Chapter 5. View OpenShift Data Foundation Topology
The topology shows the mapped visualization of the OpenShift Data Foundation storage cluster at various abstraction levels and also lets you to interact with these layers. The view also shows how the various elements compose the Storage cluster altogether.
Procedure
On the OpenShift Web Console, navigate to Storage
Data Foundation Topology. The view shows the storage cluster and the zones inside it. You can see the nodes depicted by circular entities within the zones, which are indicated by dotted lines. The label of each item or resource contains basic information such as status and health or indication for alerts.
- Choose a node to view node details on the right-hand panel. You can also access resources or deployments within a node by clicking on the search/preview decorator icon.
To view deployment details
- Click the preview decorator on a node. A modal window appears above the node that displays all of the deployments associated with that node along with their statuses.
- Click the Back to main view button in the model’s upper left corner to close and return to the previous view.
- Select a specific deployment to see more information about it. All relevant data is shown in the side panel.
- Click the Resources tab to view the pods information. This tab provides a deeper understanding of the problems and offers granularity that aids in better troubleshooting.
- Click the pod links to view the pod information page on OpenShift Container Platform. The link opens in a new window.
