SANtricity 11.8 Solutions
Overview of the Storage Plugin for vCenter
The SANtricity Storage Plugin for vCenter provides integrated management of ETERNUS AB/HB Series storage systems from within a VMware vSphere Client session.
Available tasks
You can use the plugin to perform the following tasks:
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View and manage discovered storage systems in the network.
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Perform batch operations on groups of multiple storage systems.
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Perform upgrades on the software OS.
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Import settings from one storage system to another.
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Configure volumes, SSD cache, hosts, host clusters, pools, and volume groups.
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Launch the SANtricity System Manager interface for additional management tasks on an storage system.
| The plugin is not a direct replacement for the SANtricity System Manager interface, which is embedded on each controller for a storage system. SANtricity System Manager provides additional management features; if desired, you can open SANtricity System Manager by selecting a storage system in the main view of the plugin and then clicking Launch. |
The plugin requires a VMware vCenter Server Appliance deployed in the VMware environment and an application host to install and run the plugin webserver.
Refer to the following figure for more information on communications in the vCenter environment.
Interface overview
When you log in to the plugin, the main page opens to Manage - All. From this page, you can view and manage all discovered storage systems in your network.
Navigation sidebar
The navigation sidebar displays the following:
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Manage — Discover storage systems in your network, launch SANtricity System Manager for an storage system, import settings from one storage system to multiple storage systems, manage storage system groups, upgrade the SANtricity OS, and provision storage.
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Certificate Management — Manage certificates to authenticate between browsers and clients.
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Operations — View the progress of batch operations, such as importing settings from one storage system to another.
| Some operations are not available when a storage system has a non-optimal status. |
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Support — View Fujitsu Support options, resources, and contacts.
Supported browsers
The Storage Plugin for vCenter can be accessed from several types of browsers. The following browsers and versions are supported.
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Google Chrome 89 or later
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Mozilla Firefox 80 or later
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Microsoft Edge 90 or later
User roles and permissions
To access tasks in the Storage Plugin for vCenter, the user must have read-write permissions. By default, all defined VMware vCenter user IDs have no permissions to perform tasks in the plugin.
Configuration overview
Configuration involves the following steps:
Find more information
For more information about managing datastores in the vSphere Client, see VMware vSphere Documentation.
