SVC Storage sensor

The SVC Storage sensor discovers storage resources that are related to SAN (Storage Area Network). The sensor extracts data from IBM Storage Volume Controller.

The storage resources that are discovered by the SVC Storage sensor include storage array, storage volumes, FC ports, storage pools and disk drives. The sensor uses the SSH connection to retrieve such data.

The SVC Storage sensor discovers world wide port name (WWPN) of the hosts for creating relationship to host volumes, which requires HostStorageSensor to run on hosts.

It is not advisable to run SVC Storage sensor along with TPC sensor for the same endpoint. It can lead to minor differences in the discovered data like RAID or SCSI Paths, which generates additional entries in change history.

You can use SVC Storage sensor to discover configuration details of IBM® Storwize® v7000 storage enclosed in the IBM PureFlex System chassis. See IBM BladeCenter SNMP sensor.

The SVC Storage sensor is enabled by default in the Level 2 and Level 3 discovery profile.

Sensor name used in the GUI and logs

SVCStorageSensor

Limitations

The sensor does not discover Raid Level attribute for Storage Pools and Storage Volume objects because the attribute is discovered by TPCStorageSensor for the same objects.