NetApp Filer (REST)

Description

This connector discovers the enclosure and the disks of NetApp disk arrays (filer) in C-mode as well as various environment sensors (temperatures, fans, power supplies, etc.). It relies on the REST API protocol.

hardware netapp storage

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• NetApp
• NetAppRESTv2

Target

Typical platform: NetApp

Operating system: Storage System

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

Prerequisites

Leverages: NetApp REST API

Technology and protocols: HTTP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +NetAppREST --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: [ +NetAppREST ] # 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 NetApp Filer (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:
  • POST /servlets/netapp.servlets.admin.XMLrequest_filer
  • Request Body: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?><!DOCTYPE netapp SYSTEM 'file:/etc/netapp_filer.dtd'><netapp version='1.0' xmlns='http://www.netapp.com/filer/admin'><system-node-get-iter/></netapp>
  • The response body contains: <product-version>NetApp (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.id hw.parent.type id name
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.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id info 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.id hw.parent.type id name
logical_disk	hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name raid_level
network	hw.network.bandwidth.limit hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	device_type hw.parent.id 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.id hw.parent.type id info model name serial_number
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
temperature	hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.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
voltage	hw.status{hw.type="voltage", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="voltage", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name