Description

This connector discovers and collects hardware health metrics for NetApp SolidFire storage systems and communicates directly with the NetApp SolidFire System.

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Target

Typical platform: NetApp SolidFire

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites

Leverages: SolidFire API

Technology and protocols: HTTP/REST

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

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +NetAppSolidFireREST --https --http-port 443 -u USERNAME

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: storage
        connectors: [ +NetAppSolidFireREST ] # 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 NetApp SolidFire (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:
  • POST /json-rpc/9.0
  • Request Header:
    Content-Type:text/plain
  • Request Body:
    {"method" : "GetClusterInfo", "id" : "Detection" }
  • The response body contains: {"id":"Detection" (regex)

Metrics