SAN performance monitoring can be extremely tricky and problems can be particularly difficult to isolate, further complicated by the complex configurations and interrelationships between the servers, switches and storage platforms that often populate a storage area network. Learn how to maintain SAN uptime with a Free Tool from SolarWinds.

1. Stay Ahead of SAN Slowdowns
with SolarWinds ® SAN Monitor
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2. Agenda
SAN Slowdowns
Right Monitoring Methodology
SolarWinds SAN Monitor
Using the Tool
Helpful Resources
SolarWinds Storage Manager,
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3. SAN Slowdowns can be painful
» Maintaining SAN uptime is vital in today's business
environment.
» SAN performance monitoring can be extremely tricky and
problems can be particularly difficult to isolate, further
complicated by the complex configurations and
interrelationships between the servers, switches and storage
platforms that often populate a storage area network
» Any downtime in SAN can have a catastrophic impact towards
business
» An errant storage array slowing data flow can be really
frustrating especially when that array is sitting somewhere in a
datacenter far, far away
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4. The Right way to Monitor Slowdowns
Additionally, wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could do all this and keep a close eye on
storage performance from the comfort of your cubicle?
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5. SolarWinds SAN Monitor
Highlights of SolarWinds SAN Monitor
Highlights of SolarWinds SAN Monitor
»» Quickly and easily monitor EMC CLARiiON®, Dell®, IBM®, &
Quickly and easily monitor EMC CLARiiON®, Dell®, IBM®, &
Sun® StorageTek™ storage arrays
Sun® StorageTek™ storage arrays
»» Gain at-a-glance insight into storage performance &
Gain at-a-glance insight into storage performance &
capacity with aaslick desktop dashboard
capacity with slick desktop dashboard
»» View top LUNs by size, busiest LUNS, & most under-utilized
View top LUNs by size, busiest LUNS, & most under-utilized
LUNs
LUNs
»» Drill down into LUN inventory details including: LUN size,
Drill down into LUN inventory details including: LUN size,
physical disks, RAID type, total IOPs, IO response time, &
physical disks, RAID type, total IOPs, IO response time, &
more
more
Additional SAN Features
»» Easily track storage asset information including: array name,
Easily track storage asset information including: array name,
model, manufacturer, serial number, firmware version,
model, manufacturer, serial number, firmware version,
number of controllers, number of disks (allocated and spare),
number of controllers, number of disks (allocated and spare),
& total raw capacity
& total raw capacity
»» Start monitoring quickly with an easy-to-use desktop
Start monitoring quickly with an easy-to-use desktop
interface that looks and operates exactly like our
interface that looks and operates exactly like our
other free network monitoring tools
other free network monitoring tools
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6. Getting Started
Step 1: Start SolarWinds SAN Monitor from the SolarWinds SAN Monitor folder.
Step 2: Click Next on the Welcome window.
Step 3: Type the IP address or host name of the device with the array you want
to monitor in the Array IP Address field, and then click Next.
Step 4: Type the number of Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) to be displayed, and
then select a sorting method from the list.
Step 5: Select or type a polling frequency from the Polling Interval list, and then
click Next.
Step 6: Set the appropriate warning and error threshold values you want to use,
and then click Start Monitoring.
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7. Getting Started – Steps 1, 2 & 3
Enter the IP
Enter the IP
address or host
address or host
name of the
name of the
device with the
device with the
array you want to
array you want to
monitor
monitor
Getting Started Entering the Array IP Address
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8. Getting Started – Steps 4, 5 & 6
Select the LUN’s
Select the LUN’s
you want
you want
displayed && the
displayed the
Polling frequency
Polling frequency
Set the
Set the
appropriate
appropriate
Warning && Error
Warning Error
thresholds
thresholds
Editing Settings Setting Performance Thresholds
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9. Instantaneous Monitoring
Step 1: Once SAN Monitor is configured, polling begins and real-time data will be displayed within
seconds
Step 2: Status indicators are displayed next to the monitors, and the overall status is overlaid onto
the SAN Monitor system tray icon
Effective Real-Time SAN Monitoring helps you
instantaneously identify the performance of
various LUN’s projected by status indicators
for quick isolation incase of issues
Icon Status
Available
Warning
Error
Unknown
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10. Configuring SAN Monitor
Step 1: Click Settings
Step 2: Type the IP address or host name of the device you want to monitor in
the Array IP Address field.
Step 3: Type the number of LUNs to be displayed, and then select a sorting
method from the list.
Step 4: Select or type a polling frequency from the Polling Interval list.
Step 5: If you want to modify the warning and error thresholds, click Edit
Thresholds, set the appropriate warning and error threshold values you want to
use, and then click OK.
Step 6: Click OK.
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11. Configuring SAN Monitor
Changing Array IP Address and modifying Settings Re-Setting Performance Thresholds
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12. Helpful Resources
We invite you to learn more about SolarWinds Free Tools
Download
LEARN MORE
Read what others have to say about
SolarWinds SAN MONITOR
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13. Need more Comprehensive
Storage Management?
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14. SolarWinds Storage Manager, Powered by
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Monitor Your Entire Physical and Virtual Storage Infrastructure
SolarWinds Storage Manager will help you keep a sharp eye on the
performance and capacity of your entire end-to-end physical and virtual
storage infrastructure—from VM to spindle!
With Storage Manager at your side, you can quickly and easily monitor storage
performance, isolate hotspots, automate storage capacity planning, map VMs
to physical storage, analyze storage usage and reclaim storage space, manage
fibre channel switches and gain visibility into your multi-vendor SAN fabric, and
more!
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15. Top 5 Reasons to choose SolarWinds Storage
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Top 5 Reasons to Download
Storage Manager, Powered by Profiler
»Monitors storage performance & isolates
hotspots in your multi-vendor SAN fabric
»Maps virtual machines to physical storage
»Automates storage capacity planning &
reporting
»Simplifies analysis of storage usage &
reclamation of storage space
»Easy to download, deploy, & use – start
monitoring your storage infrastructure in less
than an hour
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16. Thank You!
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