IBM FlashSystem 900

Description

This connector discovers the enclosure(s) and the disks of IBM FlashSystem 900s as well as various environment sensors (temperatures, fans, power supplies). It relies on the SNMP protocol.

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Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Target

Typical platform: IBM FlashSystem

Operating system: Storage System

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

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM FlashSystem 900 SNMP Agent

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +IBMFlash900 --snmp v2c --community public

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: storage
        connectors: [ +IBMFlash900 ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          snmp:
            version: v2c # Read documentation for v1, v2c and v3
            community: public # or probably something more secure

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM FlashSystem 900 connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• An SNMP GetNext on the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.255.1.1.1 must return a non-empty value

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
blade	hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id info model name
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id info model name type
fan	hw.fan.speed hw.fan.speed.limit{limit_type="low.degraded"} hw.fan.speed_ratio hw.fan.speed_ratio.limit{limit_type="low.degraded"} hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name
logical_disk	hw.logical_disk.limit hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}	hw.parent.type id name raid_level
network	hw.network.bandwidth.limit hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	hw.parent.type id name physical_address physical_address_type
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.type id info name
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