Getting Started
Introducing Foglight for Storage Management
Navigating Foglight for Storage Management
Introducing the Storage Monitoring Architecture
Sizing Your Monitored Environment
Ensuring System Requirements are Met
Configuring Agents to Monitor Storage Devices
Small Environment System Requirements
Large Environment System Requirements
Requirements for Agent Managers
Installed Dashboards and Cartridges
Configuring Agent Managers for Storage Collection
Installing External Agent Managers
Creating a Lockbox for Foglight for Storage Management Credentials
Supporting an Environment with Separate Fabrics that have Duplicated WWNs
Configuring Storage Collector Agents
Configuring VMware Performance Agents
Configuring Hyper-V Agents
Assigning Foglight for Storage Management Roles
Brocade SAN Switches
Cisco SAN Switches
Managing Agents
Requirements for Cisco SAN Switches
Ensuring that SSH is Enabled on Switches
Configuring Agents to Monitor Cisco SAN Switches
Dell Compellent Arrays
Dell EqualLogic PS Series Array Groups
EMC CLARiiON CX Series Arrays (CLI)
Requirements for EMC CLARiiON CX Series Arrays (CLI)
Configuring Agents to Monitor EMC CLARiiON CX Series Arrays (CLI)
EMC CLARiiON, VNX, or VMAX Storage Arrays (SMI-S)
Requirements for EMC CLARiiON or VNX Arrays (SMI-S)
Requirements for EMC VMAX Arrays (SMI-S)
Configuring Agents to Monitor EMC Storage Arrays (SMI-S)
Configuring the SMI-S Provider for EMC CLARiiON or VNX
Verifying Statistics Logging is Enabled on EMC Arrays
EMC Isilon
EMC VPLEX
Hitachi Data Systems AMS, USP, and VSP
Requirements for Hitachi Data Systems AMS, USP, VSP
Configuring Agents to Monitor Hitachi Data Systems AMS
Configuring Agents to Monitor Hitachi Data Systems USP and VSP Arrays
HP EVA Storage Arrays
HP 3PAR Arrays
Requirements for HP 3PAR Arrays
Enabling the SMI-S Provider
Configuring Agents to Monitor HP 3PAR Arrays
NetApp Filers
Configuration Procedures
Configuring Agents to Monitor Storage Devices
Assigning Credentials
Creating and assigning new credentials
Selecting and assigning an existing credential
About releasing the Agent Manager lockbox
Resolving Connection Attempt Errors
Configuring the Hitachi Tuning Manager
Configuring Generic SMI-S Array Agent to Monitor Storage Devices
Managing certificates
Reviewing the Status of Configured Storage Collector Agents
Reviewing Agent Alarms
Editing Configured Agents
Using Foglight for Storage Management
Reviewing Agent Status and Validating Connectivity
Managing Credentials
Managing Discovered Switches and Arrays
Managing CLARiiON Domains and Arrays
Managing the Hitachi Tuning Manager
Deploying Storage Agents after an Upgrade
Verifying StorageCollector/Generic SMIS Storage Agents are Collecting Storage Data
Understanding Metric Data in Charts and Tables
Modifying and Extending Data Collection
Next Steps
Monitoring Storage Performance
Introducing the Storage Environment Dashboard
Monitoring Your Storage Environment
Investigating Storage Devices
Understanding Status, Alarms, and Rules in Foglight for Storage Management
Reviewing the Status of All Devices
Assessing Storage Alarms
Monitoring Fabrics
Monitoring Storage Arrays
Monitoring Filers
Asking Questions About the Monitored Storage Environment
Assessing Connectivity and I/O Performance
Introducing the Virtualization Dashboards
Summary of Icons Used in Topology Diagrams
Exploring Connectivity with SAN Topology Diagrams
Exploring I/O Performance with SAN Data Paths
Monitoring Storage Capacity
Capacity Trending
Evaluating Pool Capacity
Environment Summary/Monitoring/Summary
Capacity Reports
Low Capacity Rule
Storage Capacity tab
Creating Storage Reports
Introducing the Storage Explorer
Exploring a Fabric
Exploring a Switch
Exploring a Cisco VSAN
Exploring a Filer
Exploring a Storage Array
Investigating Storage Components
Non-Clustered Storage Arrays
Dell EqualLogic Storage Array
EMC VPLEX Storage Array
EMC Isilon Storage Array
Common Data for Filers and Storage Arrays
Introducing Storage Component Dashboards
Investigating an Aggregate
Investigating an Array/Filer Port
Investigating a Controller
Investigating a Directory
Investigating an EqualLogic Member
Investigating an FC Switch Port
Investigating an Isilon Node
Investigating a LUN
Investigating a NASVolume
Investigating a Physical Disk
Investigating a Pool
Investigating VPLEX Storage
Pool belonging to a non-clustered storage array or EqualLogic storage array
Pool belonging to an Isilon storage array
Common Component Disk Tab Data
Introducing VPLEX Virtualization Components Dashboards
Investigating Director - Ports
Investigating a Virtual Volume
Investigating a Storage Volume
Troubleshooting Storage Performance
Starting a Troubleshooting Investigation
Analyzing Storage Issues
Analyzing the Pool
Changing Latency Thresholds
Understanding the Troubleshooting Algorithm
Managing Data Collection, Rules, and Alarms
Collecting Virtual Storage-to-SAN Relationships
Inferring Physical-Host-to-Storage Relationships
Understanding Metrics
Enabling Dependency Processing
Reviewing and Editing Host-Port Assignments
Running Dependency Processing Manually
Customizing Helper Strings for Dependency Processing
Reviewing Inferred Hosts
Modifying Data Collection Schedules
Understanding Data Collection Types and Schedules
Modifying Data Collection Schedules for Storage Collector Agents
Managing Foglight for Storage Management Rules
Managing Alarm Settings
Troubleshooting Database Limits
Units of Measurement
Performance Metrics
Appendix: Supported Storage Devices Table
Fabrics and FC Switches — Performance Metrics
Storage Arrays and Filers — Disk I/O Performance Metrics
Clustered Storage Arrays — Network Performance Metrics
Capacity Metrics
Storage Arrays — Array, Member, and Pool Capacity Metrics
Filers — Filer and Aggregate Capacity Metrics
Storage Arrays and Filers — LUN, NASVolume, and Disk Capacity Metrics
Overview of Metrics in Foglight for Storage Management
Configuring Agents to Monitor EMC Isilon Arrays
Configure an agent for each Isilon array cluster that you want to monitor. For details, see Configuring Agents to Monitor Storage Devices.
EMC VPLEX
For more information, see the following topics:
Requirements for EMC VPLEX
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Configuring Agents to Monitor EMC VPLEX Arrays
Configure an agent for each VPLEX array cluster that you want to monitor. For details, see Configuring Agents to Monitor Storage Devices.