Introduction

IBM Spectrum Connect is a centralized cloud integration system that consolidates a range of IBM® storage provisioning, virtualization, cloud, automation, and monitoring solutions through a unified server platform.

IBM Spectrum Connect provides a single-server backend location and enables centralized management of IBM storage resources for different virtualization, cloud and container platforms, including:
  • VMware vCenter Server
  • VMware vSphere Web Client (vWC)
  • VMware vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)
  • VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROps)
  • VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO)
  • Kubernetes
  • Microsoft PowerShell

Through its user credential, storage system, storage space and service management options, Spectrum Connect facilitates the integration of IBM storage system resources with the supported virtualization, cloud and container platforms, while providing the foundation for integration with future IBM systems and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) solutions. Storage profiles (services), defined in Spectrum Connect, are delegated for use in VMware or Kubernetes environment for simplified profile-based volume provisioning.

IBM Spectrum Connect can be managed through a standard web browser and a web-based user interface (UI), or through terminal and a command-line interface (CLI).