The
VMware Smart Assurance
IP NAS solution

The IP NAS solution architecture consists of the following components:
  • IP Availability Manager
    — A Domain Manager that discovers, monitors, and analyzes failures in the underlying IP network. With the NAS Extension applied, the Availability Manager discovers and monitors NAS devices, correlates events, diagnoses root-cause problems, and calculates impacts.
  • Global Manager — Abstracts and consolidates information from the Domain Managers and deduplicates notifications.
  • Global Console — Provides display capability for notifications, maps, and other graphical information.
    Managed NAS architecture shows the components and the flow of information for the managed NAS architecture.
    Managed NAS architecture