QLogic HBAs - VMware ESX

Description

This connector discovers the QLogic HBAs of a server. It relies on the WBEM technology.

hardware linux network qlogic vmware

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

• QlogicSCLI

Target

Typical platforms: QLogic, VMware

Operating systems: Linux, Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: QLogic CIM Agent for VMware ESX

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +QlogicHBA --wbem -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        connectors: [ +QlogicHBA ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wbem:
            protocol: https
            port: 5989
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The QLogic HBAs - VMware ESX connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The WBEM query below succeeds:
  • Namespace: qlogic/cimv2
  • Query: SELECT PortType FROM QLogicFC_Port
  • Result contains: \(0\)\|\(1\)\|\(10\)\|\(11\)\|\(12\); (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
network	hw.network.bandwidth.limit hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	bandwidth device_type hw.parent.type id info model name physical_address physical_address_type vendor