EMC uemcli (VNXe)

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for EMC VNXe Storage Systems through the uemcli command line utility.

emc hardware storage

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• EMCCelerra
• EMCNavisphereCLI
• EMCNavisphereCLIGlobal
• EMCNavisphereCLILDAP

Target

Typical platforms: Dell EMC VNXe, Dell EMC Unity

Operating system: Storage System

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

Prerequisites

Leverages: uemcli

Technology and protocols: Commands

Examples

CLI

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

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: storage
        connectors: [ +EMCuemcli ] # 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 uemcli (VNXe) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The device type must be one of: Storage
• The command below succeeds on the agent host:
  • Command: uemcli -version | more
  • Output contains: Version: (regex)
• The command below succeeds on the agent host:
  • Command: uemcli -d ${HOSTNAME} -u ${USERNAME} -p ${PASSWORD} -sslPolicy accept /sys/general show | more
  • Output contains: Model (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
battery	hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
enclosure	hw.enclosure.energy hw.enclosure.power 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.type id name
memory	hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
network	hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	device_type hw.parent.type id 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 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 serial_number 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 name
temperature	hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"} hw.temperature hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"} hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name