Monitoring HP switches / directors using OpStor
OpStor provides monitoring and management of HP storageworks switches and directors
Models Supported
- HP storageworks switches
- HP storageworks directors
Features Supported
- Inventory information for switch & switch ports
- Switch ports monitoring
- Reports:
- Switch zoning configuration report
- Availability reports for switch & switch ports
- Performance reports for switch Ports
- Bandwidth Utilization
- Errors
- Rx Traffic
- Rx Utilization
- Tx Traffic
- Tx Utilization
- Switch summary reports
- Real time graphs for trouble shooting
- SNMP trap based alarms
- Launch of telnet/applet HP client for configuration
Prerequisites for Monitoring
- Ensure SNMP agent is running in the HP storageworks switch / director.
- OpStor uses snmp port 161 and read community 'public' for discovery. If
your settings are different , please provide the same in the OpStor web-client
while adding Switch.
- Register OpStor server IP address as a trap destination for the HP StorageWorks
Switch.
Steps to add the device for monitoring in the OpStor Browser client
- Navigate to 'Admin tab' --> 'Manage Storage Devices' link in OpStor Webclient
- Default 'None' option will be selected
- Provide the IP Address of HP switch /director IP in the "IP Address'
text fields
- If the read community is other than "public" , choose 'SNMP' option and
specify it in the "community" field
- Click "Add Device'.
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