Cisco SAN Integration
Collect port health and utilization statistics.
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The Cisco SAN Integration is an agentless software solution that utilizes storage and network information from SNMP MIB (management information base) to gather switch performance and link error statistics in a non-intrusive manner. These switch statistics are correlated with other system-wide metrics, as well as metrics from other integrations. This integration supports Cisco Fibre Channel switches and creates an unbiased view of switch port performance. IO utilizes the data collected to track switch performance, identify oversubscribed resources, conduct historical trending analysis, and alert administrators of link error problems or performance bottlenecks. Mini-discovery requires that scheduled discovery be enabled on at least one Cisco SAN integration.
To collect FCoE metrics from Cisco switches, configure the Cisco SAN Integration to use SNMP Version 2c or 3, and leave SNMP GetBulk Operation enabled (do not click the checkbox).
Note
Occasionally, a switch might time out while collecting FCoE metrics. If this happens, increase the polling interval to allow the switch more time to process the metrics.
Prerequisites
You can configure Cisco SAN Integration for SNMP discovery.
For HBA card-HBA port associations to be discovered, the following conditions must be met, in this order:
Cisco SAN Integration needs to be set up to monitor the same environment as Microsoft Hyper-V Integration, IBM PowerVM Integration, and VMware vSphere Integration.
Cisco SAN Integration full discovery (either scheduled or manual) must have completed prior to the Microsoft Hyper-V Integration, IBM PowerVM Integration, or VMware vSphere Integration full discovery (either scheduled or manual).
If this order is changed or these conditions are not met, HBA ports are displayed without their HBA card associations.