Dell EMC PowerStore (REST)

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for Dell EMC PowerStore systems through the PowerStore Management REST API. It monitors the enclosure and the physical disks as well as the various environment sensors (fans, power supplies, memory modules, batteries and network cards).

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Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Target

Typical platform: Dell PowerStore

Operating system: Storage System

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Prerequisites

Leverages: N/A

Technology and protocols: HTTP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +DellEMCPowerStoreREST --https --http-port 443 -u USERNAME

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: storage
        connectors: [ +DellEMCPowerStoreREST ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          http:
            https: true
            port: 443 # or probably something else
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The Dell EMC PowerStore (REST) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The HTTP Request below to the managed host succeeds:
  • GET /api/rest/appliance?select=*
  • The response body contains: powerstore (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
appliance_pool	storage.io{storage.type="pool", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.io{storage.type="pool", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.limit{storage.type="pool"} storage.operation_time{storage.type="pool", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operation_time{storage.type="pool", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.operations{storage.type="pool", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operations{storage.type="pool", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.usage{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="free"} storage.usage{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	dellemc.powerstore.storage.type id name storage.parent.id storage.parent.type type usage
battery	hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name
blade	hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name serial_number
container_pool	storage.limit{storage.type="pool"} storage.usage{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="free"} storage.usage{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	dellemc.powerstore.storage.type id name storage.parent.id storage.parent.type type usage
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id model name serial_number type vendor
fan	hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name
file_system	storage.io{storage.type="file_system", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.io{storage.type="file_system", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.limit{storage.type="file_system", limit_type="quota_hard"} storage.limit{storage.type="file_system", limit_type="quota_soft"} storage.operation_time{storage.type="file_system", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operation_time{storage.type="file_system", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.operations{storage.type="file_system", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operations{storage.type="file_system", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.size{storage.type="file_system"} storage.usage{storage.type="file_system", storage.provisioning.state="free"} storage.usage{storage.type="file_system", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	id name storage.parent.id storage.parent.type storage_system.name type
memory	hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name serial_number
network	hw.network.bandwidth.limit hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	device_type hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id logical_address name
physical_disk	hw.physical_disk.size hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id model serial_number
power_supply	hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id info name
storage_system	storage.io{storage.type="storage_system", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.io{storage.type="storage_system", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.limit{storage.type="storage_system"} storage.operation_time{storage.type="storage_system", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operation_time{storage.type="storage_system", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.operations{storage.type="storage_system", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operations{storage.type="storage_system", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.size{storage.type="storage_system"} storage.status{storage.type="storage_system", state="degraded|failed|ok"} storage.usage{storage.type="storage_system", storage.provisioning.state="free"} storage.usage{storage.type="storage_system", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	family id model name serial_number vendor
volume	storage.io{storage.type="volume", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.io{storage.type="volume", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.limit{storage.type="volume"} storage.operation_time{storage.type="volume", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operation_time{storage.type="volume", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.operations{storage.type="volume", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operations{storage.type="volume", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.status{storage.type="volume", state="degraded|failed|ok"} storage.usage{storage.type="volume", storage.provisioning.state="free"} storage.usage{storage.type="volume", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	id name storage.consumer.naa_id storage.consumer.name storage.consumer.state storage.parent.id storage.parent.type storage.volume.type