Hitachi (REST)

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for VSP E-Series, VSP F-Series and G-Series Hitachi Storage Systems through the Hitachi Configuration Manager REST API on port 23451.

hardware hitachi storage

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

• HitachiVSPSNMP
• HitachiDiskArray
• SMISDiskArray
• HitachiVSPDiskArray

Target

Typical platform: Hitachi VSP

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites

Leverages: Hitachi Configuration Manager REST API

Technology and protocols: HTTP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +HitachiREST --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: [ +HitachiREST ] # 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 Hitachi (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 /ConfigurationManager/v1/objects/storages
  • Request Header: ${file::httpHeader}
  • The response body contains: storageDeviceId (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
battery	hw.battery.charge hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name type
disk_controller	hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name
enclosure	hw.enclosure.energy hw.enclosure.power hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"} storage.limit{storage.type="storage_system"} 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_for_pools"} storage.usage{storage.type="storage_system", storage.provisioning.state="free_in_pools"} storage.usage{storage.type="storage_system", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	device_hostname family id model name serial_number 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
led	hw.status{hw.type="led", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="led", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name
memory	hw.memory.limit hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id model name type
network	hw.network.bandwidth.limit hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	address device_type hw.parent.id 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.id 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"} storage.size{storage.type="physical_disk"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id model name serial_number speed
pool	storage.limit{storage.type="pool"} storage.provisioning{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="configured"} storage.provisioning{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="subscribed"} storage.status{storage.type="pool", state="degraded|failed|ok"} storage.usage{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="free"} storage.usage{storage.type="pool", storage.provisioning.state="used"}	disk_type id name raid_level storage.parent.id storage.parent.type type
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 name power_supply_type
temperature	hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"} hw.temperature	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name sensor_location
volume	storage.limit{storage.type="volume"} 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 raid_level storage.parent.id storage.parent.type storage.system.id storage.volume.type