Dell PowerStore extension
- Latest Dynatrace
- Extension
- Published Oct 27, 2025
Monitor PowerStore Arrays for performance and health through the Dell PowerStore API.
Get started
Overview
Use the Dynatrace Dell PowerStore extension to simplify monitoring of your PowerStore infrastructure and focus on essential insights into your PowerStore arrays.
The PowerStore extension runs on a Dynatrace ActiveGate and connects to the Dell PowerStore APIs.
Use cases
This extension is intended for people who use the Dell PowerStore storage and want to extend Dynatrace insights into the storage infrastructure on which workloads depend
- Monitor your PowerStore arrays using a PowerStore-specific entity model and comprehensive unified analysis views
- Receive alerts on performance and health issues detected in your PowerStore infrastructure
- Take proactive actions based on anomalies detected in PowerStore infrastructure before they affect your applications
Compatibility information
- A Dell PowerStore array with the PowerStore API available, reachable from an ActiveGate set up in your Dynatrace environment.
- PowerStore API connection details: Server IP, username and password for authentication with the PowerStore API.
Activation and setup
Activate the extension in your environment via the in-product Hub, then provide the PowerStore connection and a user account to connect to PowerStore APIs. The user needs to have the Operator role; this role provides read-only access to the APIs the extension uses to collect metrics.
Details
The extension package contains:
- Code (Python) module that implements metric ingestion from the Dell PowerStore API
- Topology and relationship definitions for physical and logical entities that comprise the PowerStore platform
- A sample dashboard offering the PowerStore monitoring overview and status
- Unified analysis views for each entity, leveraging the topology model for interactive analysis
The PowerStore extension collects metrics for PowerStore entities and builds topological relationships between them so that Dynatrace performance analytics can leverage causal dependencies and surface the root causes of issues.
The following entities are monitored:
- Cluster
- Appliance
- Volume
- Filesystem
- NAS Server
- SMB-Share
- NFS-Export
Licensing and cost
There is no charge for obtaining the extension, only for the data that the extension ingests. The details of license consumption will depend on which licensing model you are using. This will either be Dynatrace classic licensing or the Dynatrace Platform Subscription (DPS) model.
Metrics
License consumption is based on the number of metric data points ingested. The following formula will provide approximate annual data points ingested assuming all feature sets are enabled.
((( 4 * number of Clusters)+ ( 10 * number of Appliances)+ ( 8 * number of Volumes)+ ( 8 * number of Filesystems)+ ( 7 * number of NAS Servers)+ ( 5 * number of SMB-Shares)+ ( 7 * number of NFS-Exports)) / <Metrics Collection Interval>) * 60 minutes * 24 hours * 365 days data points per year
Logs
This extension does not ingest logs.
Classic licensing
In the Dynatrace classic licensing model, metric ingestion will consume Davis Data Units (DDUs) at the rate of .001 DDUs per metric data point. Multiply the above formula for annual data points by .001 to estimate annual DDU usage.
Feature sets
When activating your extension using monitoring configuration, you can limit monitoring to one of the feature sets. To work properly, the extension has to collect at least one metric after the activation.
In highly segmented networks, feature sets can reflect the segments of your environment. Then, when you create a monitoring configuration, you can select a feature set and a corresponding ActiveGate group that can connect to this particular segment.
All metrics that aren't categorized into any feature set are considered to be the default and are always reported.
A metric inherits the feature set of a subgroup, which in turn inherits the feature set of a group. Also, the feature set defined on the metric level overrides the feature set defined on the subgroup level, which in turn overrides the feature set defined on the group level.
Volume
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volume Size | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.size | — |
| Logical Used Size | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.logical_used | — |
| Volume Used PCT | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.used_pct | — |
| Volume State | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.state | — |
| Is Host Access Available | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.is_host_access_available | — |
| Host Group Count | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.host_groups | — |
| Volume Group Count | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.volume_groups | — |
| Mapped Volume Count | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.mapped_volumes | — |
Filesystem
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Filesystem Size | storage.dell.powerstore.fs.size_total | — |
| Filesystem Used Size | storage.dell.powerstore.fs.size_used | — |
| Filesystem Used Pct | storage.dell.powerstore.fs.used_pct | — |
| Filesystem Access Policy | storage.dell.powerstore.fs.access_policy | — |
| Filesystem Locking Policy | storage.dell.powerstore.fs.locking_policy | — |
| Filesystem Folder Rename Policy | storage.dell.powerstore.fs.folder_rename_policy | — |
| Filesystem Default Hard Limit | storage.dell.powerstore.fs.default_hard_limit | — |
| Filesystem Default Soft Limit | storage.dell.powerstore.fs.default_soft_limit | — |
Volume Performance
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Average Read Latency | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.avg_read_latency | Average read latency in microseconds. |
| Average Write Latency | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.avg_write_latency | Average write latency in microseconds. |
| Average Latency | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.avg_latency | Average read and write latency in microseconds. |
| Average Read Size | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.avg_read_size | Average read size in bytes. |
| Average Write Size | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.avg_write_size | Average write size in bytes. |
| Average IO Size | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.avg_io_size | Average size of read and write operations in bytes. |
| Read Bandwidth | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.read_bandwidth | Read rate in bytes per second. |
| Write Bandwidth | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.write_bandwidth | Write rate in bytes per second. |
| Total Bandwidth | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.total_bandwidth | Total data transfer rate in bytes per second. |
| Read IOPS | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.read_iops | Total read operations per second. |
| Write IOPS | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.write_iops | Total write operations per second. |
| Total IOPS | storage.dell.powerstore.volume.total_iops | Total read and write operations per second. |
SMB Share
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Is Continuous Availability Enabled | storage.dell.powerstore.smb_share.is_continuous_availability_enabled | — |
| Is Encryption Enabled | storage.dell.powerstore.smb_share.is_encryption_enabled | — |
| Is ABE Enabled | storage.dell.powerstore.smb_share.is_abe_enabled | — |
| Is Branch Cache Optimization Enabled | storage.dell.powerstore.smb_share.is_branch_cache_enabled | — |
| Offline Availability | storage.dell.powerstore.smb_share.offline_availability | — |
Host
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Host Type | storage.dell.powerstore.host.type | — |
| Host OS Type | storage.dell.powerstore.host.os_type | — |
Appliance Performance
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IO CPU Utilization | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.io_workload_cpu_utilization | The percentage of CPU Utilization on the cores dedicated to servicing storage I/O requests. |
| Physical Total Storage | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.physical_total | The physical storage available on the appliance. |
| Physical Used Storage | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.physical_used | The physical storage used on the appliance. |
| Physical Used Storage by Data | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.data_physical_used | The physical storage used by user data on the appliance. |
| Logical Provisioned Storage | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.logical_provisioned | The logical storage provisioned on the appliance. |
| Logical Used Storage | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.logical_used | The logical storage used on the appliance. |
NAS Performance
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Average Latency | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.avg_latency | Average read and write latency in microseconds. |
| Average Read Latency | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.avg_read_latency | Average read latency in microseconds. |
| Average Read Size | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.avg_read_size | Average read size in bytes. |
| — | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.avg_size | — |
| Average Write Latency | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.avg_write_latency | Average write latency in microseconds. |
| Average Write Size | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.avg_write_size | Average write size in bytes. |
| Read Bandwidth | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.read_bandwidth | Read rate in bytes per second. |
| Read IOPS | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.read_iops | Total read operations per second. |
| Total Bandwidth | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.total_bandwidth | Total data transfer rate in bytes per second. |
| Total IOPS | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.total_iops | Total read and write operations per second. |
| Write Bandwidth | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.write_bandwidth | Write rate in bytes per second. |
| Write IOPS | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.write_iops | Total write operations per second. |
NFS Export
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Default Access | storage.dell.powerstore.nfs_export.default_access | — |
| Minimum Security Type | storage.dell.powerstore.nfs_export.min_security | — |
| No Access Host Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nfs_export.no_access_hosts | — |
| Read Only Host Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nfs_export.read_only_hosts | — |
| Read Only Root Host Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nfs_export.read_only_root_hosts | — |
| Read Write Host Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nfs_export.read_write_hosts | — |
| Read Write Root Host Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nfs_export.read_write_root_hosts | — |
Cluster
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum Transmission Unit | storage.dell.powerstore.cluster.physical_mtu | — |
| Appliance Count | storage.dell.powerstore.cluster.appliances | — |
| Encryption Enabled | storage.dell.powerstore.cluster.is_encryption_enabled | '0' if encryption not enabled, '1' if encryption is enabled |
| Cluster State | storage.dell.powerstore.cluster.state | — |
Appliance
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Node Count | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.nodes | — |
| FC Port Count | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.fc_ports | — |
| Virtual Ethernet Port Count | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.veth_ports | — |
| SAS Port Count | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.sas_ports | — |
| Ethernet Port Count | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.eth_ports | — |
| Ethernet BE Port Count | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.eth_be_ports | — |
| Virtual Volume Count | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.virtual_volumes | — |
| Volume Count | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.volumes | — |
| IP Pool Addresses Count | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.ip_pool_addresses | — |
| Drive Failure Tolerance Level | storage.dell.powerstore.appliance.drive_failure_tolerance_level | — |
NAS
| Metric name | Metric key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Operation Status | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.operational_status | — |
| File Interface Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.file_interfaces | — |
| NFS Server Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.nfs_servers | — |
| SMB Server Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.smb_servers | — |
| File LDAP Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.file_ldaps | — |
| File NISES Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.file_nises | — |
| Filesystem Count | storage.dell.powerstore.nas.file_systems | — |
