HP 3PAR Cage Status Test

This test monitors the cages in the target storage system, and reports the status for each cage. Administrators can use the detailed diagnosis to further analyze and understand if the performance of the cage has degraded.

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 cage in the storage system being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

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

By default, this test executes SSH commands on the target storage system to collect the required metrics. Specify the credentials of a user who has the right to execute SSH 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 Browse role. To know how to create a user with Browser role, refer to How to Create a New User with Browser Role?

Confirm Password

Confirm the password by retyping it here.

SSH Port

The SSH port number at which the Storage system listens. The default is 22.

Timeout

Specify the duration (in seconds) within which the query executed by this test should time out in this text box. The default is 60 seconds.

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:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Cage state

Indicates the status of each cage.

Number

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are discussed in the table below:

Numeric Value Measure Value
100 Normal
50 Degraded
40 Failed
30 Abnormal
20 Unknown

Note:

By default, this measure reports the Measure Values discussed above to indicate the status of each cage. The graph of this measure however, represents the state using the numeric equivalents only.

Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know the Interface board information.