Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for network cards on all Sun Solaris systems.

This connector is superseded by:

• CpqNICiLO^[2]
• SunHwMon^[3]
• MIB2Solaris^[4]

Target

Typical platform: Oracle/Sun

Operating system: Oracle Solaris

Prerequisites

Leverages: Sun Solaris system commands (kstat, ndd, ifconfig, dladm, etc.)

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the commands below:

• /usr/sbin/ndd
• /usr/sbin/dladm

This connector therefore needs to run as root or you need to configure a privilege-escalation mechanism like sudo on the managed host to allow the monitoring account to run the commands listed above.

Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above commands to be run as root by the metricshub account:

metricshub ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/ndd
metricshub ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/dladm

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t solaris -c +SunNetwork --ssh -u USER --sudo-command-list /usr/sbin/ndd,/usr/sbin/dladm

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: solaris
        selectConnectors: [ SunNetwork ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          ssh:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt
            useSudo: true
            useSudoCommands: [ "/usr/sbin/ndd", "/usr/sbin/dladm" ]

Connector Activation Criteria

The Oracle/Sun Solaris - Network connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• Operating System is Oracle Solaris or Oracle Solaris
• The command below succeeds on the monitored host
  • Command: /usr/sbin/ifconfig -a
  • Output contains: flags= (regex)

Metrics