SMI-S Compliant SAN Switches

Description

This connector discovers the enclosure and fiber-channel ports of SAN switches as well as various environment sensors (temperatures, fans, power supplies, etc.). It relies on the WBEM technology and supports SMI-S compliant switches only.

hardware storage

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

• BrocadeSANnavREST
• BrocadeSwitchWBEM
• CiscoSSH

Target

Typical platform: SMI-S

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites

Leverages: SMI-S Agent provided by the switch vendor

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +SMISSwitch --wbem -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: storage
        connectors: [ +SMISSwitch ] # 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 SMI-S Compliant SAN Switches 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: Automatic
  • Query: SELECT Dedicated FROM CIM_ComputerSystem
  • Result contains: ^5|;*$ (regex)
• The WBEM query below succeeds:
  • Namespace: Automatic
  • Query: SELECT PortType FROM CIM_FCPort
  • Result contains: ^\(14\)\|\(15\)\|\(16\)\|\(17\)\|\(18\);$ (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id 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
network	hw.network.up hw.status{hw.type="network", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}	bandwidth device_type hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id info model name physical_address physical_address_type serial_number vendor
other_device	hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="present"}	additional_label device_type hw.parent.id 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.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.parent.id hw.parent.type id name