Viewing the ALUs and SLUs in the storage system

Use this procedure to the view the ALUs and SLUs in the storage system. You can also view the ALUs and SLUs on the ESXi host or vCenter Server.

Before you begin

The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.

Procedure

  1. Click Storage Systems, and then expand the Storage Systems tree.

  2. Click Logical Devices.

  3. In the LDEVs pane, click More Actions View ALUs/SLUs.

    The ALUs / SLUs window displays the ALU or SLU ID, LDEV ID, and LDEV name of each volume with the ALU or SLU attribute. For SLUs the provisioning type of each volume (DP-VOL or Thin Image volume) is also displayed.
Parent Topic
  • Working with ALUs and SLUs for vSphere VVOL

    The storage systems can be integrated with a VMware® ESXi host or VMware® vCenter Server by Storage Provider for VMware vCenter, which provides support for vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA). Snapshot and replication functions are used in storage systems that are configured with Administrative Logical Units (ALUs) and Subsidiary Logical Units (SLUs).