EVA Cache Battery Test

This test reports the current operational state and overall health of each Cache battery.

Target of the test : An EVA Storage Array

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each Cache battery.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The host for which the test is to be configured.

Port

Refers to the port used by the EVA SAN device.  By default, it is null.

EvaPerfLocation

Specify the full path of the directory in which the evaperf.exe has been installed.

ArrayName

Specify the name of the EVA SAN array that has been configured for monitoring.

SSSULocation

Install the SSSU.exe software and specify the full path to the install directory of this software here.

Username and
Password

Specify the user credentials using which the HP EVA array is to be accessed.

Confirm Password

Confirm the password by retyping it here. 

Timeout

Indicate the duration (in seconds) for which this test should wait for a response from the storage device. By default, this is set to 60 seconds.
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Operational mode

Indicates the current operational status of this cache battery.

Status

The values that this measure can report and the states they indicate are tabulated below:

State Value
good or attention or normal 1
Failed or bad 0
Unknown or not available or notinstalled or not_present or unsupported, etc. 2

Note:

By default, this measure reports the States listed in the table above to indicate the current state of each cache battery. The graph of this measure however, represents the status of a cache battery using the numeric equivalents only.

Health state

Indicates the current health of this cache battery.

Status

The values that this measure can report and the states they indicate are tabulated below:

State Value
Holding_charge, good

1
Failed,bad 0
Unknown 2

Note:

By default, this measure reports the States listed in the table above to indicate the health state of each cache battery. The graph of this measure however, represents the status of a cache battery using the numeric equivalents only.