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Contents
Preface................................................................................. 5
Intended Audience .............................................................................6
Product Version .................................................................................6
Release Notes....................................................................................6
Revision Level ...................................................................................6
Related Documents ............................................................................7
Document Conventions .......................................................................7
Convention for Storage Capacity Values ................................................9
Getting Help .................................................................................... 10
Comments ...................................................................................... 10
Overview ............................................................................ 11
System Requirements ....................................................................... 12
Hardware Prerequisites ............................................................... 12
Software Prerequisites ................................................................ 12
Limitations and Considerations .......................................................... 13
When importing a dashboard ....................................................... 13
Dashboards requiring VMware Tools .............................................. 13
Product Package Contents ................................................................. 14
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Hitachi VM Performance dashboard file ......................................... 24
Hitachi VM Performance dashboard super metrics........................... 24
Hitachi VM Performance dashboard configuration widgets ................ 24
Hitachi VM Performance dashboard interaction ............................... 26
Hitachi VM Capacity dashboard .......................................................... 27
Hitachi VM Capacity dashboard file ............................................... 27
Hitachi VM Capacity dashboard super metrics ................................ 27
Hitachi VM Capacity dashboard configuration widgets ..................... 27
Hitachi VM Capacity dashboard interaction .................................... 29
Hitachi TopN dashboard .................................................................... 29
Hitachi TopN dashboard file ......................................................... 30
Hitachi TopN dashboard super metrics .......................................... 30
Hitachi TopN dashboard configuration widgets ................................ 30
Hitachi TopN dashboard interaction ............................................... 32
Hitachi VM and Storage Relationship dashboard ................................... 33
Hitachi VM and Storage Relationship dashboard file ........................ 33
Hitachi VM and Storage Relationship dashboard super metrics ......... 33
Hitachi VM and Storage Relationship dashboard configuration widgets
33
Hitachi VM and Storage Relationship dashboard interaction ............. 35
Troubleshooting ................................................................... 37
Troubleshooting super metric import errors ......................................... 38
Troubleshooting dashboard import errors ............................................ 38
Troubleshooting dashboard operation errors ........................................ 39
Error Information for Customer Support ............................................. 39
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Preface
This document describes the prerequisites, import method, and display
information for dashboards customized for the VMware vRealize Operations
Manager to display Hitachi storage device performance information collected
by the Hitachi Storage Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations
storage adapter. This document does not describe how to configure the
vSphere environment or the Hitachi storage system management software,
nor does it describe how to install the Hitachi Storage Management Pack, all of
which are required prior to using the storage adapter dashboard. For
assistance in completing the prerequisite system configuration, contact your
vSphere environment administrator, Hitachi storage system management
software administrator, or your VM administrator.
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Note The use of Hitachi Storage Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations
and all other Hitachi Data Systems products is governed by the terms of your
agreement(s) with Hitachi Data Systems Corporation.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for operators (VM administrators) of the vRealize
Operations Manager user interface to verify performance and configuration of
storage systems.
Product Version
This document supports Hitachi Storage Management Pack for VMware
vRealize Operations v01.4.0.
Release Notes
Release notes are on the documentation CD. Read the release notes before
installing and using this product. They may contain requirements or
restrictions that are not fully described in this document or updates or
corrections to this document.
Revision Level
Second edition April, 2015 Updated the descriptions with the new version release of Hitachi Storage
Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Manager. There are no
changes to the dashboard.
Third edition September, 2015 Edited the descriptions with the new version release. Added a new
dashboard file. Updated the existing dashboard file.
Fourth edition October, 2015 Updated the descriptions with the new version release of Hitachi Storage
Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Manager. There are no
changes to the dashboard.
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Fifth edition June, 2016 Updated descriptions with the new version release of Hitachi Storage
Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Manager. There are no
changes to the dashboard. Added new objects corresponding to HNAS
and Unified. Removed the NoVLDEV dashboard.
Related Documents
Documentation relating to this product are listed below.
Hitachi documents:
• Hitachi Command Suite Administrator Guide
• Hitachi Command Suite Installation and Configuration Guide
• Hitachi Command Suite Messages
• Hitachi Command Suite Tuning Manager Agent Administration Guide
• Hitachi Command Suite Tuning Manager API Reference Guide
• Hitachi Command Suite Tuning Manager Hardware Reports Reference
• Hitachi Command Suite Tuning Manager Installation Guide
• Hitachi Command Suite Tuning Manager Server Administration Guide
• Hitachi Command Suite User Guide
• Hitachi NAS Platform user documentation
• Hitachi Storage Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations User's
Guide
• Hitachi Unified Storage VM System Configuration Guide
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Open System Configuration Guide/
Mainframe System Configuration Guide
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200/G400/G600/G800 System
Configuration Guide
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Open System Configuration Guide
VMware documents:
• VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0
• VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.1
• VMware vSphere ESXi and vCenter Server 5.1
• VMware vSphere ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5
• VMware vSphere ESXi and vCenter Server 6.0
Document Conventions
This document uses the following typographic conventions:
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Convention Description
Bold • Indicates text in a window, other than the
window title, including menus, menu options,
buttons, fields, and labels. Example: Click OK.
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Italic • Indicates a document title or emphasized words
in text.
• Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for
actual text you enter or text provided by the
system. Example:
pairdisplay -g group
(For exceptions to this convention, see angled
brackets.)
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enter.
Example: # pairdisplay -g oradb
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Variables are not clearly separated from the
surrounding text or from other variables.
Example:
Status-<report-name><file-version>.csv
• Variables in headings.
[ ] square brackets Indicates optional values. Example: [a | b]
indicates that you can select a, b, or nothing.
{ } braces Indicates required or expected values.
Example: { a | b } indicates that you must select
either a or b.
| vertical bar Indicates a choice between two or more options or
arguments. Examples:
[a | b] indicates that you can select a, b, or nothing.
{ a | b } indicates that you must select either a or b.
_ (underlined text) Default value
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Label Definition
Note Calls attention to important and/or additional information.
Logical storage capacity values (e.g., logical device capacity) are calculated
based on the following values:
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Logical Capacity Unit Value
1 EB 1,024 PB or 1,0246 bytes
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Overview
The Hitachi Storage Adapter dashboard is a VMware vRealize Operations
Manager dashboard customized to display Hitachi storage system performance
information collected by the storage adapter. Each dashboard view is
described in Displaying a Dashboard.
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System Requirements
The prerequisite system requirements that must be met to import and display
the expected information on the dashboard is described below.
The storage adapter dashboard requires that the Hitachi Storage Management
Pack be installed and is operating normally; thus, all system requirements for
the Hitachi Storage Management Pack must be met as described in the Hitachi
Storage Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations User’s Guide.
Hardware Prerequisites
Refer to Hitachi Storage Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations
User’s Guide.
Software Prerequisites
The requirements which are not described in the Hitachi Storage Management
Pack for VMware vRealize Operations User's Guide are described below.
The Hitachi Storage Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations must
be installed and the performance information already collected.
VMware Tools
# Software Remarks
1. VMware Tools from VMware ESX/ESXi 5.1 Update 3b Required software to acquire
metrics of VM.
2. VMware Tools from VMware ESX/ESXi 5.5 Update 3b
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Limitations and Considerations
Make sure that all the metrics to be displayed in a dashboard have been
collected before importing the dashboard. See Displaying a Dashboard for
descriptions of each dashboard view.
2. X Hitachi VM Capacity
3. - Hitachi TopN
To display the dashboard normally, the table below lists the dashboards which
require super metrics, the super metric file name to import and the super
metric name which displays on the screen after import.
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Product Package Contents
The product package contents of CD are shown in the figure below. The files
on the CD are described in Table 1-5.
vrops
MK-92ADPTR081-XX.pdf
MK-92ADPTR082-XX.pdf
program
vApp
vcops
Hitachi-StorageAdapter-vcops-setup(XX.Y.Z)-01.pak
dashboard
HitachiTopN-Dashboard.xml
HitachiVMCapacity-Dashboard.xml
HitachiVMPerformance-Dashboard.xml
HitachiVMAndStorageRelationship.xml
supermetrics
Hitachi_Datastore_Usage.xml
Hitachi_Pool_IO_Density.xml
vrops
Hitachi-StorageAdapter-vrops-setup(XX.Y.Z)-01.pak
dashboard
HitachiTopN-Dashboard.json
HitachiVMCapacity-Dashboard.json
HitachiVMPerformance-Dashboard.json
HitachiVMAndStorageRelationship.json
supermetrics
Hitachi_Pool_IO_Density.json
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Table 1-5 CD Files Description
# File Description
1. MK-92ADPTR066-xx.pdf Hitachi Storage Adapter for VMware vCenter
Operations Management Suite User’s Guide
2. MK-92ADPTR081-xx.pdf Hitachi Storage Management Pack for
vRealize Operations User's Guide
3. AS-312-xx.pdf Hitachi Storage Adapter for VMware vCenter
Operations Management Suite Dashboard
User’s Guide
4. MK-92ADPTR082-xx.pdf Hitachi Storage Management Pack for
vRealize Operations Dashboard User's Guide
5. Hitachi-StorageAdapter-vcops-setup(xx.y.z)-01.pak Install file of the Hitachi Storage Adapter for
VMware vCenter Operations Management
Suite
6. Hitachi-StorageAdapter-vrops-setup(xx.y.z)-01.pak Install file of the Hitachi Storage
Management Pack for vRealize Operations
7. HitachiTopN-Dashboard.xml Hitachi TopN Dashboard for Hitachi Storage
Adapter for VMware vCenter Operations
Management Suite
8. HitachiVMCapacity-Dashboard.xml Hitachi VM Capacity Dashboard for Hitachi
Storage Adapter for VMware vCenter
Operations Management Suite
9. HitachiVMPerformance-Dashboard.xml Hitachi VM Performance Dashboard for
Hitachi Storage Adapter for VMware vCenter
Operations Management Suite
10. HitachiVMAndStorageRelationship.xml Hitachi VM And Storage Relationship
Dashboard for VMware vCenter Operations
Management Suite
11. Hitachi_Datastore_Usage.xml Hitachi Datastore Usage super metric file for
Hitachi Storage Management Pack for
vRealize Operations
12. Hitachi_Pool_IO_Density.xml Hitachi Pool IO Density super metric file for
vCenter Operations Management Suite
13. HitachiTopN-Dashboard.json Hitachi TopN Dashboard for Hitachi Storage
Management Pack for vRealize Operations
14. HitachiVMCapacity-Dashboard.json Hitachi VM Capacity for Hitachi Storage
Management Pack for vRealize Operations
15. HitachiVMPerformance-Dashboard.json Hitachi VM Performance Dashboard for
Hitachi Storage Management Pack for
vRealize Operations
16. HitachiVMAndStorageRelationship.json Hitachi VM And Storage Relationship
Dashboard for Hitachi Storage Management
Pack for vRealize Operations
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Table 1-5 CD Files Description
# File Description
17. Hitachi_Pool_IO_Density.json Hitachi Pool IO Density super metric file for
Hitachi Storage Management Pack for
vRealize Operations
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Importing Dashboards
This chapter describes the import procedure for the dashboard.
Installing and running VMware Tools
Collecting information using the Hitachi Storage Management Pack
Importing a super metric
Applying a super metric
Importing a dashboard file
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A flowchart of the import procedure for the dashboard is shown below. Each
procedure is described below.
Confirming
1 Confirm system requirements.
requirements
Installing and running Install VMware Tools on VM for the monitoring target and
2
VMware Tools run it.
Collecting by Hitachi
Create Hitachi Storage Management Pack instance and
3 Storage Management
start collecting of the performance information
Pack
Importing super
4 Import super metric file to vRealize Operations Manager.
metrics
Importing a dashboard
6 Import a dashboard file.
file
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Installing and running VMware Tools
Because some dashboards refer to metrics created by VMware Tools, when you
use the dashboard, you must install and run VMware Tools on the virtual
machine that the VMware vRealize Operations Manager is monitoring. For
dashboards requiring installation and running of VMware Tools, see When
importing a dashboard. For the installation method of VMware Tools, refer to
the installation and setup guide for the vSphere environment.
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Applying a super metric
Super metrics are applied to the resource in order to collect the imported super
metrics. The application procedure for super metrics to the resource is shown
as below.
1. Click Home in the upper part of the left pane.
2. Select Content from the options listed in the left pane.
3. Select Super Metrics from the options listed in the left pane.
4. Select an applying super metric from the super metrics displayed in the
right pane and click Add Object Type on Object Type tab of lower part of
the display. The Select Object Type window is displayed.
5. In the Select Object Type window, click the drop-down arrow icon to
show a list of object types. From the list of object types under Hitachi
Storage Management Pack, select an object type to apply to a super metric.
6. Click Select in the Select Object Type window. The Select Object Type
window is closed.
7. Click Home in the upper part of the left pane.
8. Select Administration from the options listed in the left pane.
9. Select Policies from the options listed in the left pane.
10. Select Policy Library tab in the upper part of the right pane. Select the
policy that is currently being used and click Edit Selected Policy icon. The
Edit Monitoring Policy window is displayed.
11. Select 4. Override Attributes on the left side of Edit Monitoring Policy
window.
12. Select Attribute Type in the right upper part of the Edit Monitoring Policy
window, Uncheck Metric and Property. Leave Supermetric check.
13. Select Actions in the right upper part of the Edit Monitoring Policy window,
and select Enable
14. Select Save in the Edit Monitoring Policy window. The Edit Monitoring Policy
window is closed.
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When the Dashboard file is selected, the Cancel button is changed to the
Done button in the Import Dashboard window.
6. Click Done in the Import Dashboard window. The Import Dashboard
window is closed.
When the import of the dashboard file is completed, the imported dashboard is
displayed in the Dashboard List menu. Select the dashboard from the
Dashboard List menu for displaying the dashboard in the Home view.
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Displaying a Dashboard
This chapter describes the widgets used to configure each dashboard and the
display of widgets. It also describes how to apply super metrics for those
dashboards that use them.
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Hitachi VM Performance dashboard
The Hitachi VM Performance dashboard displays VM performance within the
environment and the relationship between the VM and storage resources. A
display example of the VM Performance dashboard is shown in the figure
below.
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Table 3-2 Widget which configures Hitachi VM Performance dashboard
# Widget
1. VMDK Heat Map
2. VM to Storage Relationship
The VMDK HEAT MAP is a widget that customizes the heat map widget. There
are two Heat Map views and they can be changed by selecting from the
drop-down menu. Each Heat Map view is described below.
• VMDK Latency
VMDK Latency is one of the heat map views which is displayed on the VMDK
Heat Map. The table below lists the setting details of VMDK Latency view.
The displayed contents are redrawn every 60 seconds.
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• VMDK IOPS
VMDK IOPS is one of Heat Map views that are displayed in the VMDK Heat
Map. The table below lists the setting details of the VMDK IOPS view. The
displayed contents are redrawn every 60 seconds.
VM to Storage Relationship
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Hitachi VM Capacity dashboard
The Hitachi VM Capacity dashboard displays the capacity and the utilization of
the Dynamic Provisioning Volume and the relationship between the virtual
resource and the storage resource which were created on Dynamic
Provisioning Volume.
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Table 3-7 Widget configuring Hitachi VM Capacity dashboard
# Widget
1. Capacity Heat Map
2. Storage Capacity Resources
The Capacity Heat Map is a widget which configures the heat map widget.
There is one Heat Map view as described below.
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Storage Capacity Resources
Table 3-9 List of object types that Storage Capacity Resources display
# Object Name
1. Virtual Machine
2. Datastore
3. File System
4. Storage Pool
5. System Drive
6. Dynamic Provisioning Volume
7. Dynamic Provisioning Pool
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Hitachi TopN dashboard file
The table below lists the dashboard file name used for importing the Hitachi
TopN dashboard, the dashboard name shown in the Dashboard List menu,
and the dashboard title name in the Home view.
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TopN configuration widget
The widget for configuring the TopN widget displays the Top 10 Highest
Utilization in the past 30 days for metrics of the corresponding resource type.
The table below lists the widget information of the customized TopN widget.
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Metric graph configuration widget
The widget for configuring the metric graph sets the interaction to display a
graph for the selected metric in the corresponding widget. The table below lists
the widget information for the customized metric chart.
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Hitachi VM and Storage Relationship dashboard
The Hitachi VM and Storage Relationship dashboard displays the association of
a VM in the list of VMs in the environment and the storage object. An example
of the display of the Hitachi VM And Storage Relationship is shown in the figure
below.
Figure 3-4 Example display of the Hitachi VM and Storage Relationship dashboard
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widgets
The Hitachi VM and Storage Relationship dashboard is configured with two
widgets. The table below lists the widgets which configure the Hitachi VM and
Storage Relationship dashboard. The display of each widget is described
below.
Table 3-15 Widgets for configuring the Hitachi VM And Relationship dashboard
# Widget
1. Virtual Machine List
2. VM to Storage Relationship
Virtual Machine List is a widget that customizes the Object List widget. It limits
the display to objects where Object Types are virtual machines. The displayed
contents are redrawn every 300 seconds.
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Table 3-16 List of the Object type on VM to Storage Relationship
# Object Type
1. Virtual Machine
2. Datastore
3. Network File System
4. File System
5. Storage Pool
6. Virtual Server
7. System Drive
8. Cluster
9. Port
10. Virtual Logical Device
11. Dynamic Provisioning Volume
12. Dynamic Provisioning Pool
13. Parity Group
14. Management Processor Blade
15. Cache
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Troubleshooting
This chapter describes how to troubleshoot errors that may occur when
operating the Hitachi Storage Management Pack for vRealize Operations
dashboard.
For additional troubleshooting help, see the Hitachi Storage Management Pack
for VMware vRealize Operations User’s Guide.
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Troubleshooting super metric import errors
Table 4-1 Troubleshooting during the import of super metrics
# Problem Solution
1. Cannot move to the display described in the vRealize Operations Manager provides plural GUI. Make sure
import procedure. whether GUI executing the import procedure is used. Refer to
Hitachi Storage Management Pack for VMware vRealize
Operations User’s Guide for details.
2. Failed to import with displaying the message of When the imported super metric was imported again, it
"Super Metric import failed. "Super metric with cannot be imported if Skip import was selected. Select the
id **** already exists ". Please try again." Overwrite existing Super Metric for the import when the super
when a super metric file was selected and was metric is overwritten for repair.
imported.
3. A super metric file was imported, but the object The collection by Hitachi Storage Adapter Instance may have
type for the application was not displayed. not been executed, or the collection was executed but the
registration with vRealize Operations Manager may have not
been completed. When Hitachi Storage Adapter Instance has
not been created, see Hitachi Storage Management Pack for
VMware vRealize Operations User’s Guide and create Hitachi
Storage Instance. When Hitachi Storage Adapter Instance has
been created, wait until the registration with vRealize
Operations Manager completes.
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Troubleshooting dashboard operation errors
Table 4-3 Troubleshooting while using the dashboard
# Problem Solution
1. The metrics of the resource that Hitachi Make sure whether Hitachi Storage Management Pack has
Storage Management Pack collects are not been installed normally. Also, make sure of whether Hitachi
collected. Storage Management Pack was created and the collection is
executed definitely. Refer to Hitachi Storage Management
Pack for VMware vRealize Operations User’s Guide for the
details.
2. Super metrics are not collected. Make sure whether the super metric has been imported
normally. Also, make sure of whether a super metric is applied
to a corresponding resource. See Importing Dashboards for
the import procedure; see Displaying a Dashboard for the
application procedure. In addition, the super metric may not
be displayed on the widget of the dashboard when the
dashboard displaying the super metric is imported before the
collection of the same super metric. In this case, import the
dashboard again.
3. Metrics are not displayed in the widget of the Make sure that Hitachi Storage Adapter has been installed
dashboard normally. Also, make sure whether Hitachi Storage Adapter
Instance was created and the collection has executed
definitely. Refer to Hitachi Storage Management Pack for
VMware vRealize Operation User’s Guide for the details.
In addition, the metric may not be displayed on the widget of
the dashboard when the dashboard is imported before the
Hitachi Storage Adapter Instance collects metrics
In this case, import the dashboard again.
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Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Glossary
# Term Description
1. CLPR Cache Logical Partition. The function to divide the cache on the entire storage
system logically.
2. Datastore Virtual area used to store a virtual machine image on ESXi. The actual area is
created on a local disk or external storage system.
3. DP Pool Dynamic Provisioning Pool. It consists of more than one exclusive RAID
group. Dynamic Provisioning Pool is the area which manages data written in
the virtual volume.
5. HDP Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning. The function to assign the virtual volume to
the host and use the required physical capacity according to the data writing
request. It provides the virtualization of the volume capacity.
8. LDEV Logical Device. The logical volume unit consisted of multiple physical drives.
9. Metro Software for managing HNAS and other storage systems over HTTP protocol
from a REST client.
10. MPB Management Processor Blade. MPB is equipped with four Management
Processors (MP) and each MP distributes load of processing.
11. Parity Group The group of physical drives which consists RAID in the storage system.
12. Port The port for channel adapter or port controller of the storage system.
14. Super Metric Indicates the numerical formula including one or more metric to be defined in
vRealize Operations Manager.
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# Term Description
18. VSP Gx00 Abbreviation for the Hitachi VSP G Series.
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200 (VSP G200)
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 (VSP G400)
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600 (VSP G600)
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G800 (VSP G800)
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 (VSP G1000)
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Phone: 1 408 970 1000
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Asia Pacific and Americas
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara, California 95050-2639
U.S.A.
Phone: 1 408 970 1000
[email protected]
Europe Headquarters
Sefton Park
Stoke Poges
Buckinghamshire SL2 4HD
United Kingdom
Phone: + 44 (0)1753 618000
[email protected]
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