Dell POWERVAULT MD3620I - Manual (Page 30)

Organizing Storage Arrays
The MD vCenter Plug-in allows you to organize your storage arrays into hierarchal views based on user-defined asset
tags and folders.
All storage arrays are assigned to the All Storage Arrays folder. Selecting this folder shows all storage discovered
arrays in the right side of the vSphere Client view. Selecting an individual storage array shows the following information
in the Summary tab:
Figure 21. Storage Array Organization
Using Asset Tags
Asset tags allow you to define custom characteristics for each storage array, such as city, state, row number and type.
Once an asset tag key and value are assigned to a storage array, a storage panel can be created to automatically group
all storage arrays matching the criteria specified for the panel.
Storage panels are created with specific asset tag values, or can be created with only an asset tag key. Defining both
creates a panel with all storage arrays having an asset tag value for the specified asset tag key and automatically
groups the storage arrays based on their asset tag values (Error! Reference source not found). You can also choose to
define a storage array panel with only a specific asset tag value. This will create a panel with only storage arrays having
the associated asset tag key and specific asset tag value defined within the panel.
Examples of different combinations of asset tag definitions are shown in figures Storage Array Panel Configuration with
All Asset Tag Values and Storage Array Panel Configuration with Specific Asset Tag Value.
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