MDM groups MDM infrastructure and environment IBM Director

Multiple Device Manager (MDM) uses the IBM Director to discover storage devices. The storage devices are organized into groups of the same type of devices.

The contents for each of the following groups are displayed in the IBM Director Group Contents pane:

Storage Devices
All entities that are discovered by any mechanism, such as the Service Location Protocol (SLP) or SAN manager. Duplicate devices that are discovered by multiple methods are shown only once.
Enterprise Storage Servers (ESS)
ESS devices that are discovered using SLP.
FAStT
FAStT devices that are discovered using SLP.
Other storage
Any devices that are discovered using SLP but that do not belong to another category.
SAN Volume Controllers
SAN Volume Controllers that are discovered using SLP.
SAN Volume Controller for Cisco MDS 9000
SAN Volume Controllers for Cisco MDS 9000 that are discovered using SLP.
SAN Fabric
Entities that the IBM Tivoli(R) Storage Area Network Manager discovered that are not discovered by SLP. This group is empty if the Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager is not configured.
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