Description

It monitors the Enclosure and Physical Disks as well as the various environment sensors (fans, power supplies, Memory, Directors and Network cards)

Connector ID: VPLEX5

This connector is superseded by:

• VPLEX

Target

Typical platform: EMC VPLEX

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites

Leverages: EMC VPLEX REST API Version 5 and lower

Technology and protocols: HTTP/REST

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

Examples

hws HOSTNAME -t storage -f VPLEX5 --https --http-port 443 -u USERNAME

hosts:
- host:
    hostname: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
    type: storage
  selectedConnectors: [ VPLEX5 ] # Optional, to load only this connector
  http:
    https: true
    port: 443 # or probably something else
    username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
    password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using hws-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The EMC VPLEX Version 5 connector must be selected manually, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The HTTP Request below to the managed host succeeds:
  • GET /vplex/engines
  • Request Header:
    EmbeddedFile(8)