Monitoring IBM FastT Storage Systems using OpStor

OpStor provides monitoring and management of IBM FastT series storage systems

1 Models Supported

IBM FastT series such as FastT200, FastT 600, FastT700, FastT 900

2 Features Supported

Inventory information of physical components ,

RAID Controller
RAID Controller Ports
Disk Drives

Logical configuration details

VolumeGroups
Volumes
LUN Mappings

Monitoring

RAID status
RAID Port status

Reports:

Availability reports for storage system, RAID controller & RAID controller ports

SNMP trap based alarms

3 Prerequisites for Monitoring
Copy the SANtricity jars to <OpStor Home>/jre/lib/ext folder. The procedure to get the SANtricity jars is given below ,

3.1 Procedure to obtain SANtricity Jars

OpStor uses SANtricity APIs to manage LSI / IBM FastT / StorageTek RAIDs.

The SANtricity APIs are bundled inside SMclient.jar in IBM FastT Storage Manager. Copy SMclient.jar from <Installation Home>/IBMFastT/client directory to <OpStor Home>/jre/lib/ext directory.
- By default the <Installation Home> will be C:/Program Files in Windows and /opt in Linux

If SMclient.jar is not available

Install Engenio (formerly LSI) SMI Provider and use the SANtricity jars available therein. Please follow the steps below to install Engenio SMI Provider in your machine;

For Windows
- Download setup_1.0.19.exe from http://engenio.com/zips/smis_provider/setup_1.0.19.exe
- Install the exe in your machine
  - Note: Controller IP asked during SMI Provider installation need not be specified.
- Copy the following jars from <Engenio SMI Provider Home>/SMI_SProvider/lib to <OpStor Home>/jre/lib/ext.
  - SYMsdk.v0830.jar
  - SYMsdk.v0833.jar
  - SYMsdk.v0834.jar
  - SYMsdk.v0910.jar
For Linux
- Download Linux_Installer.tar from http://engenio.com/zips/smis_provider/Linux_Installer_1.0.19.tar
- Execute the following commands from a command prompt in the same directory as the Linux_Installer.tar file:
  - tar -xf Linux_Installer.tar
  - ./install <or> rpm -vi EngenioProvider-1.0.19-0.i386.rpm
- Copy the following jars from <Engenio SMI Provider Home>/SMI_SProvider/lib to <OpStor Home>/jre/lib/ext.
  - SYMsdk.v0830.jar
  - SYMsdk.v0833.jar
  - SYMsdk.v0834.jar
  - SYMsdk.v0910.jar

4. Steps to add the device for monitoring in the OpStor Browser client

Add the IBM FastT storage system through the 'Admin tab' --> 'Manage Storage Devices' link in OpStor Webclient
- Provide the IP Address of the IBM FastT RAID controller in the "IP Address" text field
- Select the "None" radio button
- Click "Add Device'.
Add the second controller IP also as above.