Hardware

The Hardware section provides an overview of various hardware components. You can view performance metrics, export reports, and access detailed information for each component.

The following menus are available under the Hardware section.

Drives

  • On clicking, displays the overview of the associated drives.
  • Performance tab is visible to get insight on the drives performance
  • You can click the 3 vertical dots menu at the right end of each drive row to view the properties and performance of the drive.
  • You can also export the report for the drives in CSV, PDF, or HTML format by clicking Export report

For more information, see Drives and Disks.

Enclosures

  • On clicking, displays the overview of the associated enclosures.
  • You can click the 3 vertical dots menu at the right end of each enclosure row to view the properties of the enclosure.
  • You can also export the report for the enclosure in CSV, PDF, or HTML format by clicking Export report

For more information, see Enclosures.

FC ports

  • On clicking, displays the overview of the associated FC ports.
  • Performance tab is visible to get insight on the FC ports performance
  • You can click the 3 vertical dots menu at the right end of each FC port row to view the properties and performance of the FC ports.
  • You can also export the report for the FC ports in CSV, PDF, or HTML format by clicking Export report

For more information, see FC ports.

IP ports

  • On clicking, displays the overview of the associated IP ports.
  • You can click the 3 vertical dots menu at the right end of each IP port row to view the properties of the IP ports.
  • You can also export the report for the IP ports in CSV, PDF, or HTML format by clicking Export report
Note: The IQN Performance tab for the IP ports is not yet available in the modern UI of IBM Storage Insights.

For more information, see IP ports.

Nodes

  • On clicking, displays the overview of the associated Nodes.
  • Performance tab is visible to get insight on the Nodes performance
  • You can click the 3 vertical dots menu at the right end of each nodes row to view the properties and performance of the nodes.
  • You can also export the report for the nodes in CSV, PDF, or HTML format by clicking Export report

For more information, see Nodes, modules, and directors.

Modules

  • On clicking, displays the overview of the associated modules.
  • You can click the 3 vertical dots menu at the right end of each module row to view the properties of module.
  • You can also export the report for the modules in CSV, PDF, or HTML format by clicking Export report
Note: Modules menu is displayed only for XIV devices.

For more information, see Nodes, modules, and directors.

Host adapters

  • On clicking, displays the overview of the associated host adapters.
  • Performance tab is visible to get insight on the host adapters performance
  • You can click the 3 vertical dots menu at the right end of each host adapter row to view the properties and performance of the host adapter.
  • You can also export the report for the host adapters in CSV, PDF, or HTML format by clicking Export report
Note: Host adapters menu is displayed only for DS8000 devices.

For more information, see Host adapters.

Device adapters

  • On clicking, displays the overview of the associated device adapters.
  • Performance tab is visible to get insight on the device adapters performance
  • You can click the 3 vertical dots menu at the right end of each host adapter row to view the properties and performance of the device adapter.
  • You can also export the report for the device adapters in CSV, PDF, or HTML format by clicking Export report
Note: Device adapters menu is displayed only for DS8000 devices.

For more information, see Device adapters.