KB1194: Monitoring Hitachi HNAS Storage Devices with Monitoring Studio | Knowledge Base

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Introduction

This article explains how to import the pre-built configuration into Monitoring Studio to monitor the capacity and performance of the Hitachi HNAS storage devices through SNMP. The Sentry Storage Analyzer for TrueSight OM license is required to use Monitoring Studio.
The pre-built configuration does not cover all the monitoring aspects of Hitachi HNAS storage devices. It is provided as an example and can be used as a working base for advanced monitoring. No support will be provided for this prebuilt configuration. Should you need further assistance to customize it, please contact our Professional Services team.

The pre-built configuration collects the following metrics:

	Cluster Cluster PNodes Status. This parameter indicates the status of the physical node. Possible values are: 1 - unknown 2 - up 3 - not up 4 - on line 5 - dead 6 - dormant Cluster VNodes Status. This parameter indicates the status of the virtual node. Possible values are: 1 - unknown 2 - on line 3 - off line
	Fibre Channel FC Statistics Bad CRC Errors Bad RX Char Errors Discarded Frame Errors InRate Link Fail Errors Link Speed in Gbps Link Status. The status of the fiber interface. Possible values are: unknown(0)- the information could not be obtained. up(1)- the interface is up. isolated(2)- the interface is isolated. down(3)- the interface is down. Loss Sync Errors OutRate PeakInRate PeakOutRate Protocol Errors RXEOFErrors Signal Loss Errors TotalRxBytes TotalTxBytes
	File Protocol CIFS chkpthCalls Clients closeCalls createCalls dskattrCalls echoCalls findCloseCalls flushCalls getatrCalls lockingXCalls lseekCalls mkdirCalls mknewCalls negProtCalls netCancelCalls netCreateXCalls netTransCalls openCalls openXCalls readBrawCalls readCalls readXCalls renameCalls rmdirCalls searchCalls sessSetupXCalls setatrCalls tconXCalls tdisCalls trans2Calls transCalls ulogoffXCalls unlinkCalls writeBrawCalls writeCalls writeCloseCalls writeXCalls
	Network Ethernet CRC Errors In Bytes In FIFO Drops In Octet Rate Bytes/s In Packets Out Bytes Out Octet Rate Bytes/s Out Packets Peak In Octet Rate Bytes/s Peak Out Octet Rate Bytes/s Total Bytes Total Packets TCP Invalid Segments IP RxInvalid Pkts IP Rx Pkts IP Tx Pkts Rx Invalid Chksum Pkts Rx Segments Tx Segments
	NVRAM nvramFsStats ActivityCheckpoints Checkpoints CurrentUsage Waited Allocs Waiting Allocs nvramPoolStats Maximum Used Size Total Current Usage Waited Allocs Waiting Allocs
	System Drive Capacity in GB Status. This parameter indicates the status of the system drive. Possible values are: online(1) - the system drive is accessible through the fibre channel interface. corrupt(2) - the system drives master boot record is corrupt. failed(3) - the system drive has failed and is no longer accessible through the fiber channel interface. notPresent(4) - device no longer present. disconnected(5) - device is present but not accessible by the controller offline(6) - all ports are offline initializing(7) - not accessible until initialization phase has completed formatting(8) - device is formatting unknown(9) - unknown device status
	Volume File System Avg Operations/s Volume Capacity in GB Free Capacity in GB Status. The status of the volume (i.e. file system). Possible values are: unformatted(1) - the volume does NOT contain a file system. mounted(2) - the volume contains a file system and may be being accessed by users. formatted(3) - the volume contains a file system, but is not accessible by users as it is not mounted. needsChecking(4) - the file system has some errors and cannot be mounted. It must be checked and fixed before it can be accessed by users.

Importing the Pre-Built Configuration

Pre-requisites

Before using the pre-built configuration, make sure that:

You have access to the SNMP agent embedded on the Hitachi HNAS storage device through SNMP v1, v2c, or v3
PATROL Agent 9.6 or later is installed and properly configured
Monitoring Studio KM 9.4 or later is installed with the latest patches and loaded on the PATROL agent

Procedure

Download the configuration file and copy it on the server where the PATROL Agent and the Monitoring Studio KM are installed.
Right-click on the main Monitoring Studio icon > KM Commands > Configuration > Import Configuration

Importing the Hitachi HNAS pre-built configuration
Navigate to the folder where the downloaded cfg file is copied and choose the Hitachi-HNAS configuration file

Selecting the Hitachi HNAS pre-built configuration to import
Monitoring Studio indicates the number of hosts found in the configuration file that require specific information before being imported. You can click the Hosts button to view the list. Click Next.

Verifying the host information
Provide the hostname or IP address of the Hitachi HNAS storage device to be monitored and click Next.

Providing the Hostname or IP address of the Hitachi HNAS storage device to be monitored
Specify the SNMP version used and click Next.

Selecting the version of the SNMP used
For SNMP v1 and v2c, provide the SNMP community string; for SNMP v3 enter the credentials and click Next.

Configuring SNMP settings
Check the Import Summary and click Next.
Click Finish to start the discovery.

Specifying the tests to perform to check host availability

Important Note: Thresholds are not set by default. We recommend you to set them as per your needs.

Learn More

To learn more about the monitor types used in this configuration template, please refer to the Specifying the Monitors Used section of the user documentation.

Please refer to Professional Services page to learn more about the consulting services available.

Monitoring Hitachi HNAS Storage Devices with Monitoring Studio

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Cluster

Fibre Channel

File Protocol

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NVRAM

System Drive

Volume

Importing the Pre-Built Configuration

Pre-requisites

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