VNXe Ethernet Test
The EMC VNXe provides flexible DAS, NAS, or SAN connectivity options through Ethernet and Fibre Channel ports and supports a wide range of protocols including CIFS (SMB 1, SMB 2 and SMB 3), NFSv3, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel. By periodically checking the health of the ports and measuring the I/O load on the ports, you can identify overloaded ports, isolate the storage processor they support, and thus proactively detect potential/existing load-balancing irregularities and/or processing bottlenecks with the storage processors. The VNXe Ethernet test facilitates this port check. For every port configured on each of the storage processors (A and B) supported by the target storage system, this test reports the health of the ports, the I/O load on the ports and the processing ability of the ports. In the process, the test not only points administrators to overloaded ports, but also puts a finger on ports that are slow when processing I/O requests.
Target of the test : An EMC VNXe Storage system
Agent deploying the test : A remote agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each Storage processor port on the target storage system being monitored
Parameters | Description |
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Test Period |
How often should the test be executed. |
Host |
The host for which the test is to be configured. |
Unisphere CLI Path |
The eG agent uses the command-line utility, UEMCli.exe, which is part of the UniSphere Management Suite, to communicate with and monitor the storage device. To enable the eG agent to invoke the CLI, configure the full path to the CLI in the UniSphere CLI Path text box. |
Username and Password |
Provide the credentials of a user possessing monitor role to access the storage device in the Username and Password text boxes. |
Confirm Password |
Confirm the password by retyping it here. |
VNXe Version |
Select the version of the target EMC VNXe storage system that is to be monitored from this list. By default, 1600 will be chosen from this list. |
Detailed Diagnosis |
To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option. The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:
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Health state |
Indicates the current health of this port. |
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The values reported by this measure and its numeric equivalents are mentioned in the table below:
Note: By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the current health of this storage processor port. The graph of this measure however is represented using the numeric equivalents only - 0 to 8. The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the storage processor, the protocol using which the port is accessed, the MTU size of the interface card, speed, port ID, time, connector type, MAC address etc. |
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Peak bandwidth in |
Indicates the maximum amount of data received by this port per second. |
MB/sec |
The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the storage processor, the protocol, the MTU size, speed, port ID, time, connector type, MAC address, input bandwidth etc. |
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Average bandwidth in |
Indicates the average amount of data received by this port per second. |
MB/sec |
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Peak bandwidth out |
Indicates the maximum amount of data sent through this port per second. |
MB/sec |
The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the storage processor, the protocol, the MTU size, speed, port ID, time, connector type, MAC address, output bandwidth etc. |
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Average bandwidth out |
Indicates the maximum amount of data sent through this port per second. |
MB/sec |
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Peak packets in |
Indicates the maximum amount of packets received by this port per second. |
Packets/sec |
The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the storage processor, the protocol, the MTU size, speed, port ID, time, connector type, MAC address, packets received etc. |
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Average packets in |
Indicates the average amount of packets received by this port per second. |
Packets/sec |
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Peak packets out |
Indicates the maximum amount of packets sent through this port per second. |
Packets/sec |
The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the name of the storage processor, the protocol, the MTU size, speed, port ID, time, connector type, MAC address, packets sent etc. |
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Average packets out |
Indicates the average amount of packets sent through this port per second. |
Packets/sec |
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