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Foglight for Storage Management Shared 4.7 - 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 Introducing the Storage Monitoring Architecture

Foglight for Storage Management Components

Foglight for Storage Management Storage Collector Agent

Network Ports Used

Sizing Your Monitored Environment Ensuring System Requirements are Met

Small Environment System Requirements Large Environment System Requirements Requirements for Agent Managers

Installed Dashboards and Cartridges

Dashboards 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

Configuring Agents to Monitor Storage Devices

Brocade SAN Switches

Requirements for Brocade SAN Switches

Brocade Switches on FOS 7.0 or later Brocade Switches on earlier versions of FOS

Configuring Agents to Monitor Brocade SAN Switches

Cisco SAN Switches

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

Dell Compellent Arrays

Requirements for Dell Compellent Arrays Configuring Agents to Monitor Dell Compellent Arrays

Dell EqualLogic PS Series Array Groups

Requirements for Dell EqualLogic Arrays Configuring Agents to Monitor Dell EqualLogic Arrays

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

Enabling Statistics Logging Using Unisphere Enabling Statistics Logging Using Navisphere

Requirements for EMC Isilon Configuring Agents to Monitor EMC Isilon Arrays

Requirements for EMC VPLEX Configuring Agents to Monitor EMC VPLEX Arrays

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

Requirements for HP EVA Storage Arrays Configuring Agents to Monitor HP EVA Storage Arrays

Requirements for HP 3PAR Arrays Enabling the SMI-S Provider Configuring Agents to Monitor HP 3PAR Arrays

Requirements for NetApp Filers Configuring Agents to Monitor NetApp Filers

Collection Target Support Matrix 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 Agents

Reviewing the Status of Configured Storage Collector Agents Reviewing Agent Alarms Editing Configured Agents

Reviewing Agent Status and Validating Connectivity

Validating Connectivity Properties Panel Port Property Path Property Status of Arrays

Managing Credentials

Editing existing credentials Removing a resource mapping from the Credentials dashboard

Managing Discovered Switches and Arrays

Brocade Discovered Targets Tab Arrays Discovered Targets Tab

Managing CLARiiON Domains and Arrays Managing the Hitachi Tuning Manager

Deploying Storage Agents after an Upgrade

Using 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

Requirements for NetApp Filers

Your environment must meet the following requirements:

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Foglight for Storage Management requires an account with the appropriate defined role access capabilities to enable DataONTAP® API.

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For supported versions of DATA ONTAP and Cluster Mode (C-Mode), see Collection Target Support Matrix.

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For general access, the following permissions are required for the accounted used for monitoring:

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login-http-admin - allows connection to the NetApp storage via HTTP.

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system-api-list - allows querying for the list of available API methods available

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security-api-vfiler - allows the execution of API commands to retrieve vFiler unit information.

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"api-*" - allows the use of NetApp API calls for data collection

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For limited access, different monitoring roles will need to be created depending on the NetApp system to which you are connecting. For information on how to create a read-only user to monitor a storage system in OnCommand System Manager, OnCommand Unified Manager or Performance Advisor, refer to your NetApp documentation. Foglight for Storage Management will never request or require write access to any filer components or services.

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Foglight for Storage Management may execute some or all of the following calls when collecting data. Not all calls are available on all versions of Data ONTAP.

Table 10. List of calls
aggr-get-iter	lun-get-iter	qtree-list
aggr-list-info	lun-get-occupied-size	quota-report
aggr-space-get-iter	lun-get-serial-number	snapshot-delta-info
aggr-status-get-iter	lun-get-space-reservation-info	snapshot-get-reserve
cifs-share-get-iter	lun-list-info	snapshot-list-info
cifs-share-list-iter-end	lun-map-get-iter	snmp-get
cifs-share-list-iter-next	lun-map-list-info	snmp-get-next
cifs-share-list-iter-start	net-interface-get-iter	storage-disk-get-iter
cluster-identity-get	nfs-exportfs-list-rules	system-api-list
disk-list-info	nfs-exportfs-list-rules-2	system-get-info
fcp-adapter-get-iter	perf-object-counter-list-info	system-get-node-info-iter
fcp-adapter-list-info	perf-object-get-instances	system-get-ontapi-version
fcp-interface-get-iter	perf-object-get-instances-iter-end	system-get-version
fcp-node-get-name	perf-object-get-instances-iter-next	vfiler-list-info
fcp-port-name-get-iter	perf-object-get-instances-iter-start	volume-get-iter
igroup-get-iter	perf-object-instance-list-info	volume-get-root-name
iscsi-interface-get-iter	perf-object-instance-list-info-iter	volume-list-info
iscsi-node-get-name	portset-get-iter	volume-options-list-info
iscsi-service-get-iter	portset-list-info	vserver-get-iter

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In 7-Mode, this command line can be used to create a role with only the limited permissions required for monitoring.

useradmin role add vfs_collector -a login-http-admin,api-system-get-version,api-system-get-info,api-system-get-ontapi-version,api-aggr-list-info,api-volume-list-info,api-volume-get-root-name,api-volume-options-list-info,api-qtree-list,api-quota-report,api-disk-list-info,api-cifs-share-list-iter-start,api-cifs-share-list-iter-next,api-cifs-share-list-iter-end,api-nfs-exportfs-list-rules,api-nfs-exportfs-list-rules-2,api-snapshot-delta-info,api-snapshot-get-reserve,api-snapshot-list-info,api-lun-map-list-info,api-lun-list-info,api-lun-get-occupied-size,api-lun-get-space-reservation-info,api-lun-get-serial-number,api-iscsi-node-get-name,api-fcp-node-get-name,api-fcp-adapter-list-info,api-portset-list-info,api-snmp-get,api-snmp-get-next,api-vfiler-list-info,api-perf-object-get-*,api-perf-object-counter-list-info,security-api-vfiler,api-perf-object-instance-list-info,api-system-api-list

Once the role is created, it must be associated with a group, and the group associated with a user. The NetApp documentation covers this in more detail: https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1155684/html/GUID-20BAA16F-7411-45F1-84E8-4C6761D9B539.html

In cluster mode, the newer security login commands can be used to create a role with the appropriate permissions.

It is possible to create a read-only role and assign it to an account without specifically listing the commands required. This is done by first creating the role with the correct access permissions, and then creating a new user account associated with that role.

To create the rule, the following command is used:

security login role create -role vfs_collector -cmddirname DEFAULT -access readonly

This role will have read-only access to the default set of NetApp commands. Then a user can be created and associated with this role:

security login create -username vtest -application ontapi -authmethod password -role vfs_collector

If more fine-grained control over the permissions assigned is required, then the complete list of commands required will need to be granted individually. This is done by allowing read-only access to the command associated with each API call that the Foglight for Storage Management agent is required to make. The NetApp documentation should be consulted for more details.

The mapping of API permissions to NetApp commands is:

Table 11. Mapping of API permissions to NetApp commands
API Name	Command Line Permission
api-aggr-get-iter, api-aggr-status-get-iter	storage aggregate show
api-aggr-space-get-iter	storage aggregate show-space
api-cifs-share-get-iter	vserver cifs share show
api-cluster-identity-get	cluster show
api-disk-list-info	storage disk show
api-fcp-adapter-get-iter	network fcp adapter show
api-fcp-interface-get-iter	vserver fcp interface show
api-fcp-port-name-get-iter	vserver fcp wwpn-alias show
api-iscsi-service-get-iter	vserver iscsi show
api-lun-get-iter	lun show
api-lun-map-get-iter	lun mapped show
api-net-interface-get-iter	network interface show
api-nfs-service-get-iter	vserver nfs show, vserver nfs status
api-perf-object-counter-list-info	statistics catalog counter show
api-perf-object-get*	statistics show
api-perf-object-instance-list-info-iter	statistics catalog instance show
api-portset-get-iter	lun portset show
api-qtree-list-iter	volume qtree show
api-quota-report-iter	volume quota report
api-snapshot-*	volume snapshot show, volume snapshot policy show
api-storage-disk-get-iter	storage disk show
api-system-get-node-info-iter	system node image show
api-system-get-version	version
api-volume-get-iter	volume show
api-vserver-get-iter	vserver show
igroup-get-iter	lun igroup show

A new role should be created:

security login role create -role vfs_collector -cmddirname "security login role show-ontapi" -access readonly

Each of the command line permissions will need to be assigned to the selected role in the following manner:

security login role create -role vfs_collector -cmddirname "storage aggregate show" -access readonly

Then a user created and associated with that role:

security login create -role vfs_collector -username vtest -application ontapi -authmethod password

Configuring Agents to Monitor NetApp Filers

Configure an agent for each NetApp filer you want to monitor. For details, see Configuring Agents to Monitor Storage Devices.

Collection Target Support Matrix

The following configurations of FC Switches, Filers, and Storage Arrays are supported on the Foglight for Storage Management:

Table 12. Support matrix

Supported platforms

Supported latest GA

Brocade Network Advisor (BNA)

MDS 9000 up to MDS 9700 Series

Nexus 5000 Series

NetApp Filer 7-Mode

DATA ONTAP 7.X up to 8.1.1

NetApp Filer Cluster Mode (C-Mode)

NOTE: Metro Cluster is not supported.

DATA ONTAP 8.X up to 9.4

Dell Compellent

Dell Enterprise Manager (EM)

EM 2015 R3 (Build 15.3.1.300)

Dell Storage Manager (DSM)

Dell EqualLogic

PS Series group

NOTE: FS7600 series NAS appliance is not supported.

EMC CLARiiON/VNX CLI

EMC NaviSphere Command Line Interface (CLI)

NaviSphere CLI 7.33.9.1

EMC CLARiiON/VNX/VMAX SMIS

EMC SMI-S Provider

NOTE: VNXe series is not supported.

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Supported latest solutions Enabler GA: 7.6.2

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Supported latest SMI-S GA: 4.6.2

Symmetrix VMAX 10K

Symmetrix VMAX 20K

Symmetrix VMAX 40K

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Supported latest solutions Enabler GA: 8.3.0

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Supported latest SMI-S GA: 8.3

EMC Isilon OneFS

Isilon OneFS version 7.2.1

Isilon OneFS version 8.0

EMC VPLEX Local and Metro

GeoSynchrony 6.0 and higher

HDS AMS/USP/VSP

Hitachi Command Suite

NOTE: HUS array is not supported.

HP StorageWorks Command View

HP StorageWorks Command View EVA v9.04

HP 3PAR InServ F400

HP 3PAR StoreServ 8000

HP 3PAR StoreServ 8400

Generic SMI-S Array

Dothill Assured SAN 5720 (Seagate)

Fujitsu ETERNUS DX200S3 and DX80S2

HP P2000 MSA and P2040 MSA

OceanStor V3 Series

OceanStor Dorado

V3 Series V3R1 and later

OceanStor V5 Series

StoreWize v3700

Configuration Procedures

The preceding sections link to the folowing configuration procedures:

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Configuring Agents to Monitor Storage Devices

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Assigning Credentials

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Resolving Connection Attempt Errors

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Configuring the Hitachi Tuning Manager

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Configuring Generic SMI-S Array Agent to Monitor Storage Devices

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