SMI-S Compliant SAN Switches

This connector discovers the enclosure and fiber-channel ports of SAN switches as well as various environment sensors (temperatures, fans, power supplies, etc.). It relies on the WBEM technology and supports SMI-S compliant switches only.

This connector is superseded by:

CiscoSSH^[2]
BrocadeSwitchWBEM^[3]

enterprise^[4] hardware^[5] storage^[6]

Target

Typical platform: Any SMI-S compliant SAN switch

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites

Leverages: SMI-S Agent provided by the switch vendor

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +SMISSwitch --wbem -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: storage
        connectors: [ +SMISSwitch ] # 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 SMI-S Compliant SAN Switches 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: Automatic
- WQL Query: SELECT Dedicated FROM CIM_ComputerSystem
- Result contains: ^5|;*$ (regex)
The WBEM query below to the managed host succeeds:
- Namespace: Automatic
- WQL Query: SELECT PortType FROM CIM_FCPort
- Result contains: ^$14$\|$15$\|$16$\|$17$\|$18$;$ (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
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.status{hw.type="fan", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `name`
network	`hw.network.up` `hw.status{hw.type="network", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="network", state="present"}`	`bandwidth` `device_type` `hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `info` `model` `name` `physical_address` `physical_address_type` `serial_number` `vendor`
other_device	`hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="present"}`	`additional_label` `device_type` `hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `info` `name`
power_supply	`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`
temperature	`hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"}` `hw.temperature` `hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"}` `hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `name`

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