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Foglight for Storage Management Shared 4.6 - User and Reference Guide

Table of Contents

Getting Started

Introducing Foglight for Storage Management

Performance Monitoring Capacity Monitoring Connectivity and I/O Performance Monitoring

Navigating Foglight for Storage Management Verifying StorageCollector/Generic SMIS Storage Agents are Collecting Storage Data

Collecting Storage Data for Virtualized Devices and Servers

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

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

Investigating Storage Devices

Introducing the Storage Explorer Exploring a Fabric Exploring a Switch Exploring a Cisco VSAN Exploring a Filer Exploring a Storage Array

Non-Clustered Storage Arrays Dell EqualLogic Storage Array EMC VPLEX Storage Array EMC Isilon Storage Array

Common Data for Filers and Storage Arrays

LUNs tab Disks tab Advanced Find

Investigating Storage Components

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

Pool belonging to a non-clustered storage array or EqualLogic storage array Pool belonging to an Isilon storage array

Common Component Disk Tab Data

Investigating VPLEX Storage

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

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

Topology collections Performance collections Default data collection schedules

Modifying Data Collection Schedules for Storage Collector Agents

Creating a unique schedule for an agent Assigning a Cloned Schedule to Another Agent

Managing Foglight for Storage Management Rules Managing Alarm Settings

Changing Alarm Sensitivity Configuring Email Notifications for Alarms

Troubleshooting Database Limits

Understanding Metrics

Units of Measurement Performance Metrics

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

EMC Isilon Only 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

Summary of SAN Topology Objects Locating SAN Topology Objects in Foglight for Storage Management

Online-Only Topics

Storage Environment Dashboard Storage Explorer Pool and Aggregate Dashboards

Storage Environment Dashboard

Online-Only Topics

Use this dashboard to identify poorly-performing devices, investigate alarms, and begin investigating the issues that are contributing to problems.

Getting started

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Introducing the Storage Environment Dashboard

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Reviewing the Status of All Devices

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Assessing Storage Alarms

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Understanding Status, Alarms, and Rules in Foglight for Storage Management

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Monitoring. Monitoring Your Storage Environment

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Insights. Asking Questions About the Monitored Storage Environment, Starting a Troubleshooting Investigation, and Creating Storage Reports (displayed when users have the General Access role)

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Storage Capacity. Monitoring Storage Capacity

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Administration. Managing Data Collection, Rules, and Alarms (displayed when users have the Storage Administrator role)

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Custom Rules. Managing Alarm Settings

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Getting Started. For purchasing licenses only (displayed when users have the Storage Administrator role)

Monitoring tab topics by tile /quick view

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Fabrics. Monitoring Fabrics

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Storage Arrays. Monitoring Storage Arrays

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Filers. Monitoring Filers

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Virtualization. Investigating VPLEX Storage

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Assessing Connectivity and I/O Performance

Storage Explorer

The Storage Explorer enables you to quickly find and investigate any storage device in your storage environment.

Getting started

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Introducing the Storage Explorer

Topics by storage device

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Fabric. Exploring a Fabric

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Fabric FC Switch. Exploring a Switch

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Fabric VSAN. Exploring a Cisco VSAN

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Filer. Exploring a Filer

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Storage Array. Exploring a Storage Array

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Virtualization. Investigating VPLEX Storage

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Investigating Storage Components

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Monitoring Fabrics

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Monitoring Storage Arrays

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Monitoring Filers

Pool and Aggregate Dashboards

An aggregate is a type of pool used by NetApp filers. While similar, the metrics captured for pools and aggregates are different enough to warrant distinct dashboards.

Select a topic:

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Investigating a Pool

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Investigating an Aggregate

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