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OpStor is a heterogeneous storage infrastructure monitoring solution that helps enterprises to monitor their storage resources.
  • Multi-vendor storage infrastructure management
  • Pro-active Fault and Performance monitoring
  • Visualize SAN availability and health
  • Detect problems with utilization and availability of storage devices.
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Monitoring and Management of IBM ESS Shark series in OpStor

OpStor provides monitoring and management of IBM ESS Shark series

Models Supported

  • DS6000 Series
  • DS8000 Series
  • ESS 2105-800
  • ESS 2105-750
  • ESS 2105-F20

Features supported
Inventory Details Logical Details Monitors Report Details
  • Array Controllers
  • Array Controller Ports
  • Disk Drives
  • Storage Pools
  • Storage Volumes
  • Array System status
  • Array Controller status
  • Drive Drive status
  • Storage Pools status
  • Storage Volumes status
  • Capacity Summary
  • Availability Trends
  • Performance statistics

Prerequisites for monitoring IBM ESS Shark Array
  • OpStor uses the IBM Common Information Model (CIM) Agent for ESS to monitor the IBM ESS Shark Array
  • The IBM ESS CIM agent can be installed on any server that is pingable from the server where OpStor is installed
  • IBM CIM agent install requires esscli utility is already installed in the server
  • The ESS CIM Agent is downloadable from the IBM site at
    http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/cimess/downloading.html
  • Installation details for the ESS CIM Agent are available in the above page itself
  • Disable DigestAuthentication by setting DigestAuthentication flag to false in cimom.properties file
    Note : Default directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\cimagent
  • Start the ESS Provider service CIM Object Manager - DS Open API from the Windows services menu

Steps to add IBM ESS Shark Array in OpStor
  • Navigate to Admin Tab-->Manage Storage Devices link in OpStor
  • Provide IP Address of server where IBM ESS CIM Agent is running
  • Select SMI option
  • In username field enter ESS CIM Agent username
  • In password field enter ESS CIM Agent password
  • Click Add Device