EVA FC Ports Test

This test indicates the current state and overall health of each Fibre Channel port on the EVA storage array.

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 fibre channel on the EVA array.

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.

EVASystemIP

Specify the IP address of the HP EVA SAN.

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 120 seconds.

 

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Operational mode

Indicates the current operational mode of this FC port.

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 operational mode of each FC port. The graph of this measure however, represents the operational mode of each FC port using the numeric equivalents only.

Failure predicted

Indicates whether  failure of this FC port has been predicted.

Status

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

State Value
no 1
yes 0
Unknown, etc. 2

Note:

By default, this measure reports the States listed in the table above to indicate whether the failure of this FC port has been predicted. The graph of this measure however, represents the States using the numeric equivalents only.

Output link

Indicates the current state of the output link of this FC port.

Status

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

State Value
Good, normal, active 1
Bad, failed, inactive 0
Unknown, etc. 2

Note:

By default, this measure reports the States listed in the table above to indicate the current status of output link of each FC port. The graph of this measure however, represents the status of an output link of each FC port using the numeric equivalents only.

Input link

Indicates the current state of the input link of this FC port.

Status

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

State Value
Good, normal, active 1
Bad, failed, inactive 0
Unknown, etc. 2

Note:

By default, this measure reports the States listed in the table above to indicate the current status of input link of each FC port. The graph of this measure however, represents the status of input link of each FC port using the numeric equivalents only.

FC port status

Indicates the current status of the FC port.

Status

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

State Value
Enabled,good,valid 1
Disabled,bad,invalid 0
Unknown, etc. 2

Note:

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