This isn't to say customers can't have their storage kit integrated to some extent into their IT automation wares. They can, if they're willing to pay custom fees to get it done. Also, it's possible to get all kinds of alerts passed to your central console. But when it comes to actually managing your storage equipment under the same umbrella system used for servers and/or networking gear, give it up.
Customers have had to accept the fact that while vendors move their lips about heterogeneous management of all kinds, it's basically hooey. There's simply no business sense for equipment suppliers to render their wares manageable by the tools of their rivals.
At the same time, we can expect to see lots of third-party "point products" that attempt to unify various IT and storage functions. Onaro and other SRM vendors are is dedicated to taking up the slack left by the big storage suppliers. And the seasoned veterans out there will recall that third parties finally carried the day when it came to managing networks and servers.
So give up hope, and take heart!
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