choose All or Only Host Enclosures or Only Storage Enclosures.

  3. In the Exported File Name field, provide the name of the exported file.

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    The export file is of .txt format only.

  4. From Fabric scope drop-down list, choose All Fabrics or specific Fabric from which you must export enclosures data.

  5. Click Export to download the enclosures data.

    Save the exported file to a local directory.

To import Inventory Enclosures data, perform the following steps:

  1. On either Host Enclosures or Storage Enclosures tab, from the Actions drop-down list, select Import.

  2. Upload the data file from your local directory. You can either drag and drop the file, or browse to upload the data file.

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    You can import data from .txt file format only.

    The uploaded file appears in the Import Enclosures area.

  3. Click OK to import the enclosures data. Click Cancel the discard.

Performance

Choose SAN > End Devices > Enclosures> Performance > Host Enclosures tab to display the host and storage performance enclosures.

Performance - Host Enclosures

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > End Devices > Enclosures > Performance > Host Enclosures. Use the Show last day menu drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.

Field

Description

Enclosure Name

Specifies the enclosure name. Click the enclosure name to view more information. Click the chart icon to view a graph of the traffic on that device according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options.

Rx/Tx/Errors/Discards

Avg

Specifies the average receiving, transmitting, errors, or discards speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving, transmitting, errors, or discards speed.

Rx + Tx

Specifies the sum of receiving and transmitting speeds.

Last Updated

Specifies the last updated time.

Performance - Storage Enclosures

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > End Devices > Enclosures> Inventory > Storage Enclosures.

Field

Description

Enclosure Name

Specifies the enclosure name.

Rx/Tx/Errors/Discards

Avg

Specifies the average receiving, transmitting, errors, or discards speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving, transmitting, errors, or discards speed.

Last Updated

Specifies the last updated time.

Use the Show last day menu drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.

Enclosure Members

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > End Devices > Enclosures > Performance. Enclosure members can be viewed for Host and Storage performance enclosures. Use the Show last day menu drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.

Field

Description

Fabric

Specifies the fabric name. Click the name to view information about fabric health on the right-side of the page.

Device

Specifies the device name.

Speed

Specifies the device speed.

Rx/Tx

Avg

Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed.

Avg %

Specifies the average percentage of receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving, or transmitting speed.

Peak %

Specifies the peak utilization percentage of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Errors/Discards

Avg

Specifies the average errors or discards speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the errors or discards speed.

Last Updated

Specifies the last updated time.

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