Introduction

IBM FlashSystem is a family of high‑performance storage solutions designed for modern enterprise workloads. It is built on advanced flash technology and provides low latency, high speed, and consistent performance for databases, analytics, virtualization, and cloud environments.

It offers both all‑flash and hybrid storage options with a scalable architecture, and includes features such as data reduction, encryption, and storage virtualization. This makes IBM FlashSystem a flexible, efficient, and reliable platform for managing data across on‑premises and hybrid cloud environments.

The following helps you get started.

• To explore monitored metrics, see Supported Metrics and Default Monitoring Configuration.

• To configure IBM FlashSystem integration, see Working with IBM FlashSystem.

Key Use Cases

Discovery Use Cases

• Discovers six resource types such as IBM FlashSystem Cluster, IBM FlashSystem Disk Drive, IBM FlashSystem Storage LUN, IBM FlashSystem Storage Volume, IBM FlashSystem Storage Pool, and IBM FlashSystem Node.
• Publishes relationships between resources to provide a topological view.
• For detailed structure, see the Resource Hierarchy.

Monitoring Use Cases

• Publishes 62 metrics across categories such as Availability, Capacity, No Category, Performance, Usage.
• Supports threshold-based alerting for metrics where alerting is enabled in the workbook.

Supported Target Versions

• Model : IBM FlashSystem 9500
• Version : 8.6.0.3

Resource Hierarchy

    • IBM FlashSystem Cluster
        • IBM FlashSystem Node
        • IBM FlashSystem Storage Pool
        • IBM FlashSystem Storage Volume
        • IBM FlashSystem Storage LUN
        • IBM FlashSystem Disk Drive

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