Overview
Welcome to the release notes for Unity enhancements for Live Optics. To avail of the most recent releases, please ensure that you download the latest version of the Live Optics collector to get the latest updates and enhancements. We encourage you to follow this page to receive email notifications when this document is updated.
03/22/2020
New Features/Fixes
Unity online viewer System tab that contains:
- IOPS by Service composite graph (vVol IOPS, File IOPS and Block IOPS)
- Read/Write IOPs composite graph
- Read/Write Throughput Composite graph
- Read Write IO Size graph
- Latency graph (vVol, File, and Block latency)
Known Issues
The current known issues for Unity are;
- None known at this time.
Known Limitations
The following known limitations should be considered when using Live Optics to assess a Unity storage array.
- The PPT doesn’t support File or vVol performance data, however, the File and vVol performance data is supported in the online viewer.
- File system latency is not available before OS version 4.5 (on the viewer).
- vVol is not represented in the workload concentration chart.
02/24/2020 |
New Features/Fixes
Unity online viewer System tab that contains:
- Storage Controllers Utilization graph
- Cache Composite graph
- Front End Ports: Peak Composite graph
- Workload Concentration graph
Known Issues
The current known issues for Unity are;
- None known at this time.
Known Limitations
The following known limitations should be considered when using Live Optics to assess a Unity storage array.
- The PPT doesn’t support File or vVol performance data, however, the File and vVol performance data is supported in the online viewer.
- File system latency is not available before OS version 4.5 (on the viewer).
- vVol is not represented in the workload concentration chart.
01/30/2020 |
New Features/Fixes
Unity online viewer Summary tab that contains:
- Array and project information
- Cache/Fast Cache size
- Storage controllers/Shelves number
- Array Capacity information
- Number of Drives for HDD and SSD
- Frontend ports number and throughput
- Configured File, Block and VVOl performance information
Known Issues
The current known issues for Unity are;
- None known at this time.
Known Limitations
The following known limitations should be considered when using Live Optics to assess a Unity storage array.
- The PPT doesn’t support File or vVol performance data, however, the File and vVol performance data is supported in the online viewer.
- File system latency is not available before OS version 4.5 (on the viewer).
- vVol is not represented in the workload concentration chart.
11/19/2019 |
New Features/Fixes
Optimize performance slides that contains:
- Sample of the monthly/quarterly Optimize services report.
- Hardware/Software evaluation and tailored advice based on conditions.
- Capacity evaluation and tailored advice based on conditions.
- Performance evaluation and tailored advice based on conditions.
- Array top 3 utilized pool performance data.
- Array Alert information.
Known Issues
The current known issues for Unity are;
- None known at this time.
Known Limitations
The following known limitations should be considered when using Live Optics to assess a Unity storage array.
- The PPT doesn’t support File or vVol performance data, however, the File and vVol performance data is supported in the online viewer.
- File system latency is not available before OS version 4.5 (on the viewer).
- vVol is not represented in the workload concentration chart.
05/29/2018 |
New Features/Fixes
- User-defined LUN names now shown in the report.
- Significant updates to LUN identification and performance calculations.
- Summary slide updates (new raw size column, formatting updates).
- Support for any 4.2.x and 4.3.x firmware versions.
- Several formatting and display updates.
- Fix for special characters used in the project name causing an error.
- Fix for 4.1.x versions showing zeros for write data.
- Fix for occasional duplicate server entries on the Top X by X slides.
Known Issues
The current known issues for Unity are;
- None known at this time.
Known Limitations
The following known limitations should be considered when using Live Optics to assess a Unity storage array.
- The PPT doesn’t support File or vVol performance data, however, the File and vVol performance data is supported in the online viewer.
- File system latency is not available before OS version 4.5 (on the viewer).
- vVol is not represented in the workload concentration chart.
03/22/2018 |
New Features/Fixes
- Support for firmware version 4.2.2
Known Issues
The current known issues for Unity are;
- None known at this time.
Known Limitations
The following known limitations should be considered when using Live Optics to assess a Unity storage array.
- The PPT doesn’t support File or vVol performance data, however, the File and vVol performance data is supported in the online viewer.
- File system latency is not available before OS version 4.5 (on the viewer).
- vVol is not represented in the workload concentration chart.
01/10/2018 |
New Features/Fixes
- Initial Release
Known Issues
The current known issues for Unity are;
- None known at this time.
Known Limitations
The following known limitations should be considered when using Live Optics to assess a Unity storage array.
- The PPT doesn’t support File or vVol performance data, however, the File and vVol performance data is supported in the online viewer.
- File system latency is not available before OS version 4.5 (on the viewer).
- vVol is not represented in the workload concentration chart.