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Brocade SAN Switch

Description​

This connector discovers the enclosure and fiber-channel ports of SAN switches as well as various environment sensors (temperatures, fans, power supplies, etc.). It relies on the SNMP protocol and supports the Brocade MIB (fcSwitch-MIB).

brocade hardware network storage

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

Target​

Typical platform: Brocade

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites​

Leverages: Brocade SNMP Agent (fcSwitch)

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples​

CLI​

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +BrocadeSwitch --snmp v2c --community public

metricshub.yaml​

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: storage
        connectors: [ +BrocadeSwitch ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          snmp:
            version: v2c # Read documentation for v1, v2c and v3
            community: public # or probably something more secure

Connector Activation Criteria​

The Brocade SAN Switch connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

  • An SNMP GetNext on the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.1 must return a non-empty value

Metrics​

TypeCollected MetricsSpecific Attributes
enclosurehw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}id
model
serial_number
type
vendor
fanhw.fan.speed
hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}		hw.parent.type
id
name
sensor_location
networkhw.errors{hw.type="network"}
hw.network.bandwidth.limit
hw.network.full_duplex
hw.network.io{direction="receive"}
hw.network.io{direction="transmit"}
hw.network.packets{direction="receive"}
hw.network.packets{direction="transmit"}
hw.network.up
hw.status{hw.type="network", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}		bandwidth
device_type
hw.network.name
hw.parent.type
id
info
name
physical_address
physical_address_type
other_devicehw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="present"}		device_type
hw.parent.type
id
info
name
power_supplyhw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}		hw.parent.type
id
name
power_supply_type
temperaturehw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"}
hw.temperature		hw.parent.type
id
name
sensor_location