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Flexible and extensible:
– Provides topology views (physical) views: host-centric and switch-centric
– View a single SAN, or all SANs, in an organization
– Ability to launch vendor-provided management applications from a single
console
– Reporting, both standard and customizable
4.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager
This chapter introduces and positions IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager and
its architecture, components, and functionality.
IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager monitors storage assets, capacity, and
usage across an enterprise. IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager can look at:
Storage from a host perspective by managing all of the host-attached
storage, capacity, and c ...