Back to the list of connectors[1]

Dell MX Chassis and Blades (REST)

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for Dell MX Series. It monitors the enclosure and physical disks as well as the various environment sensors (CPUs, temperatures, fans, power supplies, memory, disk controllers, batteries and network cards).

This connector supersedes:

dell[3] enterprise[4] hardware[5]

Target

Typical platform: Dell MX7000

Operating system: Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: N/A

Technology and protocols: HTTP/REST

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t management -c +DellMXREST --https --http-port 443 -u USERNAME

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: management
        connectors: [ +DellMXREST ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          http:
            https: true
            port: 443 # or probably something else
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The Dell MX Chassis and Blades (REST) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

  • The HTTP Request below to the managed host succeeds:
    • GET /api/DeviceService/Devices
    • Request Header:
      ${file::embeddedFile-1}
    • The response body contains: api (regex)

Metrics

Type Collected Metrics Specific Attributes
battery
  • hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
blade
  • hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="present"}
  • blade_name
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • info
  • model
  • name
  • serial_number
cpu
  • hw.cpu.speed.limit{limit_type="max"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • model
  • name
  • vendor
disk_controller
  • hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="present"}
  • controller_number
  • firmware_version
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
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.fan.speed
  • hw.fan.speed_ratio
  • hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
logical_disk
  • hw.logical_disk.limit
  • hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
  • raid_level
memory
  • hw.memory.limit
  • hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • model
  • name
  • serial_number
  • vendor
network
  • hw.network.bandwidth.limit
  • hw.network.up
  • hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}
  • device_type
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • model
  • name
  • physical_address
  • physical_address_type
  • vendor
other_device
  • hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="present"}
  • device_type
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • info
  • name
physical_disk
  • hw.physical_disk.endurance_utilization{state="remaining"}
  • hw.physical_disk.size
  • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • info
  • model
  • name
  • serial_number
power_supply
  • hw.power_supply.limit
  • 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
  • power_supply_type
temperature
  • hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"}
  • hw.temperature
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
No results.