Overview

BMC Performance Manager Express for EMC Disk Arrays monitors all your EMC storage assets within a centralized management console. All the information concerning disk arrays, storage pools, controllers, storage volumes, and ports as well as EMC Celerra storage systems components such as CIFS Servers, CIFS Shares, control stations, data movers, file systems, etc., are directly displayed in your BMC Framework. BMC Performance Manager Express for EMC Disk Arraysalso discovers and monitors all the hardware aspects of the EMC disk array: batteries, fans, Ethernet ports and power supplies.

By monitoring all your EMC storage devices within a centralized management console, you can respond quickly to performance problems, easily determine capacity requirements, and effectively plan for network expansions.

Being a Performance Manager specifically designed for BMC Portal, BMC Performance Manager Express for EMC Disk Arrays uses the Portal’s web-based interface and features for installing, managing and monitoring your infrastructure.

The diagram below provides an overview of the BMC Performance Manager Express for EMC Disk Arrays architecture:

Storage monitoring solution architecture