IBM Flex System Manager Storage Control overview

With the Storage Control plug-in, you can manage an expanded set of storage subsystems and Fibre Channel switches.

You can use Storage Control to discover, collect inventory, and monitor the health of your storage devices. For a complete list of supported storage devices and the tasks that are supported for each device, see Supported storage devices and tasks.

Depending on the firmware levels of these devices, Storage Control supports native interfaces to the device, which simplifies configuration setup and improves device management reliability. These interfaces use Secure Shell (ssh) credentials. For information about configuring these credentials, see the Storage Control commands topic.

After the devices are discovered, they are listed as being managed by Storage Manager in Flex System Manager.

Storage Control uses IBM® Tivoli® Storage Productivity Center technology. As such, several of the device support and operating environment conditions are related to IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center. When you use IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center with IBM Flex System Manager Storage Control, IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center version 4.2.3 is recommended.