Working with storage system views

Spectrum Connect offers powerful search tools to help you locate a specific storage system or resource, according to its name or other attributes.

After the storage systems become visible on the Storage System pane of Spectrum Connect, you can arrange the way they appear in the table view. In addition, you can use the search box on the top of the Storage System pane to locate a specific storage system or resource, as described below.

In the table view mode, click on an attribute column header to arrange the existing storage systems and resources, according to one on the following criteria:
- Resource name
- Parent pool name
- Domain name
- Storage array name
- Storage space usage in %
- Size in GiB
- Storage service it is attached to, if any
- Storage system type
You can change the item order by clicking the arrow in the column header.
Figure 1. Storage Systems pane with storage elements arranged according to descending space usage
Enter a full or partial name of a storage system or resource into the search box.
Spectrum Connect displays search results, highlighting the names that match the search string.
Figure 2. Storage Systems pane with highlighted search string results
Click the arrow in the search box to display the advanced filtering tool.

Figure 3. Advanced filtering tool
In the advanced filtering tool, select one or more of the following filtering attributes and their values from the drop-down lists. The available attributes may vary, depending on a storage system in use.
- Software version
- Disk size. This attribute is not available for storage systems, running IBM Spectrum Virtualize.
- Hardware model
- Product type
Spectrum Connect arranges storage elements according to the selected filtering attributes and their values. The best matching results are grouped at the left in the bar view mode and at the top in the table view.
Figure 4. Storage Systems pane with storage elements filtered according to disk size