Monitoring HP Tachyon series HBAs using OpStor

OpStor provides monitoring and management of HP Tachyon series HBAs - Host Bus Adapters

Models Supported

• HP Tachyon Series

• HBA Inventory information
• HBA Port Inventory information
• HBA to storage device link status
• HBA Port Status Monitoring
• Reports:
• Availability reports for HBA Ports
• Monitoring and alarm generation for faulty conditions
  
• HBA Port State
• HBA Port availability state

• Ensure that the HBA Agent is installed and running . Download URL & installation instructions for each OS is available at,
  • HBA Agent Download & Installation
• Starting the host server platform SNMP service
  OpStor discovers the HBAs in conjunction with discovery of the host server in which the HBA is located. Hence to monitor the HBAs, it is required tostart the SNMP platform service in the host server also.
  • Proceedure for Windows Servers :
    • Start the platform SNMP service if not already started.
    • Check the SNMP service Security settings. This can be viewed via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administartive Tools -> Services -> SNMP Service -> (Right-click) Properties -> Security (tab)
      • OpStor uses "public" snmp comunity to talk to host servers. Check if the snmp community name "public" is available in the text-window under "Accepted Comunity Names" with "READ-ONLY" rights.If not then add that community.
      • Check if the server running OpStor is allowed to access this SNMP Service. To do this, check if the IP of the server running OpStor is available in the "Accept SNMP packets from these hosts" text-window. If not, then add that IP address.
      • If any modifications are made, then save them by selecting "Apply" and restart the SNMP service. This is required for these changes to take effect.
  • Proceedure For Unix based Servers : (Linux, HP-UX , Solaris, AIX)
  • Start platform SNMP service if not already started. Check if community name "public" is configured with "read-only" privilage.
  • If SNMP service cannot be started, then a telnet user with username "guest" and password "guest" needs to be added.
    

• Start OpStor if it is not running already
• Connect to OpStor webclient
• Navigate to 'Admin tab' --> 'Manage Storage Devices' link in OpStor Webclient
• Specify the IP of the host in which the HBA agent is running [If the host is already discovered, please delete it before adding it as explained here]
• If the read community is other than "public" , choose 'SNMP' option and specify it in the "community" field
  
• Click "Add Device"