ESXi host summary and configuration

Use the vSphere plug-in to display information about the ESXi host's representation on the IBM Storage Ceph Plugin for vSphere dashboard.

Configuring ESXi host connections

Configure ESXi host connections through the plug-in dashboard. For more information, see Managing hosts in the plug-in dashboard.

Viewing host summary information

In the vSphere Client inventory, identify the ESXi host that you want to explore.

To view storage information for an ESXi server, navigate to the summary tab for the selected ESXi host and scroll to the IBM Storage Ceph card. This view shows the ESXi host's status that is reported from each storage system that is registered in the plug-in dashboard. To see more details or refresh the connection, click the Go to Host Connections link at the bottom of the card. Alternatively, navigate to the Configure tab within the vSphere cluster, and scroll to IBM Storage Ceph > Host Connections.

Note: When opening this view, a discovery task is triggered to refresh up-to-date information from each registered storage system. The ESXi host's NQNs reported by vSphere will be compared to both existing host definitions and any visible listeners on the storage system. Depending on the size of your environment, this can take some time.

Host connections panel

The information on the Host Connections view displays the visibility of the selected ESXi host to each storage system registered in the plug-in dashboard, as detailed in Table 1.

Table 1. ESXi Host Connections information
Detail type	Description
Alias	The user defined alias name for the storage system. Note: Using an alias is optional. If there is no alias for any of the storage systems the alias column is automatically hidden. You can alter column's visibility by using the show/hide icon.
Gateway Group	Name of the Ceph NVMe-oF gateway group that the storage system is associated with.
Subsystem NQN	NQN of the Ceph NVMe-oF subsystem that the storage system is associated with.
Status	The status of the storage system.

To view further details of a specific host, expand the details pane for the row. The detail pane displays the status of the ESXi host on the storage system.