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Brocade SAN Switches

ZenPacks.zenoss.BrocadeMonitor

BrocadeMonitor allows you to monitor Brocade Storage Area Network (SAN) switches.

Releases

Version 2.1.1- GitHub Repo: Released on 2014/10/23: Compatible with Virtana Service Dynamics 4.1.x, Virtana Service Dynamics 4.2.x, Virtana Service Dynamics 5.0.x

Prerequisites

Prerequisite

Restriction

Product

Zenoss platform 4.x

Required ZenPacks

ZenPacks.zenoss.BrocadeMonitor, ZenPacks.zenoss.StorageBase

Configuring Brocade Devices to Allow SNMP Queries

Configure the Brocade devices to allow SNMP queries from the Virtana platform server, and send SNMP v1 or SNMP v2 traps to the Virtana platform server.

Configuring Virtana platform

All Brocade devices must exist under the /Devices/Storage/Brocade device class.

  1. Navigate to the device or device class in the Virtana platform interface.

    • If applying changes to a device class:

      1. Select the class in the devices hierarchy.

      2. Click Details.

      3. Select Configuration Properties.

    • If applying changes to a device:

      1. Click the device in the device list.

      2. Select Configuration Properties.

  2. Edit the appropriate configuration properties for the device or devices.

    Brocade Configuration Properties

    Name

    Description

    zSnmpCommunity

    Consult with your storage administrators to determine the SNMP community permitted

    zSnmpMonitorIgnore

    This should be set to False

    zSnmpPort

    The default port is 161

    zSnmpVer

    This should be set to v2c

  3. Click Save to save your changes. You will now be able to start collecting the Brocade switch metrics from this device.

Viewing Fibre Channel Port Information

To view the virtual servers, select Brocade Details.

Changes

2.1.1 (2014-10-23)

  • Improve performance of FCPort component grid on Zenoss 5.

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