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Monitoring EMC Isilon Clusters (REST API) Using Hardware Sentry

Introduction

This article explains how to monitor EMC Isilon Clusters through the REST API.

Prerequisites

To use the EMC Isilon REST connector, a user must be specified. It must have an assigned role with sufficient privileges on the system. The following read privileges are required for the role associated to the user:

• Platform API Login (ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_PAPI)
• Devices (ISI_PRIV_DEVICES)
• SmartPools (ISI_PRIV_SMARTPOOLS)
• Network (ISI_PRIV_NETWORK)

These permissions can be set through the CLI, using the command isi auth roles modify. For example:

isi auth roles modify “rolename” --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_PAPI --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_DEVICES --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_SMARTPOOLS --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_NETWORK

Procedure

To monitor EMC Isilon Clusters with Hardware Sentry using REST API:

1. Log in to TrueSight Presentation Server.

2. Create a new policy:

   • Specify the general properties and agent selection criteria.
   • Add a monitoring configuration.

   • Select the Hardware Monitoring Solution.

     

   • In the Hardware Configuration section, click Add:

     

     • Indicate the name of the device you wish to monitor. This may be a label or the actual hostname.
     • Enter the IP address of the device. If no IP address is provided, the device name previously specified will be used.
     • Select Storage (Array, Switch, Library) as Device Type.

     • Enable HTTP and provide the required configuration information.

       

     • Specify the connector to be used:

       

       • Select Use Specified Connectors.
       • In the Connector File Names field, enter MS_HW_EMCIsilonREST.hdf.
3. Click OK.

4. Click Save. After a few minutes, your device will be displayed in TrueSight.