Storage monitoring

[RIDS_I2MP]

Hello Team,

We are using below models for our storage devices/servers.

Storage model- Netapp
FAS2240
E2700/E 2812
FAS 2750
FAS 2552
FAS 2520
FAS 2554
Brocade SAN switch
IBM storage

Could you please help us to understand what all parameters we can monitor for the above storage models?
Also, provide a detailed information about how we can achieve the monitoring and what all are pre-requisites for the same.

Thanks in advance!!

[benjaminsmith]

Hi,

There are quite a few options on the Nagios Exchange for monitoring storage hardware, here's the link to the directory:

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... AN-and-NAS

Take a look and let me know if you have any specific questions. Also, many of these plugins use SNMP, so you could also use the SNMP wizard(s) available in Nagios XI to set up checks.

References:
Managing Plugins In Nagios XI
Using The SNMP Walk Wizard

[RIDS_I2MP]

Hello,

Thank you for your reply!!

We are new to storage devices monitoring. Could you please suggest few parameters that can be monitored and what all plugins will be required for the same?

[benjaminsmith]

Hi,

You're welcome. Take a look at the following plugin for monitoring Net App devices as it's quite popular. I would start with checks for system health, capacity IOPs, and load.

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... NG/details

Available check types:
TEMP - Temperature
FAN - Fan Fail
PS - Power Supply Fail
CPULOAD - CPU Load (-w -c)
NVRAM - NVram Battery Status
DISKUSED - Usage Percentage of volume or aggregate (-w -c -v)
SNAPSHOT - Snapshot Config (-e volname,volname2,volname3)
SNAPSHOTAGE - Check the age of volume snapshot which are older than x days (-w -c -v -e)
SHELF - Shelf Health
SHELFINFO - Shelf Model & Temperature Information
NFSOPS - Nfs Ops per seconds (-w -c)
CIFSOPS - Cifs Ops per seconds (-w -c)
ISCSIOPS - iSCSI Ops per seconds, collect read/write performance data, using SNMPv2c (-w -c)
FCPOPS - FibreChannel Ops per seconds, collect read/write performance data, using SNMPv2c (-w -c)
NDMPSESSIONS - Number of ndmp sessions (-w -c)
CIFSSESSIONS - Number of cifs sessions (-w -c)
GLOBALSTATUS - Global Status of the filer
AUTOSUPPORTSTATUS - Auto Support Status of the filer
HA - High Availability
DISKSUMMARY - Status of disks
FAILEDDISK - Number of failed disks
UPTIME - Only show\'s uptime
CACHEAGE - Cache Age (-w -c)
FSSTATUS - Overall file system health