Viewing information about internal, object, and related resources

Use resource details pages to view information about a specific top-level resource and its internal, object, and related resources.

1. In the menu bar, hover the mouse pointer over the menu item for the type of resource that you want to view.
   You can access the following types of resources:

   • Storage: block storage systems, file storage systems, object storage systems, volumes, pools, shares
   • Servers: servers, hypervisors
   • Network: switches, fabrics
2. Select the type of the resource that you want to view.
   A resource list page shows the monitored resources for the selected type. For example, if you want to view a block storage system, go to Storage > Block Storage Systems. A list of monitored block storage systems is displayed.
3. In the list of resources, right-click the resource that you want to view and select View Details.
   A resource details page is displayed. This page includes information about storage statistics, alerts, jobs, internal resources, object resources, and related resources.
4. To view information about the internal resources of the top-level resource, click the name of the internal resource in the Internal Resources section.
   A list of the internal resources is displayed. Each column in the list shows information about the resources. For example, on the details page for a server, click Controllers to view a list of the controllers that are associated with the server.
5. Optional: To view key attributes of a specific internal resource without leaving the page, right-click the resource and select View Properties.
6. To view information about the object resources in an object storage system, click the name of the object resource in the Object Resources section.
   Object resources are associated only with object storage systems, such as IBM Storage Scale that is configured for object storage.
7. To view information about resources that are related to the top-level resource, click the name of the related resource in the Related Resources section.
   A list of the related resources is displayed. For example, on the server details page, click Block Storage Systems to view a list of the block storage systems that have at least one disk (volume) assigned to the server.
8. Optional: To view key attributes of a specific related resource without leaving the page, right-click the resource and select View Properties.
9. Optional: To view the resource details page for a related resource, right-click the resource and select View Details.

Results

A resource details page shows information about a top-level resource. The information is available in the following links and sections on the page:

• Overview: The overall capacity and storage usage for a resource.
• Properties: Key information about a resource.
• Alerts: Alerts that were generated for a resource.
• Tasks: Jobs that were run for a resource.
• Internal Resources: Information about the components that exist in a higher-level resource.
• Object Resources: Information about the resources in a IBM Storage Scale cluster, such as accounts and containers, that enable the IBM Storage Scale cluster to be used as an object storage system.
• Related Resources: Information about the resources that are related to another resource. A related resource is external to a higher-level resource, but is related to it through assigned storage, a network connection, or virtual hosting.

Tip: To view descriptions of the information that is available on a resource details page, click the Help icon in the upper-right corner of the page.