You can view detailed information about managed storage
devices from Lenovo XClarity Administrator, including the IP address, product name, serial number,
and details about each canister.
About this task
Learn more:
For Lenovo Storage devices, the system-level air temp is measured
by the temperature sensor closest to the mid-plane of the system and
reflects the ambient temperature after the airflow passes through
the drives. Note that the air temperature that is reported by XClarity Administrator and the management controller might differ if the temperature
is captured at different points in time.
Procedure
To view the details of a specific managed storage device, complete
the following steps.
- From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click . The Storage page is displayed with a tabular view of all storage devices that
are installed in managed chassis.
You can sort the table columns to make it easier to find
specific storage devices. In addition, enter text (such as a system
name or IP address) in the Filter field to
further filter the storage devices that are displayed.
- Click the storage device name in the Storage column. The Summary page is displayed, showing the properties and
a list of components that are installed in that storage device.
- Complete one or more of the following actions to view storage
details. The data that is displayed might differ based on the type
of storage device.
- Click Summary to view a summary of the
server and its installed components, including system information
and installed devices (see Viewing the status of storage devices).
- Click Inventory Details to view details
about the storage device components, including:
- Firmware levels for the storage device.
- Details of the management-controller network, such as the hostname,
IPv4 address, IPv6 address, and MAC addresses.
- Asset details of the storage device.
- Details about each canister in the storage device.
Tip: If an expansion
node, such as the Flex System Storage Expansion Node or the Flex System PCIe Expansion Node is installed in the chassis and connected
to a storage device, inventory details for the expansion node is displayed
as well.
- Click Alerts to display alerts in the alerts
list that are related to the storage device (see Working with alerts).
- Click Event Log to display the events in
the event log that are related to the storage devicestorage device (see Working with events).
- Click Jobs to display a list of jobs that
are associated with the storage device (see Monitoring jobs).
- Click Light Path to display the current
state of each LED on the storage device.
- Click Power and Thermal to display the
power and thermal characteristics for the storage device.
Tip: Use the refresh button
on your web browser to collect the latest power and thermal data.
Collecting data might take several minutes.
After you finish
In addition to displaying summary and detailed information about
a storage device, you can perform the following actions:
- View a storage device in graphical rack or chassis view by clicking or .
- Export detailed information about the storage device to a CSV
file clicking the .
Note:
For more information about inventory data in the CSV file,
see the GET /storage/<UUID_list> REST API.
When importing a CSV file into Microsoft
Excel, Excel treats text values that contain only numbers as numeric
values (for example, for UUIDs). Format each cell as text to correct
this error.
- Launch the management controller web interface for the storage
device by clicking the IP address link (see Launching the management controller interface for a storage device).
- Power a storage controller in the storage device on and off (see Powering on and off a storage device).
- Virtually reseat the storage controller in the storage device
(see Virtually reseating a server in a Flex System chassis).
- Modify system information by selecting a storage device and clicking Edit Properties.
- Refresh inventory by selecting a storage device and clicking .
- Exclude events that are of no interest to you from all pages on
which events are displayed by clicking the (see Excluding events).
- Resolve issues that might arise between the XClarity Administrator security certificate and the security certificate of the
CMM in the chassis where the storage device is installed by selecting
a storage device and clicking (see Resolving an untrusted server certificate).