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Foglight for Storage Management Shared 4.6.5 - Installation Guide

Getting Started Configuring Agents to Monitor Storage Devices
Brocade SAN Switches Cisco SAN Switches Dell Compellent Arrays Dell EqualLogic PS Series Array Groups EMC CLARiiON CX Series Arrays (CLI) EMC CLARiiON, VNX, or VMAX Storage Arrays (SMI-S) EMC Isilon EMC VPLEX Hitachi Data Systems AMS, USP, and VSP HP EVA Storage Arrays HP 3PAR Arrays NetApp Filers Collection Target Support Matrix Configuration Procedures
Managing Agents

Brocade Switches on earlier versions of FOS

Foglight for Storage Management collects information from Brocade switches on earlier versions of FOS via a Brocade SMI Agent on a management host. The SMI Agent talks to proxy switches, one in each fabric. These proxy switches are identified through the use of a configuration tool provided by the SMI Agent. Foglight for Storage Management does not perform any configuration of the SMI Agent. The account is native to the SMI Agent.

For information on acquiring, installing, and setting up the Brocade SMI Agent, see:
http://www.brocade.com/services-support/drivers-downloads/smi-agent/index.page

Your environment must meet the following requirements:

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The Brocade SMI server is installed on a server/host other than the server/host running the Foglight for Storage Management Agent Manager.
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The SMI Agent is enabled (it is not enabled by default).
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The SMI Agent requires a CIMOM that is SMI-S 1.1 or 1.2 CTP conformant.
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Brocade switches are not configured as Access Gateway switches. Foglight for Storage Management does not collect from switches configured as Access Gateway switches.
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Foglight for Storage Management requires a user account with read access. An account with write/admin access is required to add the switch to BNA, but is not required for monitoring.

Configuring Agents to Monitor Brocade SAN Switches

You configure an agent to monitor the Brocade management server hosting the SMI Agent. All switches managed by this management server are monitored. For details, see Configuring Agents to Monitor Storage Devices.

Cisco SAN Switches

Foglight for Storage Management collects information from Cisco switches through the native MDS 9000 - 9700 series embedded SAN/NX-OS System software CLI.

For more information, see the following topics:

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Requirements for Cisco SAN Switches
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Ensuring that SSH is Enabled on Switches
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Configuring Agents to Monitor Cisco SAN Switches

Requirements for Cisco SAN Switches

Your environment must meet the following requirements:

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Each Cisco switch has a valid SSH interface.
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Foglight for Storage Management requires a valid user account with read/write access on each Cisco switch in the SAN. The CLI command types used are:
show hardware
show wwn switch
show flogi database
show interface | include "fc|Port mode|Port WWN"
show interface | include "fc|Port WWN"
show interface counters
show vsan
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