Dell EMC: Unity PowerPack Release Notes, version 100

Version 100 of the Dell EMC: Unity PowerPack adds the ability to discover and monitor Dell EMC Unity storage systems using the Unisphere REST API.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.7.0

Before You Install

Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Dell EMC: Unity " PowerPack version 100.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

Installation Process

To install version 100 of the Dell EMC: Unity PowerPack, perform the following steps:

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.7.0 or later release.
  3. Download the "Dell EMC: Unity " version 100PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "Dell EMC: Unity " version 100.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for Dell EMC Unity storage systems, including:
  • Dell EMC: Unity Array Capacity Stats
  • Dell EMC: Unity Array Config
  • Dell EMC: Unity Array Discovery
  • Dell EMC: Unity Components Config
  • Dell EMC: Unity LUN Config
  • Dell EMC: Unity LUN Discovery
  • Dell EMC: Unity Storage Pool Capacity Stats
  • Dell EMC: Unity Storage Pool Config
  • Dell EMC: Unity Storage Pool Discovery
  • Device Classes for each type of Unity device monitored
  • Event Policies that are triggered when Unity devices meet certain status criteria
  • An example credential that you can use as a template to create a SOAP/XML credential for connecting to Unity devices

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 100 of the Dell EMC: Unity PowerPack:

  • A "BulkStatsNotSupportedError" error might periodically display for the "EMC: VMAX Statistics Cache" Dynamic Application. If this occurs, "CacheDataIsEmpty" errors might also display for the "EMC: VMAX Array Stats", "EMC: VMAX LUN Stats", and "EMC: VMAX Storage Group Stats" Dynamic Applications.