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IBM AIX - HBA

Description​

This connector provides hardware status information on the fiber channel HBA cards on IBM AIX systems.

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Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Superseded Connector

This connector is superseded by:

Target​

Typical platform: IBM POWER

Operating system: IBM AIX

Prerequisites​

Leverages: IBM AIX system commands (lsdev, lsattr, fcstat, etc.)

Technology and protocols: Commands

Examples​

CLI​

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +IBMAIXHBA --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml​

resourceGroups:
<RESOURCE_GROUP>:
resources:
<HOSTNAME-ID>:
attributes:
host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
host.type: linux
connectors: [ +IBMAIXHBA ] # Optional, to load only this connector
protocols:
ssh:
username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria​

The IBM AIX - HBA connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

  • The device type must be one of: RS6000
  • The command below succeeds on the monitored host:
    • Command: /bin/ls /usr/sbin/fcstat
    • Output contains: ^/usr/sbin/fcstat$ (regex)
  • The command below succeeds on the monitored host:
    • Command: /usr/sbin/lsdev -Cc adapter
    • Output contains: ^fcs[0-9] (regex)

Metrics​

TypeCollected MetricsSpecific Attributes
networkhw.errors{hw.type="network"}
hw.network.bandwidth.limit
hw.network.io{direction="receive"}
hw.network.io{direction="transmit"}
hw.network.packets{direction="receive"}
hw.network.packets{direction="transmit"}
hw.network.up
hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}
bandwidth
device_type
hw.parent.type
id
model
name
physical_address
physical_address_type
serial_number