NetApp E-Series Storage Controller Test

This test monitors the controllers in the target NetApp E-Series Storage system and reports the controllers that are unavailable. In addition, this test alerts the administrators when the controllers failed, degraded/removed.

Target of the test : NetApp E-Series Storage

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each controller in the NetApp E-Series Storage that is currently launched.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The nick name of the NetApp E-Series Storage component for which this test is to be configured.

Port

Refers to the port at which the specified host listens to. By default, this is Null.

Rest API Port

This is the port at which REST API connectivity is provided. By default, port 4443 is used.

Username and Password

To collect performance metrics from the target storage device, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user who is vested with "read-only" privileges to access REST API of the target storage device. Specify the credentials of such a user in the Username and Password text boxes.

Confirm Password

Confirm the password by retyping it here.

SSL

Set the SSL flag to Yes, if SSL (Secured Socket Layer) is to be used to connect to the target Storage System, and No if it is not.

Timeout Seconds

Specify the time duration for which this test should wait for a response from the storage system in the Timeout text box. By default, this is 120 seconds.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement

Description

Measurement Unit

Interpretation

Controller availability

Indicates whether/not this controller is available.

 

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

Numeric Value Measure Value
0 Unavailable
100 Available

Note:

By default, this measure reports the Measure Values discussed above to indicate the availability of each controller. In the graph of this measure however, availability is represented using the numeric equivalents only.

Controller status

Indicates the status of this controller.

Days

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

Numeric Value Measure Value
100 Optimal
95 Removed
90 Redundant Path Adapter Parity Error
85 Service Mode
80 Suspended
75 Degraded
70 Undefined
65 Unknown
60 Failed

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Measure Values while indicating the status of the controller. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Controller cache memory size

Indicates the memory size of this controller's cache.

MB

 

Controller processor memory size

Indicates the memory size of this controller's processor.

MB