EMC Celerra/VNX Unified System (SSH)

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for EMC Celerra and EMC VNX Unified Systems by connecting to their Control Server.

emc hardware storage

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

• EMCuemcli
• EMCNavisphereCLI
• EMCNavisphereCLIGlobal

Target

Typical platforms: Dell EMC Celerra, Dell EMC VNX

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites

Leverages: EMC naviseccli and nas_inventory utilities

Technology and protocols: Commands

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +EMCCelerra --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: storage
        connectors: [ +EMCCelerra ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          ssh:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The EMC Celerra/VNX Unified System (SSH) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The command below succeeds on the monitored host:
  • Command: /nas/bin/nas_inventory
  • Output contains: Error 2100 (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
cpu	hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id info model name
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id model name serial_number type vendor
logical_disk	hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}	hw.parent.type id name raid_level
memory	hw.memory.limit hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id info model name serial_number type
network	hw.network.bandwidth.limit hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id info name
other_device	hw.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
physical_disk	hw.physical_disk.size hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}	firmware_version hw.parent.type id info model name vendor
power_supply	hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id info name power_supply_type