The following text was taken from a document written by Lakshmi Nalam, PG Software Development Senior Analyst at Dell

Dell Lasso is a stand-alone SAN inventory collection utility that includes troubleshooting capabilities to help SAN administrators verify the SAN environment, troubleshoot problems, and perform repair validation. By automating and consolidating all pertinent Hardware and Software configuration details into a single collection, Dell Lasso can help troubleshooting, and expedite the Storage Area Network maintenance process by accelerating the problem resolution for target SAN attached servers, Dell EMC Storage Arrays, Fibre Channel Switches, Fibre Channel Tape Libraries, and direct attached SAS storage.

List of devices that Dell Lasso supports:

Additional information:

Lasso can be downloaded from the Dell Support site here.

For more detail, including screen captures, please refer to the attached Lasso document.

A 32-bit Windows operating system is required for installation. Please consult the readme file also at the above website for more information. For MD3000i collection, you'll need to install the MD Storage Manager utility.

The help (click help from anywhere in Lasso) explains the manual process of validation and collection for the various devices and hosts to assist with troubleshooting.

For any issues/clarifications related to Lasso, please contact US_Lasso_Support@Dell.com.

Lasso Configuration/Collection Demonstration