IBM DS (LSI) Disk Arrays (smcli)

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for IBM DS storage systems through the SMCli utility.

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Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• DellMD3000

Target

Typical platform: IBM DS3000-5000

Operating system: Storage System

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

Prerequisites

Leverages: The SMcli utility, which is part of IBM DS Storage Manager. The version must be compatible with the system being monitored. Multiple versions of SMcli on the same system is not supported.

Technology and protocols: Commands

This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the command below:

• Second_Address

This connector therefore needs to run as root or you need to configure a privilege-escalation mechanism like sudo on the managed host to allow the monitoring account to run the command listed above.

Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above command to be run as root by the metricshub account:

metricshub ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: Second_Address

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +smcli --ssh -u USER --sudo-command-list Second_Address

metricshub.yaml

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

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM DS (LSI) Disk Arrays (smcli) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The device type must be one of: Storage
• The command below succeeds on the agent host:
  • Command: SMcli
  • Output contains: Incorrect (regex)
• The command below succeeds on the agent host:
  • Command: SMcli %{HOSTNAME} -c "show StorageSubsystem;"
  • Output contains: drive (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 info name
blade	hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id info model name serial_number
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id info 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 info name
logical_disk	hw.logical_disk.limit hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id info name
network	hw.network.bandwidth.limit hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id info name physical_address physical_address_type
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 info 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"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id info model name serial_number vendor
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 info name
temperature	hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id info name