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IBM Storwize Disk Arrays (SSH)

Description

This connector discovers the enclosure and the disks of IBM SAN disk arrays through the v7000 cluster's management interface. It also discovers and monitors the FC ports, physical and logical disks of the array.

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Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Target

Typical platform: IBM Storwize

Operating system: Storage System

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

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM Storwize SSH console

Technology and protocols: Commands

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +IBMv7000SSH --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
<RESOURCE_GROUP>:
resources:
<HOSTNAME-ID>:
attributes:
host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
host.type: storage
connectors: [ +IBMv7000SSH ] # Optional, to load only this connector
protocols:
ssh:
username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM Storwize Disk Arrays (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: lsenclosure -delim :
    • Output contains: id:status:type:managed:IO_group_id:IO_group_name:product_MTM:serial_number (regex)

Metrics

TypeCollected MetricsSpecific Attributes
batteryhw.status{hw.type="battery", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="present"}
hw.parent.id
hw.parent.type
id
name
enclosurehw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}id
model
name
serial_number
type
vendor
ledhw.status{hw.type="led", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="led", state="present"}
hw.parent.id
hw.parent.type
id
name
other_devicehw.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_diskhw.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.id
hw.parent.type
id
info
model
name
serial_number
vendor
power_supplyhw.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
temperaturehw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"}
hw.temperature
hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"}
hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}
hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="low.critical"}
hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="low.degraded"}
hw.parent.id
hw.parent.type
id
name