Viewing and managing a Flex System V7000 storage node

Use this information as a starting point for managing an IBM® Flex System V7000 Storage Node with the IBM Flex System Manager management software web interface.

You can use the IBM Flex System Manager management software web interface to manage and monitor storage performance.

The Chassis Manager page and Chassis Map view provide hardware and table views of all discovered resources in a managed chassis. Use the Chassis Manager view in the management software web interface to view Flex System V7000 details and perform management tasks.

To access a Flex System V7000 from the Chassis Manager page, complete the following steps:

1. From the Home page, click the Chassis Manager tab.
2. From the Chassis Manager page, click the chassis that contains the Flex System V7000 storage node. The Chassis Map view opens.
3. From the Chassis Map, click the Flex System V7000 storage node to select it. The details for the storage node are displayed.
   Note: If you moved a Flex System V7000 storage node from one node bay in the chassis to another, it is possible that the Flex System V7000 storage node will not appear in the Chassis Map. If that occurs, complete the following steps:

   1. From the Chassis Map, click General Actions > Resource Explorer.
   2. Remove the storage managed endpoints from the chassis manager:
      1. From the Resource Explorer page, search for "storage."
      2. Click the group containing the Flex System V7000 storage node to display all managed endpoints.
      3. Right click each managed endpoint and select Remove.. to remove it from the list.
   3. Collect inventory on the chassis (CMM):
      1. From the Chassis Map, select the chassis.
      2. Make sure that Show advanced properties is selected at the bottom of the page.
      3. Click the Inventory tab; then click Collect Inventory.
   4. After inventory is collected, the Flex System V7000 storage node is displayed in the Chassis Map.
4. Click the Actions menu for a list of storage viewing and management options.
   Note: You can launch the Flex System V7000 management GUI from the Chassis Map view. After you select the storage node in the Chassis Map view, click Launch IBM Flex System V7000.

The Storage Management summary page in the management software web interface enables you to view storage capacity details and provides links to storage monitoring tasks.

To access the Storage Management summary page, complete the following steps:

1. From the Home page, click the Plug-ins tab.
2. Click Storage Management. The Storage Management summary page opens. The following links are available under Storage Tasks:
   • Discover Storage
   • Storage to Server Mapping View
   • Server to Storage Mapping View
   • View Current® Configuration
   • View and Apply Storage Templates