Viewing the IBM storage object information

After the IBM® Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client are properly installed, the IBM Storage categories are shown under the standard vSphere Web Client categories for each vCenter server, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. IBM Storage categories in vSphere Web Client
This image shows the IBM Storage categories in vSphere Web Client.
For each vCenter server, the following IBM Storage categories are available for that vCenter server:
  • Storage services
  • Storage spaces
  • Storage volumes
  • Storage virtual volumes (VVols)

You can click and open an IBM Storage category to view the entities which are currently available for the selected vCenter server.

Figure 2. IBM Storage Service information
This image shows IBM Storage Service information.
Figure 3. IBM Storage Space information
This image shows IBM Storage Space information.
Figure 4. IBM Storage Volume information
This image shows IBM Storage Volume information.
Figure 5. IBM Storage VVol information
This image shows IBM Storage VVol information.

In addition, you can display a summary of IBM storage items, as well as information on objects related to them, as shown in the following figures.

Figure 6. IBM Storage Service summary
This image shows IBM Storage Service summary.
Figure 7. IBM Storage Space summary
This image shows IBM Storage Space summary.
Figure 8. IBM Storage Volume summary
This image shows IBM Storage Volume summary.
Figure 9. IBM Storage VVol summary
This image shows IBM Storage VVol summary.

And so on, click the other information categories that are available in vSphere to view the relevant IBM storage information in these categories as well.