Huawei OceanStor, Dorado monitoring


OceanStor 9000 V5 Scale-Out NAS monitoring is supported by our first generation tool STOR2RRD only so far.

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Supported is Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage with minimal firmware version 8.1.0
The product uses Huawei OceanStor Pacific REST API interface natively provided by the storage to get all necessary data.
Supported is only the block storage, no object, file, and HDFS.

Storage connectivity

  • Allow access from the XorMon NG host to the Huawei OceanStor Pacific storage on ports 8088.
  • Create user xormon on the storage with read-only role.
    To activate the account you have to log in to the XorMon NG UI with stor2rrd credentials and change password.

XorMon NG storage configuration

  • Add storage into configuration from the UI:
    XorMon NG UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Huawei OceanStor Pacific
    Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage monitoring

  • Run "Test" for configured storage device, it must show "OK"

  • Wait about 1 hour, then reload the web browser, you should see it in XorMon NG UI

Supported is Huawei OceanStor Pacific Storage with minimal firmware version 8.1.0
The product uses Huawei OceanStor Pacific REST API interface natively provided by the storage to get all necessary data.
Supported is object, file, and HDFS.

Storage connectivity

  • Allow access from the XorMon NG host to the Huawei OceanStor Pacific storage on port 8088.
  • Create user xormon on the storage with read-only role.
    To activate the account you have to log in to the storage UI with XorMon NG credentials and change password.

XorMon NG storage configuration

  • Add storage into configuration from the UI:
    XorMon NG UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Huawei OceanStor Pacific NAS
    Huawei OceanStor Pacific NAS Storage monitoring

  • Run "Test" for configured storage device, it must show "OK"

  • Wait about 1 hour, then reload the web browser, you should see it in XorMon NG UI

Supported models with their minimal firmware version:
Huawei OceanStor V3 seriesV3R3C10
Huawei OceanStor V5 seriesV500R007
Huawei OceanStor Dorado V3 StorageV3R3C10
Huawei OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage6.0.0,V700
Huawei OceanStor Dorado Hybrid-Flash Storage6.1.3,V700
Huawei OceanStor A seriesV700
The product uses Huawei OceanStor REST API interface natively provided by the storage to get all necessary data.

Storage connectivity

  • Allow access from the XorMon NG host to the Huawei OceanStor / Dorado storage on ports 8088.

  • Create user xormon on the storage with read-only role.
    To activate the account you have to log in to the storage UI with xormon credentials and change password.

  • Make sure that performance monitoring collection is enabled on the storage and historical collection is set to 300 secs. It must be set to 300 seconds to work correctly!
    New storage firmwares have that at : Monitor ➡ SystemReporter ➡ (pop up window) ➡ System ➡ System Configuration ➡ Registration and Configuration ➡ Storage name ➡ Collection policy ➡ Historical monitoring

    Huawei OceanStor monitoring setup

    Some models do not allow such change from the storage UI, use storage CLI instead:
    admin:/>change performance statistic_enabled enabled=no
    admin:/>change performance strategy archive_time=300s
    admin:/>change performance statistic_enabled enabled=yes
    admin:/>show performance strategy
      Sampling Interval(s) : 5
      Archive Enabled      : Yes
      Archive Time(s)      : 300
      Auto Stop            : No
      Duration(days)       : --
    

XorMon NG storage configuration

  • Add storage into configuration from the UI:
    XorMon NG UI: Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Huawei OceanStor / Dorado
    Huawei Oceanstor storage monitoring

  • Run "Test" for configured storage device, it must show "OK"

  • Wait about 1 hour, then reload the web browser, you should see it in XorMon NG UI