HP 3PAR Battery Test
A defective battery or a battery that is left with no charge can render the storage device unusable, denying users access to critical data! To prevent such eventualities, the health of the batteries used by the storage system should be periodically checked, and problem conditions promptly brought to the attention of administrators. This can be achieved using the HP 3PAR Battery test. This test reports the operational state and overall health of each of the batteries used by the storage system, proactively alerts administrators to potential abnormalities related to battery performance, and enables administrators to initiate pre-emptive action to avoid total battery failure.
Target of the test : A HP 3PAR Storage system
Agent deploying the test : A remote agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each battery on the storage system.
Parameter | Description |
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Test Period |
How often should the test be executed. |
Host |
The IP address of the Storage system. |
Port |
The port number at which the Storage system listens. The default is NULL. |
User and Password |
Specify the credentials of a user who has the right to execute API commands on the storage device and pull out metrics. To monitor the HP 3PAR Storage system, you will have to provide the credential of a user who has been assigned the Monitor role. |
Confirm Password |
Confirm the password by retyping it here. |
SSL |
Set this flag to True, if the storage system being monitored is SSL-enabled. By default this flag is set to False. |
IsEmbedded |
By default, the target HP 3PAR Storage system is embedded within the storage platform. Therefore, this flag is set to True, by default. |
CIM Server Port |
The SMI–S provider of the HP 3PAR Storage system provides access for monitoring and management via the HTTP and HTTPS protocols for CIM API request/response semantics. To enable the eG agent to access the SMI-S Provider, invoke the CIM API commands, and collect the required metrics, you need to specify the service port on the SMI- S provider in the CIM Server Port text box that listens for HTTP/HTTPS requests for CIM API semantics. By default, this is port 5988. If the service port on the SMI-S Provider listens only to HTTPS requests, then specify the port as 5989. |
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Health state |
Indicates how healthy the battery currently is. |
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The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are discussed in the table below:
Note: By default, this measure reports the Measure Values discussed above to indicate the state of a battery. The graph of this measure however, represents the state of the batteries using the numeric equivalents only. |
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Operational status |
Indicates the current operational state of this battery. |
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The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are discussed in the table below:
Note: By default, this measure reports the Measure Values discussed above to indicate the operational state of a battery. In the graph of this measure however, operational states are represented using the numeric equivalents only. |
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Detailed operational state |
Describes the current operational state of this battery. |
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This measure will be reported only if the API provides a detailed operational state. Typically, the detailed state will describe why the battery is in a particular operational state. For instance, if the Operational status measure reports the value Stopping for a battery, then this measure will explain why the battery is being stopped. The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are discussed in the table below:
Note: By default, this measure reports the Measure Values discussed above to indicate the detailed operational state of a battery. In the graph of this measure however, detailed operational states are represented using the numeric equivalents only. |
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Battery state |
Indicates the current battery state. |
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The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are discussed in the table below:
Note: By default, this measure reports the Measure Values discussed above to indicate the battery state. In the graph of this measure however, battery states are represented using the numeric equivalents only. |