Dell PowerFlex Storage (REST)

Description

This connector discovers storage systems and collects performance/capacity metrics for Dell PowerFlex platforms using PowerFlex REST API version 3.

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Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• DellPowerFlexRESTv4

Target

Typical platform: Dell PowerFlex

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites

Leverages: PowerFlex REST API version 3

Technology and protocols: HTTP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +DellPowerFlexRESTv3 --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: [ +DellPowerFlexRESTv3 ] # 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 PowerFlex Storage (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/login
  • The response header contains: ScaleIO Gateway (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"} 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.operations{storage.type="storage_system", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operations{storage.type="storage_system", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.provisioning{storage.type="storage_system", storage.provisioning.state="configured"} storage.provisioning{storage.type="storage_system", storage.provisioning.state="subscribed"} storage.size{storage.type="storage_system"} storage.usage{storage.type="storage_system", storage.provisioning.state="free"} storage.usage{storage.type="storage_system", storage.provisioning.state="free_in_pools"} storage.usage{storage.type="storage_system", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	family id name vendor
physical_disk	hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"} storage.io{storage.type="physical_disk", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.io{storage.type="physical_disk", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.operations{storage.type="physical_disk", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operations{storage.type="physical_disk", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.size{storage.type="physical_disk"} storage.usage{storage.type="physical_disk", storage.provisioning.state="free"} storage.usage{storage.type="physical_disk", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	id model name serial_number type vendor
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.operations{storage.type="pool", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operations{storage.type="pool", storage.io.direction="write"} storage.size{storage.type="pool"} storage.usage{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="free"} storage.usage{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	id name storage.parent.id storage.parent.type type usage
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.operations{storage.type="volume", storage.io.direction="read"} storage.operations{storage.type="volume", storage.io.direction="write"}	id name storage.consumer.state storage.parent.id storage.parent.type storage.volume.type