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Generate reports about the networks physical resources and about storage
usage
Troubleshoot network elements
Manage day-to-day performance and resource availability
Develop a data protection strategy and assure that the storage network is
secure
Meeting the needs of storage administrators with
CommandCentral Storage
CommandCentralStoragecanmaximizethereturnonyourinvestmentinstorage
technology.It doessobyproviding toolsdesignedtohelp thestorageadministrator
optimize the operation of your storage network.
Discovery of storage resources
CommandCentral Storage contains in-band and out-of-band discovery methods
for discovering a wide range of network or storage network objects. As a result,
you can discover and monitor physical and virtual fabrics, hosts, groups, storage
devices (such as arrays and NetApp unified storage devices), and applications.
Versatile displays of information about storage resources
The CommandCentral Storage Console provides a rich, versatile set of graphical
and textual displays with which you can visualize physical resourcessuch as
hosts and arraysand logical resourcessuch as virtual fabricsas well as the
connections and interrelationships between them. Displays also include storage
usage reports and projected storage consumption trends.
Policies for managing resources
Using the CommandCentral Storage Alert Manager, you can define and manage
policiesthat areassociated withobjects inyourstorage network.A policyconsists
of a condition to monitor, such as heavy traffic on a specific switch port, and a
set of actions to take when that condition is met. In addition to the policies you
define, an extensive set of default policies is included with the CommandCentral
Storage product.
Data collection
CommandCentral Storage includes a versatile set of collectors that gather
information about network resources for evaluation by the Alert Manager.
CommandCentral Storage collects information about capacity, environmental
conditions (such as temperature), performance, traffic, errors, and object
availability.
17Getting started with the CommandCentral family
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