Array Capacity & Utilization - (EMC VPLEX)
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Table: Array Capacity & Utilization - (EMC VPLEX)
Column name | Description |
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Cluster Summary | |
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Cluster Name |
Name of the cluster. |
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Operational |
Operational status: degraded, isolated, ok, or blank. |
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Health State |
Indicates the health of the cluster. |
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Last Poll Time |
The date and time of the last successful data collection cycle. |
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# of Connected |
Number of clusters to which this cluster is connected. |
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# of Engines |
Number of engines: 1, 2, or 4. Each engine includes 2 directors, each having x4 8G FC front-end ports and x4 8G FC back-end ports. |
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# of FC Ports |
Number of fibre-channel ports in the VPLEX instance. |
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# of Arrays |
Number of back-end connected arrays. |
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# of Storage Volumes |
Number of back-end storage volumes. |
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# of Extents |
Number of extents. |
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# of Logical Devices |
Number of local devices with local visibility, available to the VPLEX cluster. |
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# of Global Devices |
Number of local devices with global visibility, available to resident or remote VPLEX clusters. |
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# Hosts |
Number of hosts associated with this cluster. Drill down to the Host Capacity & Utilization report. |
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Logical Summary | |
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Capacity |
Total capacity of all Storage Volumes (Unclaimed, Claimed, and Used). |
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Claimed |
Total capacity of all Storage Volumes Claimed. |
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Unclaimed |
Total capacity of all Storage Volumes Unclaimed. |
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Used |
Total capacity of all Storage Volumes Used |
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Usage |
A progress bar (red, yellow, green) indicates usage, based on Used/Capacity. |
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Virtual Summary | |
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# Virtual Volumes |
Number of all Virtual Volumes managed by this instance. |
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Virt Vol Capacity |
Total capacity of all Virtual Volumes managed by this instance. |
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# Exp Virt Vol |
Number of all Virtual Volumes managed by this instance, exported to hosts. |
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Ex Virt Vol Capacity |
Total capacity of all Virtual Volumes managed by this instance, exported to hosts. |
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# UnExp Virt Vol |
Number of all Virtual Volumes managed by this instance, un-exported to hosts. |
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UnEx Virt Vol Capacity |
Total capacity of all Virtual Volumes managed by this instance, un-exported to hosts. |
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Virt Vol Usage |
A progress bar (green/yellow/red) indicates usage, based on UnEx Virt Vol Capacity/Virt Vol Capacity. |
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# Storage Views |
Total number of Storage Views on this instance of VPLEX. |