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Overview

This guide describes how to install and configure the ThinkSystem DE Series Plugin for vCenter in a Windows environment.

The ThinkSystem DE Series Plugin for vCenter provides integrated management of DE Series storage arrays from within a VMware vSphere Client session. The vSphere Client is a single management interface that you can use to manage the VMware infrastructure and all your day-to-day storage needs.

The following functions are available in the DE Series Plugin for vCenter:

  • View and manage discovered storage arrays in the network.

  • Perform batch operations on groups of multiple storage arrays.

  • Perform upgrades on the software OS.

  • Import settings form one storage array to another.

  • Configure volumes, SSD cache, hosts, host clusters pools, and volume groups.

  • Lunch ThinkSystem System Manager interface for additional management tasks on an array.

Note
The ThinkSystem DE Series Plugin for vCenter is not a direct replacement for the ThinkSystem System Manager software. ThinkSystem System Manager is still required for performing certain storage administration tasks on a single array

The ThinkSystem DE Series Plugin for vCenter requires a VMware vCenter Server Appliance deployed in the VMware environment and an application host to install and run the ThinkSystem DE Series Plugin for vCenter webserver.

Refer to the following figure for more information on communications in the vCenter environment.

Figure 1) Communication details.