Description

This connector discovers the QLogic HBAs of a server. It relies on the WBEM technology.

This connector supersedes:

• QlogicSCLI^[2]

hardware^[3] linux^[4] network^[5] qlogic^[6] vmware^[7]

Target

Typical platform: Any system with QLogic

Operating systems: Linux, Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: QLogic CIM Agent for VMware ESX

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +QlogicHBA --wbem -u USER

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        connectors: [ +QlogicHBA ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wbem:
            protocol: https
            port: 5989
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The QLogic HBAs - VMware ESX connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The WBEM query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: qlogic/cimv2
  • WQL Query: SELECT PortType FROM QLogicFC_Port
  • Result contains: \(0\)\|\(1\)\|\(10\)\|\(11\)\|\(12\); (regex)

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