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Monitoring Huawei V3 Storage Devices with Monitoring Studio

KB1192 - Jan 12, 2017

Type: Configuration Template

Description: How to monitor Huawei V3 storage devices with Monitoring Studio v9.2 and higher.

Additional Keywords: Configuration Template, Huawei, Huawei V3

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Introduction

This article explains how to import the pre-built configuration into Monitoring Studio to monitor the capacity and performance of the Huawei V3 storage devices through SNMP. The Sentry Storage Analyzer for TrueSight OM license is required to use Monitoring Studio.

The pre-built configuration does not cover all the monitoring aspects of Huawei V3 storage devices. It is provided as an example and can be used as a working base for advanced monitoring. No support will be provided for this prebuilt configuration. Should you need further assistance to customize it, please contact our Professional Services team.

The pre-built configuration collects the following metrics:

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Cache

  • Hit ratio
  • Mirror Write Utilization
  • Read Utilization
  • Write Utilization

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Device Status

  • Status

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Disk Domain

  • Free Capacity
  • Health Status
  • HotSpare Capacity
  • Running Status
  • Tier0 Disk Number
  • Tier0 Free Capacity
  • Tier0 HotSpare Capacity
  • Tier0 HotSpare Strategy
  • Tier0 Total Capacity
  • Tier0 Used HotSpare Capacity
  • Tier1 Disk Number
  • Tier1 Free Capacity
  • Tier1 HotSpare Capacity
  • Tier1 HotSpare Strategy
  • Tier1 Total Capacity
  • Tier1 Used HotSpare Capacity
  • Tier2 Disk Number
  • Tier2 Free Capacity
  • Tier2 HotSpare Capacity
  • Tier2 HotSpare Strategy
  • Tier2 Total Capacity
  • Tier2 Used HotSpare Capacity
  • Total Capacity
  • Used HotSpare Capacity

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File System

  • Av Rd OPS Rsp Time
  • Av Wr OPS rsp Time
  • OPS
  • Read Bandwidth
  • Read OPS
  • Service Time
  • Write OPS

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Hosts

  • Number of inodes (dir and files) covered by the quota
  • Quota Hard threshold in bytes
  • Quota soft threshold in bytes
  • Quota usage in bytes
  • Quota usage in bytes including FlexProtect overhead

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Links

  • Snapshot Expires (in secs)
  • Storage space consumed by the snapshot in bytes

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LUNs Capacity

  • Capacity
  • Health Status
  • Protection Capacity
  • Running Status
  • Sector Size
  • Subscribed Capacity
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LUNs Traffic

  • Hit Rate
  • Max IOPS
  • Max Traffic
  • Read IO Rate
  • Read IOPS
  • Read Traffic
  • Total IOPS
  • Total Traffic
  • Write IO Rate
  • Write IOPS
  • Write Traffic
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Nodes

  • Avg Cache Usage
  • CPU Usage
  • Delay
  • File Bandwidth
  • File OPS
  • Read IOPS
  • Read Traffic
  • Total IOPS
  • Total Traffic
  • Write IOPS
  • Write Traffic
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Ports

  • Max IOPS
  • Max Traffic
  • Port Delay
  • Read IOPS
  • Read Traffic
  • Total IOPS
  • Total Traffic
  • Write IOPS
  • Write Traffic
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Storage Pools

  • Extent Size
  • Free Capacity
  • Health Status
  • Protection Capacity
  • Relocation Status
  • Running Status
  • SmartTier Feature Status
  • Subscribed Capacity
  • Tier0 Capacity
  • Tier1 Capacity
  • Tier2 Capacity
  • Total Capacity
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Storage Tier

  • Allocated Capacity
  • Capacity
  • Free Capacity
  • Health Status
  • Running Status

Importing the Pre-Built Configuration

Pre-requisites

Before using the pre-built configuration, make sure:

  • You have access to the SNMP agent embedded on the Huawei V3 storage device
  • PATROL Agent 9.6 or later is installed and properly configured
  • The latest patches published for your version of Monitoring Studio are installed and loaded on the PATROL agent.
Important: If you are planning to use SNMP v3 with SHA, please use the version 9.2 or higher of Monitoring Studio.

Procedure

  1. Download the configuration file compatible with your version of Monitoring Studio, unzip the cfg file and copy it on the server where the PATROL Agent and the Monitoring Studio KM are installed.
  2. Right-click the main Monitoring Studio icon > KM Commands > Configuration > Import Configuration
    Importing the Huawei V3 pre-built configuration

    Importing the Huawei V3 pre-built configuration

  3. Navigate to the folder where the downloaded cfg file is copied and choose the Huawei V3 configuration file.
    Selecting the Monitoring Studio template to import

    Selecting the Huawei V3 pre-built configuration to import

  4. Monitoring Studio indicates the number of hosts found in the configuration file that require specific information before being imported. You can click the Hosts button to view the list. Click Next.
    Verifying the host information of the Monitoring Studio template to import

    Viewing the list of Hosts that require specific information

  5. Specify the hostname or IP address of the Huawei V3 storage device to be monitored and click Next.
    Specifying Information of the Huawei V3 storage device to be monitored

    Specifying the hostname or IP address of the Huawei V3 storage device to be monitored

  6. Specify the SNMP version used and click Next.
    Setting the credentials to connect to the Huawei V3 storage device

    Selecting the SNMP version to be used

  7. For SNMP v1 and v2c, provide the SNMP community string; for SNMP v3 enter the credentials and click Next.
    Configuring SNMP settings

    Configuring SNMP settings

  8. Review the Import Summary and click Next.
    Verifying the import summary of the Huawei V3 pre-built configuration

    Verifying the import summary of the Huawei V3 pre-built configuration

  9. When the import is complete, click Finish.
    Success import of the Huawei V3 pre-built configuration

    Success import of the Huawei V3 pre-built configuration

Important Note: Thresholds are not set by default. We recommend you to set them as per your needs.

Learn More

To learn more about the monitor types used in this configuration template, please refer to the Specifying the Monitors Used section of the user documentation.

Please refer to Professional Services page to learn more about the consulting services available.