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IBM DS6000/8000 Disk Arrays

Description

This connector discovers the enclosure and the disks of IBM SAN disk arrays, as well as the storage pools and storage volumes. It also discovers and monitors the FC ports, physical and logical disks of the array. It relies on the WBEM technology and supports SMI-S compliant disk arrays only.

Connector file name: MS_HW_IBMDS68DiskArray.hdf

This connector supersedes:

Target

Typical platforms: IBM DS6000, DS8000

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM SMI-S Agent (IBM System Storage DS6000/DS8000 Storage Manager)

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM DS6000/8000 Disk Arrays 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: root/ibm
    • WQL Query: SELECT Name,Dedicated FROM IBMTSDS_StorageSystem
  • The WBEM query below to the managed host succeeds:
    • Namespace: root/ibm
    • WQL Query: SELECT DeviceID FROM IBMTSDS_DiskDrive

Monitors

Object Type Collected Parameters Discovered Properties
Enclosure (MS_HW_ENCLOSURE)
  • Status
  • Model
  • Type
  • Vendor
Logical Disk, RAID (MS_HW_LOGICALDISK)
  • Status
  • Logical Disk Type
  • RAID Level
  • Size
Network Card, FC Port (MS_HW_NETWORK)
  • Status
  • Additional Information 1
  • Physical Address
  • Physical Address Type
Other Device (MS_HW_OTHERDEVICE)
  • Status
  • Device Type
Physical Disk (MS_HW_PHYSICALDISK)
  • Status
  • Additional Information 1
  • Model
  • Serial Number
  • Size
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