Monitoring HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry

Introduction

To monitor HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry, you can use one of the following connectors:

• MS_HW_HPBladeSystem.hdf (SNMP-based connector)
• MS_HW_HPBladeTelnet.hdf (SSH-based connector).

Procedure

Using SNMP

To monitor HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry using SNMP:

1. Log in to TrueSight Presentation Server.
2. Create a new policy:

• Specify the general properties and agent selection criteria.

• Add a monitoring configuration.

• Select the Hardware Monitoring Solution.

  

• In the Hardware Configuration section, click Add:

  

  • Indicate the name of the device you wish to monitor

  • Enter the IP address of the device. If no IP address is provided, the device name previously specified will be used.

  • Select Management Card/Chip, Blade Chassis, ESXi as Device Type.

  • Enable SNMP and provide the required configuration information. For SNMP v1 and v2c, provide a valid SNMP community string; for SNMP v3 provide the credentials:

    

  • Specify the connector to be used:

    

    • Select Use Specified Connectors.
    • In the Connector File Names field, enter MS_HW_HPBladeSystem.hdf.

3. Click OK.
4. Click Save. After a few minutes, your device will be displayed in TrueSight:

Using SSH

To monitor HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry using SSH:

1. Log in to TrueSight Presentation Server.
2. Create a new policy:

• Specify the general properties and agent selection criteria.

• Add a monitoring configuration.

• Select the Hardware Monitoring Solution.

  

• In the Hardware Configuration section, click Add:

  

  • Indicate the name of the device you wish to monitor

  • Enter the IP address of the device. If no IP address is provided, the device name previously specified will be used.

  • Select Management Card/Chip, Blade Chassis, ESXi as Device Type.

  • Enable SSH and provide the required configuration information:

    

  • Specify the connector to be used:

    

    • Select Use Specified Connectors.
    • In the Connector File Names field, enter MS_HW_HPBladeTelnet.hdf.

3. Click OK.
4. Click Save. After a few minutes, your device will be displayed in TrueSight:

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