Administrator Guide

Storage Manager Overview
Storage Manager allows you to monitor, manage, and analyze Storage Centers, FluidFS clusters, and PS Series Groups from a centralized
management console.
• The Storage Manager Data Collector stores data and alerts it gathers from Storage Centers in an external database or an embedded
database. Some functions of the Data Collector are managed by the web application Unisphere Central.
• Storage Manager Client connects to the Data Collector to perform monitoring and administrative tasks.
Topics:
• Management Compatibility
• Software and Hardware Requirements
• Default Ports Used by Storage Manager
• IPv6 Support
• Storage Manager Features
• Storage Manager Client Overview
Management Compatibility
Storage Manager manages storage products and also provides management integration for Microsoft and VMware products.
Storage Manager is compatible with the products listed in the following table.
Product
Versions
Storage Center 6.7–7.3
NOTE: Storage Manager 2018 R1.10 can be used to
connect to a storage system running Storage Center 6.6
and update it to a later supported version of Storage
Center
PS Series group rmware 7.0–10.0
Dell FluidFS 6.0.300135
NOTE: You must update FluidFS rmware to 6.0.300135
before updating to Storage Manager 2018 R1.
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012, 2012 SP1, 2012 R2, and 2016
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.8, 6.0, 6.1.1, 6.5, and 8.1
Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) 18.1.1.173
CITV 4.0
DSITV 4.1
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