11 Finding an Element’s Storage Capacity

IMPORTANT: Depending on your license, Capacity Manager may not be available. See the List of Features to determine if you have access to Capacity Manager. The List of Features is accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).

HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition supports a subset of the devices supported by Enterprise Edition. See the HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition Support Matrix for a list of supported devices.

This chapter contains the following topics:

•About Capacity Manager, page 355

•Accessing Capacity Manager, page 357

•The Toolbars in Capacity Manager, page 357

•Finding the Capacity of an Element, page 360

•Obtaining Utilization Reports, page 366

•Printing Elements in Capacity Manager, page 366

•Viewing Capacity Charts, page 367

•Viewing Trending Information for Storage Capacity, page 369

•Different Results for the df -k Command and Capacity Manager, page 369

About Capacity Manager

IMPORTANT: Depending on your license, Capacity Manager may not be available. See the List of Features to determine if you have access to Capacity Manager. The List of Features is accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).

Capacity Manager provides graphical representation of an element's storage capacity and utilization in the storage network. It provides the following tabs:

•List

•Path

•Utilization

•Capacity Data

•Capacity Chart

Capacity Manager provides a different set of information for NetApp NAS devices. For more information, see ”Capacity Information for NetApp NAS Devices” on page 361.

Keep in mind the following:

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