EMC Centera Network Status Test
This test auto-discovers the rails on the switches available on each EMC Centera cabinet and for each rail, this test reports the current status. Using this test, administrators can figure out the rails that have been interrupted due to connectivity issues.
Target of the test : An EMC Centera storage system
Agent deploying the test : A remote agent
Outputs of the test : One set of result for each Cabinet:Switch:Rail combination on the target storage system
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Test period |
How often should the test be executed. |
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Host |
The host for which the test is to be configured. |
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Port |
The port number at which the specified host listens. By default, this is NULL. |
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User and Password |
In order to monitor an EMC Centera Storage, the eG agent has to be configured with the credentials of a read only user. Specify the login credentials of such a user in the User and Password text boxes. |
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Confirm Password |
Confirm the password by retyping it here. |
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CerteraViewer JAR Path |
Path of CenteraViewer on agent host. CenteraViewer is installed along with CenteraCLI. By default the installation path is C:\Program Files\EMC\Centera\2_4\SystemOperator\lib\CenteraViewer.jar |
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Timeout Seconds |
Specify the time duration (in seconds) beyond which this test should time out in the TIMEOUT text box. The default is 120 seconds. |
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Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
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Status |
Indicates the current status of this rail. |
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The value of 0 indicates network unavailability. The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are tabulated below:
Note: By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values while indicating the current status of each rail. However, in the graph of this measure, the same will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only. |
