Dell EMC² monitoring

Storage connectivity

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the EMC storage on port 443 (https)
  
  
• Create user xormon in storage XMS with role Read-Only
  
  (example uses 'stor2rrd' user but use 'xormon' preferably)
  
  

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ EMC XtremIO
  
  
• You have to define each monitored cluster separately.
  
  
• Wait about 1 hour, then reload the web browser, you should see it in XorMon UI
  
  

• Performance data via ssh: default VPLEX data collectors available through ssh (port 22) : read only access
• Configuration data via REST API: VPLEX Element Manager API (port 443)

Storage access options

• VPLEX 5 full admin access
  
• VPLEX 5 non storage UI neither VPLEXcli access
  This kind of access requires only ssh access to VPLEX management host to get files with perf data.
  This will miss in data then:
  
  • Host section
  • Host mapping (HOST vrs Volume relationship)
  • Host TOP
  • Health status
  • Capacity
• VPLEX 6 access under vplexuser role

Prerequisites

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the VPLEX on ports 22 & 443 (TCP).
  
• Create user xormon on the VPLEX host under "users" group and exchange ssh-keys.
  This will allow download perfromance data and some basic configuration.
  Use vplexuser role on VPLEX 6.
  You can also use user/password ssh credentials in XorMon UI instead of ssh-keys.
  
  • Create ssh keys if it does not exist yet in /home/xormon/.ssh/id_rsa (type enter instead of passphrase)

    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -N ""
      Generating public/private rsa key pair.
      Enter file in which to save the key (/home/xormon/.ssh/id_rsa):
      ...
    

    New storage devices might require stronger key, use this one instead of above 'RSA'

    $ ssh-keygen -t ecdsa -b 521 -N ""
    

  • Create xormon user via VPlexcli under admin priviliges

    # ssh service@VPLEX01
    
    service@VPLEX01:~> vplexcli
        Trying ::1...
        Connected to localhost.
        Escape character is '^]'.
        Enter User Name: admin
        Password:
    

  • VPLEX6
    User creation with role assigment

    VPlexcli:/> user add -r vplexuser -u xormon
      Enter admin password:
      Enter password for xormon:
      Confirm password for xormon:
    

    Allow shell access

    VPlexcli:/> cd /management-server/users/local/xormon/  
    VPlexcli:/management-server/users/local/xormon> set shell-access true
      Enter admin password:
    

    user rights

    VPlexcli:/> ll /management-server/users/local/xormon
      Name          Value
      ------------  --------
      role-name     vplexuser
      shell-access  true
      user-name     xormon
    

  • VPLEX 6.2
    Connect as user "admin" to the VPLEX-V6.2 Box, because user "service" wasn't able to create the "xormon" user under the vplexcli:

    user add -r vplexuser -u xormon
    >> user add:  Evaluation of <<user add ********>> failed.
    >> cause:     Command execution failed.
    >> cause:     com.emc.vplex.cli.CommandException: Unauthorized: Permission denied
    >> cause:     Unauthorized: Permission denied
    

    Under "admin" the creation was OK, but the next stop was here:

    set shell-access true
    >> Enter admin password:
    >> set:    Evaluation of <<set shell-access true>> failed.
    >> cause:  Failed to update value of 'shell-access'.
    >> cause:  Error committing shell-access.
    

    Exit the "vplexcli" shell and entered the following commands:

    grep xormon /etc/passwd
    >> xormon:x:1002:100::/home/xormon:/bin/bash
    su - xormon
    >> You are required to change your password immediately (administrator enforced)
    

    It forces me to change my password NOW...
    
    Afterwards, you are able to create your own .ssh directory, and add XorMon PubKey:

    mkdir .ssh
    chmod 700 .ssh
    cd .ssh
    vi authorized_keys
    

• Exchange ssh keys

  $ ssh-copy-id xormon@vplex01
  

• Test connection, you should login without typing of password:

  $ ssh vplex01 -l xormon
  xormon@VPLEX01:~> exit
  

  You have to end up in shell! If you end up in VPLEX CLI then it is wrong, use above "set shell-access true" cmd.
  UI access to https://vplex01 as xormon does not work
  
  
• Allow access to the storage UI (via REST API) under admin priviliges on VPLEX 5
  If you do want to allow it then it will work but without this data:
  • Host section
  • Host mapping (HOST vrs Volume relationship)
  • Host TOP
  • Health status
  • Capacity
  
  
• VPLEX 6 apparently starts VPLEXcli automatically after log on.
  This must be disabled to allow login only to operating system.
  There is a way (perhaps commenting out starting VPLEXcli in .bash_profile or something like that), not sure here as for now.
  
  

VPlexcli:/> ll /monitoring/directors/*/monitors/
  /monitoring/directors/director-1-1-A/monitors:
  Name                                                            Ownership  Collecting  Period  Average  Idle   Bucket  Bucket  Bucket  Bucket
  --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  Data        ------  Period   For    Min     Max     Width   Count
  --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  ----------  ------  -------  -----  ------  ------  ------  ------
  director-1-1-A_PERPETUAL_vplex_sys_perf_mon_v19                 true       true        5s      4.97s    2s     -       -       -       64
  director-1-1-A_VIRTUAL_VOLUMES_PERPETUAL_MONITOR                true       true        1min    1min     33s    -       -       -       64

  /monitoring/directors/director-1-1-B/monitors:
  Name                                              Ownership  Collecting  Period  Average  Idle  Bucket  Bucket  Bucket  Bucket
  ------------------------------------------------  ---------  Data        ------  Period   For   Min     Max     Width   Count
  ------------------------------------------------  ---------  ----------  ------  -------  ----  ------  ------  ------  ------
  director-1-1-B_PERPETUAL_vplex_sys_perf_mon_v19   true       true        5s      5.05s    4s    -       -       -       64
  director-1-1-B_VIRTUAL_VOLUMES_PERPETUAL_MONITOR  true       true        1min    60s      33s   -       -       -       64
  ...

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ EMC VPLEX
  
  
• Run "Test" for configured device, it must show "OK"
  
  
• Wait about 1 hour, then reload the web browser, you should see it in XorMon UI
  
  

• Performance data via SSH: default Metro node data collectors available through SSH (port 22) : read only access
• Configuration data via REST API: Metro node Element Manager API (port 443)

Prerequisites

• Enable access from the XorMon host to the Dell EMC Metro node on ports 22 & 443 (TCP).
  
  
• Create the xormon account to the first node of your MN cluster:
  Switch to the root context with with this special command:

  sudo /usr/sbin/service-maintenance-window -f
  

  Create the xormon account with the useradd command:

  useradd -m -d /home/xormon -g users -G shadow,groupSvc,groupAllUsr,groupShellAccess -c 'xormon' xormon
  

  Make sure the created account will not expire.
  
  
• SSH user access (select one of below methods during storage configuration in XorMon UI)
  • User/Password
  • SSH keys
    
    • Create SSH keys if it does not exist yet in /home/xormon/.ssh/id_rsa (type enter instead of passphrase)

      $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -N ""
        Generating public/private rsa key pair.
        Enter file in which to save the key (/home/xormon/.ssh/id_rsa):
        ...
      

      New storage devices might require stronger key, use this one instead of above 'RSA' $ ssh-keygen -t ecdsa -b 521 -N ""
    • Assign password to the user

      admin@MN01:~> su - xormon  
        Password:
        Password change requested. Choose a new password.
        Old Password:
        New Password:
        Reenter New Password:
      

    • Exchange ssh keys

      $ ssh-copy-id xormon@mn01
      

    • Test connection, you should login without typing of password:

      $ ssh mn01 -l xormon
      xormon@MN01:~> exit
      

      You have to end up in shell!
      If you end up in Metro node CLI then it is wrong, use above "set shell-access true" cmd.
      UI access to https://mn01 as xormon does not work
      
      
• Dell EMC Metro node apparently starts VPLEXcli automatically after log on.
  This must be disabled to allow login only to operating system.
  There is a way (perhaps commenting out starting VPLEXcli in .bash_profile or something like that), not sure here as for now.
  
  
• Make sure that all monitors we use are running (collecting data), they are all default monitors and should run:

  VPlexcli:/> ll /monitoring/directors/*/monitors/
    /monitoring/directors/director-1-1-A/monitors:
    Name                                                            Ownership  Collecting  Period  Average  Idle   Bucket  Bucket  Bucket  Bucket
    --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  Data        ------  Period   For    Min     Max     Width   Count
    --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  ----------  ------  -------  -----  ------  ------  ------  ------
    director-1-1-A_PERPETUAL_vplex_sys_perf_mon_v19                 true       true        5s      4.97s    2s     -       -       -       64
    director-1-1-A_VIRTUAL_VOLUMES_PERPETUAL_MONITOR                true       true        1min    1min     33s    -       -       -       64
  
    /monitoring/directors/director-1-1-B/monitors:
    Name                                              Ownership  Collecting  Period  Average  Idle  Bucket  Bucket  Bucket  Bucket
    ------------------------------------------------  ---------  Data        ------  Period   For   Min     Max     Width   Count
    ------------------------------------------------  ---------  ----------  ------  -------  ----  ------  ------  ------  ------
    director-1-1-B_PERPETUAL_vplex_sys_perf_mon_v19   true       true        5s      5.05s    4s    -       -       -       64
    director-1-1-B_VIRTUAL_VOLUMES_PERPETUAL_MONITOR  true       true        1min    60s      33s   -       -       -       64
    ...
  

  If some do not running then use this procedure to enable it.
  
  

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Dell EMC Metro node
  
  
• Run "Test" for configured device, it must show "OK"
  
  
• Wait about 1 hour, then reload the web browser, you should see it in XorMon UI
  
  

Prerequisites

• Dell EMC Unity Unisphere UEM CLI download
  https://www.dell.com/support/home/
  Download binaries is available for signed users ONLY. BTW no active support is needed.
  
  Identifying your product is necessary to access documentation ➡ choose any Unity model ➡ fresh version www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/unity-300/docs#q=UnisphereCLI&sort=relevancy&f:lang=[en]
  For signed-in accounts ➡ Choose any Unity model or enter SerialNumber ➡ Under “Drivers&Downloads” section www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/unity-300/drivers ➡ Filter with keyword “UnisphereCLI” ➡ Select Dell Unity Uninisphere UEM CLI (RedHat Linux 64-bit)
  
  
• Supported platforms
  • Linux RedHat
  • SuSE Linux
  • Solaris (x86 & Sparc)
  • Debian (you must convert it via alien as per bellow)
  
  
• EMC Unisphere CLI installation
  • Red Hat, Rocky Linux, CentOS:

    # umask 022
    # rpm -i UnisphereCLI-Linux-64-x86-en_US-4.0.1.1.3166-1.x86_64.rpm
    

  • Debian, Ubuntu:
    Install alien when it does not exist on your system
    

    # apt-get install alien
    

    Convert Red Hat rpm package via "alien" cmd
    

    # alien UnisphereCLI-Linux-64-x86-en_US-4.0.1.1.3166-1.x86_64.rpm
      UnisphereCLI-Linux-64-x86-en_US-4.0.1.1.3166-1.i386.deb generated
    

    Install it

    # umask 022
    # export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
    # dpkg -i  UnisphereCLI-Linux-64-x86-en_US-4.0.1.1.3166-1.i386.deb
    

  • Link uemcli.sh to /usr/bin/uemcli if it has not been done during rpm installation

    # ln -s /opt/dellemc/uemcli/bin/uemcli.sh /usr/bin/uemcli
    

• Setting security level under root user:
  Note: The path has changed in recent UnisphereCLI, at least for UnisphereCLI-Linux-64-x86-en_US-5.2.1.1730628-1.x86_64.rpm:
  The installation is now under "/opt/dellemc", change bellow cmds accordingly

  # /opt/emc/uemcli/bin/setlevel.sh low
    Setting low verifying level.....
  

  You can even use "medium" level, then you have to accept and store certificate at the first connection.
  1. under root:

     # /opt/emc/uemcli/bin/setlevel.sh medium
       Setting medium verifying level.....
     

  2. under xormon user:

     # su - xormon 
     $ uemcli -d 192.168.1.1 -u Local/admin -p "XXXXXX" /user/account show
       Remote certificate:
       Issuer:     CN=EMC-Unity
       Subject:    CN=EMC-Unity
       Valid from: 2016-07-15 09:54:57 Z
       Valid to:   2019-07-15 09:54:57 Z
       Serial:     0094aea927526b466e
       Id:         2595584890
       Would you like to:
         [1] Accept the certificate for this session
         [2] Reject the certificate
         [3] Accept and store
       Please input your selection (The default selection is [1]): 3
     
       Storage system address: 192.168.1.1
       Storage system port: 443
       HTTPS connection
       1:    ID   = user_admin
             Name = admin
             Role = administrator
             Type = local
     

  3. If the option "[3] Accept and store" is missing

     $ uemcli -d 192.168.1.1 -u Local/admin -p "XXXXXX" /user/account show
       Remote certificate:
       Issuer:     CN=EMC-Unity
       Subject:    CN=EMC-Unity
       Valid from: 2016-07-15 09:54:57 Z
       Valid to:   2019-07-15 09:54:57 Z
       Serial:     0094aea927526b466e
       Id:         2595584890
       Would you like to:
         [1] Accept the certificate for this session
         [2] Reject the certificate
       Please input your selection (The default selection is [1]):
     

     It's necessary to set SecurityLevel to low
     There should be file /etc/uemcli_security.conf readable for root probably with "medium" security.

     SecurityLevel = medium
     

     Changing to low level should resolve it.

     SecurityLevel = low
     

     Then option "[3] Accept and store" should appear in the selection.
     

Storage connectivity

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the Unity storage on port 443 (https)
  
  
• create user xormon under operator role on the storage.
  You might skip it and use already existing account with minimal rights.
  Do not use shell special characters like #!?|$*[]\{}`"'& in the password, use ;:.+-%@ instead.
  Cmd returns "Error code: 0x6000068" if you do not pass them.
  
  Do not use directly /opt/emc/uemcli/bin/uemcli, use always /usr/bin/uemcli.
  If the package was converted with "alien", and after installation "/usr/bin/uemcli" - which should be a softlink - could not be found, you should create it manually

  ln -s /opt/dellemc/uemcli/bin/uemcli.sh /usr/bin/uemcli
  

  
  

  $ uemcli -d 192.168.1.1 -u Local/admin -p "XXXXXX" /user/account show
    Storage system address: 192.168.1.1
    Storage system port: 443
    HTTPS connection
    1:    ID   = user_admin
          Name = admin
          Role = administrator
          Type = local
  ...
  
  $ uemcli -d 192.168.1.1 -u Local/admin -p "XXXXXX" /user/account create -name xormon -role operator -type local -passwd "Test2test_"
    Storage system address: 192.168.1.1
    Storage system port: 443
    HTTPS connection
  
    ID = user_xormon  
    Operation completed successfully.
  

• Test storage connection for xormon account:

  $ /usr/bin/uemcli -d 192.168.1.1 -u Local/xormon -p "XXXXXX" /sys/general show -detail
    Storage system address: 192.168.1.1
    Storage system port: 443
    HTTPS connection
  
    1:    System name            = EMC-Unity
          Model                  = UnityVSA
          Platform type          = EMC Storage System
          System UUID            = 420FFE1D-0234-FD02-976E-9217DC6135ED
          License activation key = ELMEUV0716HN0K
          Product serial number  = VIRT162859DQXZ
          Health state           = OK (5)
          Health details         = "The system is operating normally."
  

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ EMC XtremIO
  
  
• 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 UI
  
  

• Dell Storage Enterprise Manager
• Dell Storage Manager Data Collector

User rights options

• Create user xormon under admin role or use already existing admin account.
Admin rights give you visibility of the whole storage include items not being under any folder and system subsystems like:
• Node (controller): CPU, IO, data, response time
• Port: IO, data, response time


• Create user xormon under Reporter role and assign him rights to all or specific:
  • volume folders
  • server folders
  • disk folders
  In this case will be reported utilization only for assigned folders and their items.
You can whenever switch from Reporter access to admin one and vice versa.
Note: the latest DSM and Data Collector versions enabled getting all data via Reporter role.

In both cases you have to create a user on all storage and on Enterprise Manager/Data collector where you have to attach those storage under that Reporter or admin account.

Storage connectivity

• Install the Enterprise Manager or DSM Data Collector and attach there your Compellent boxes.
  
  
• Create user xormon on the Enterprise Manager or DSM Data Collector under admin role.
  Unfortunatelly admin role is only the role which can get all performance data from the storage.
  
  
• If you use web tool Unisphere central for SC series then registration there is not enough.
  You have to register storage for user in Enterprise Manager or DSM Data Collector.
  
  
• Allow access from the XorMon host to the Enterprise Manager on port 3033 (HTTPS).
  
  
• Set "Report gathering settings" of IO usage to 5 minutes.
  
  

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Dell SC series
  
  
• On the picture you can see 3 compellent storage in the Enterprise Manager.
  
  Configure every storage you want to monitor, use same storage name alias as you see in the Enterprise Manager.
  
  
• 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 UI
  
  

Prerequisites

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the EMC Unisphere or to the storage itself depends on mode you use on port 8443 (TCP).
  

EMC Configuration

• Unisphere (scenario 1)
  • Create user xormon under "PerfMonitor" role on Unisphere (example uses 'stor2rrd' user but use 'xormon' preferable).
    
    
  • Allow statistics logging on the EMC Unisphere
    UI ➡ Performance ➡ Settings ➡ System Registrations ➡ Diagnostics ➡ On (Diagnostics interval 5 minutes)
    

    EMC Unisphere 1.6

    EMC Unisphere 8+

    
    
  • Set sample rate to 5 minutes:
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Direct storage attachment (scenario 2)
  • Connect on one of both PMAX e-management port and on the wheel on the top right corner
    
  • Click “users and groups”, then “local users”, and then the “create” button
    
  • Enter: The account name, description and Password 2 times (warning: both PMAX and XorMon have forbidden special characters and they are not the same)
    
    
  • Choose the “perfmonitor” role
    
  • Keep right access as “read only”
    

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI, fill in Symmetrix ID for both scenarios
  XorMon UI: Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Dell EMC VMAX
  
  
• 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 UI
  
  

Prerequisites

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the EMC storage on port 22 (TCP).
  
  
• Create user xormon under user role on the storage (example uses 'stor2rrd' user but use 'xormon' preferable)
  
  
  
• Exchange ssh keys
  Print public key:

  $ cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub
    ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDPpQlm0Z/x1X4txd2GgZgvg1Fm7QHeusQ6LqBp/Sb1doAoiDmXErk+lNY27aJAqb4YiGnqejioqCJ9N93NiKpffxH+L3
  

  Log on to the storage and add above key:

  $ ssh <data domain host> -l xormon
    xormon@data_domain_host> adminaccess add ssh-keys
      Enter the key and then press Control-D, or press Control-C to cancel.
      ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDPpQlm0Z/x1X4txd2GgZgvg1Fm7QHeusQ6LqBp/Sb1doAoiDmXErk+lNY27aJAqb4YiGnqejioqCJ9N93NiKpffxH+L3
  

  Test connection:

  $ ssh <data domain host> -l xormon
    EMC Data Domain Virtual Edition
    Welcome to Data Domain OS 6.1.0.11-571028
  

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI: Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Dell EMC DataDomain
  
  
• 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 UI
  
  

Troubleshooting

• DD refuses some ssh sessions, you can find in XorMon log (~/xormon-ng/server-nest/log/datadomain) this:

  Error: Unable to connect to remote machine (dd01) : No such file or directory
  Error: Error command: ssh login failed  unable to load Perl module IO::Pty: Can't locate IO/Pty.pm ...
  

  Increase DataDomain parameter login-max-active, xormon ssh sessions are in conjuction with normal backup sessions.

  sysadmin@dd(active:0)# adminaccess option show login-max-active.
    Adminaccess option "login-max-active" set to "150".
  sysadmin@dd(active:0)# adminaccess option set login-max-active 500
    Adminaccess option "login-max-active" set to "500".
  

Storage connectivity

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the EMC storage on port 8080.
  
  
• Create user xormon on the storage with new read-only role called xormon.
  

  $ ssh -l admin 192.168.1.1
  isilon01-1% isi auth users create xormon --enabled yes --password-expires no --password XXXXXXX
  isilon01-1% isi auth roles create --name xormon --description "Read-only role for XorMon"
  isi auth roles modify xormon   --add-user=xormon --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_EVENT --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_PAPI --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_STATISTICS --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_SMARTPOOLS --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_DEVICES --add-priv-ro=ISI_PRIV_QUOTA
  

  
  

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI: Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Dell EMC Isilon
  
  
• 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 UI
  
  

Storage connectivity

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the storage on ports 80 (WBI) and 5988 (SMI-S).
  If you use https and secure SMI-S then test ports 443 and 5989 instead.
  If you use storage cmd line configuration like in examples below (you can use the storage UI instead) then port 22 (ssh) must be open.
  
  
• Make sure that secure SMI-S (port 5989) and WBI HTTPS (port 443) protocols are enabled on the storage
  
  • CMD line:

    $ ssh -l manage <storage_hostname>
    # show protocols
      Service and Security Protocols
      ------------------------------
      Web Browser Interface (HTTP): Enabled
      Secure Web Browser Interface (HTTPS): Enabled
      Command Line Interface (Telnet): Disabled
      Secure Command Line Interface (SSH): Enabled
      Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S): Enabled
      Unsecure Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S 5988): Disabled
      ...
    

    If secure SMI-S or WBI HTTPS are not enabled:

    # set protocols smis enabled
    # set protocols https enabled
    

  • UI:
    
• Create user xormon on the storage with monitor and standard roles, allow SMI-S and WBI.
  
  • CMD line method:
    Adjust password to your preferred one from used Test1234.

    $ ssh -l manage <storage_hostname>
    # create user interfaces smis,wbi locale English password Test1234 roles monitor,standard xormon
    

  • UI:
    
    (example uses 'stor2rrd' user but use 'xormon' preferable)
    
    
  Note for newer firmwares role "standard" is necessary for WBI access.
  
  

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI: Settings icon ➡ Device ➡Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Dell EMC ➡ PowerVault ME4 ➡ SMI-S
  
  If you set https in above storage properties then this must be enabled on the storage:

  $ ssh -l manage <storage_hostname>
  # show protocols
    ...
    Secure Web Browser Interface (HTTPS): Enabled
    Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S): Enabled
    ...
  

  If you use http then this:

    Web Browser Interface (HTTP): Enabled
    Unsecure Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S 5988): Enabled
  

• Do not use shell special characters like @:;#!?|$*[]\{}`"'& in the password, use rather .+-=_% instead.
  
  
• 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 UI
  
  

• Allow access from the XorMon host to each EMC ECS VDC node on port 4443
  
  
• Create Storage Management user "xormon" with System Monitor role on each monitored VDC.
  
  
• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI: Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Dell EMC : Elastic Cloud Storage
  
  The addition of a VDC to ECS configuration is intended as choosing specific VDC you want to display in the XorMon UI.
  To monitor your chosen VDC, just set one or two nodes which are management EndPoint for a given VDC.
  No need to add every node in VDC
  
  
• 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 UI
  
  

Storage connectivity

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the EMC storage on port 443 (https)
  
  
• Create a new user in PowerStore Manager UI with Operator role
  See this: www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/collaterals/unauth/white-papers/products/storage/h18150-dell-emc-powerstore-manager-overview.pdf
  (page 40: it is sufficient to give only Operator privileges to an account which is only responsible for monitoring instead of giving full privileges with the Administrator role)
  

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  Settings icon ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ EMC PowerStore
  
  
• 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 UI
  
  

Storage connectivity

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the PowerFlex Gateway on port 443
  
  
• Create a new user with the 'Monitor' role
  
  • Login to the primary MDM server as 'root'
  • Login to PowerFlex SCLI as administrator

    scli --login --username admin 

  • Create new user User will be created with a temporary password which needs to be changed during the first login

    scli --add_user --username xormon --user_role Monitor 

  • Login to PowerFlex SCLI with the new user credentials and set new password

    scli --login --username xormon
    scli --set_password 

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage to the configuration:
  XorMon UI: Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Dell EMC : PowerFlex
  
  
• 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 UI
  
  

Storage connectivity

• Allow access from the XorMon host to the storage on ports 443.
  
  
• Make sure that secure and WBI HTTPS (port 443) protocol is enabled on the storage
  
  • CMD line:

    $ ssh -l manage <storage_hostname>
    # show protocols
      Service and Security Protocols
      ------------------------------
      ...
      Secure Web Browser Interface (HTTPS): Enabled
      ...
    

    If secure WBI HTTPS is not enabled:

    # set protocols https enabled
    

  • UI:
    
• Create user xormon on the storage with monitor and standard roles, allow WBI.
  
  • CMD line method:
    Adjust password to your preferred one from used Test1234.

    $ ssh -l manage <storage_hostname>
    # create user interfaces wbi locale English password Test1234 roles monitor,standard xormon
    

  • UI:
    
    (example uses 'stor2rrd' user but use 'xormon' preferable)
    
    
  Note for some newer firmwares role "standard" is necessary for WBI access.
  
  

XorMon storage configuration

• Add storage into configuration from the UI:
  XorMon UI: Settings icon ➡ Device ➡ Storage ➡ New ➡ Vendor:device ➡ Dell EMC ➡ PowerVault ME4 ➡ WBI
  
  If you set https in above storage properties then this must be enabled on the storage:

  $ ssh -l manage <storage_hostname>
  # show protocols
    ...
    Secure Web Browser Interface (HTTPS): Enabled
    ...
  

  If you use http then this:

    Web Browser Interface (HTTP): Enabled
  

• 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 UI