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1. This widget displays the health and anomaly count graphs for the selected resource Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 19 53 1003192 01 4 Building a Brocade dashboard Building a Brocade dashboard When your user account is created a vCenter Operations Manager administrator assigns you to one or more user groups These user groups determine which dashboards are available to you when you first log in to vCenter Operations Manager However if the predefined dashboards do not meet your needs you can create a custom dashboards To create a new dashboard complete the following steps 1 Select Dashboards gt Add 2 Add widgets to the dashboard by dragging each widget from the left pane to the right pane For more information about widgets refer to Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets in the VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Custom User Interface 3 Select the number of columns 1 2 or 3 to use on the dashboard from the Select Layout drop down menu 4 Optional To change the size of the columns drag the divider bars under Drag to Change Layout 5 Type aname for the new dashboard in the Tab Name text box To make the new dashboard appear in a group in the Dashboards menu use the following syntax for the dashboard name dashboard group dashboard name Where dashboard group is the name of a dashboard group and dashboard name is the n2. Brocade VM Troubleshooting dashboard VM AND HOST RESOURCES SEARCH TO FIND SPECIFIC OBJECTS a A BX ALERTS SELECT OBJECT IN HEALTH TREE a 2 Bx Sl Sl wl BT Search a l Y gt El amp amp Resource Kind Name Data Source Health v Super Metric Package Resource Kind Resource Name Info Sub Type Metric Virtual Machine Ubuntu 100 Switch 10 00 00 05 1E 9B 8D 5C HT equals 0 0 0 0 FC Ports 20 04 00 05 1E 9B 8C Virtual Machine Win_VM_NPIV g 100 Switch 10 00 00 05 1E 9B 8D 5C HT equals 0 0 0 0 FC Ports 20 14 00 05 1E 9B 8C Virtual Machine vm rh64 52 106 Switch 10 00 00 05 1E 9B 8D 5C HT equals 0 0 0 0 O FC Ports 20 23 00 05 1E 98 8C Virtual Machine win2k8r2 43 168 100 Switch 10 00 00 05 1E 9B 8D SC HT equals 0 0 0 0 e FC Ports 20 04 00 05 1 9B 8C a Switch 10 00 00 05 1E 9B 8D 5C HT equals 0 0 0 0 O FC Ports 20 14 00 05 1E 9B 8C s p t ai JIL 2 Co B ENS Page 1lof55 b bl 1 25 of 1354 HEALTH TREE SELECT OBJECT IN FABRIC RESOURCES LIST a ASX METRIC SELECTOR SELECT OBJECT IN HEALTH TREE a 5lal6lx cme 52 g a els e QA amp amp AIT Bla Search 5 f if es FC Ports a H i s 20 00 00 05 1E 9B 8D 5C e i C3 Discards Resources PoweredOn all PoweredOn BnaDev CRC Errors 10 24 48 90 Encoding Errors i 3 METRIC GRAPH SELECT METRIC IN METRIC SELECTOR PAN AO Xx WARS lt TIZ A k z2 7 a CE 40 00 00 05 1
3. MAPS alerts 4 aka nisan dil kalan dd A nk da DHAN a e eo na d k i 11 Fabric and switch alerts 4 kak kk kK KK KK KK KK eee 12 Event handling configuration KK KK KK RR KK KK 12 Configuring vCenter Operations Manager for event handling 12 Configuring Brocade Network Advisor event hanaling 13 Configuring devices for event hanaling 14 Verifying alerts s naaa NA BRAKE puten tp dead 14 Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 iii Chapter 4 SAN Dashboards In this Chapte W v r xa Alana kat a QIR e R y a efa ale wale bw e aisle 15 Brocade troubleshooting dashboard overview 15 Brocade SAN Troubleshooting dashboard 16 Brocade VM Troubleshooting dashboard 17 Brocade SAN Utilization dashboard a 18 Brocade Health Overview dashboard 0 aaa 19 Building a Brocade dashboard ccc ee eee ee eee 20 Adding resource kindS 0 00 kk kk kK KK KK KK eee 21 Editing the widget name 00 kK KK KK KK KK eee 22 Launch in context support for Brocade Network Advisor 22 Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 About This Document In this chapter e How this document is organized EEEE EEEE e v Suppo
4. adapter instance resource determines how often to collect data You must define the collection interval for each adapter instance based on the Switch FC port count for the Brocade Network Advisor server Table 2 defines the collection intervals you should use based on the Switch FC port count TABLE2 Collection intervals Switch FC port count Adapter collection interval 1000 5 minutes 1000 4000 10 minutes 4000 and above 15 minutes maximum limit is 9000 including the device port To define the collection interval for an adapter instance complete the following steps 1 Select Environment gt Environment Overview 2 On the List tab select the adapter instance for which you want to configure the collection interval 3 Click the Edit Resource icon The Resource Management dialog box displays Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 4 5 Brocade Network Advisor server 1 Type the collection interval in minutes in the Collection Interval Minutes text box Click OK on the Resource Management dialog box to define the collection interval Brocade Network Advisor server Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 The Brocade Network Advisor server uses one device called the seed switch to discover all other devices in a fabric If the seed switch or any other device in
5. and those with higher severity levels are forwarded By selecting Warning traps with Warning Error Critical Alert and Emergency severity levels are forwarded 13 Select the SAN tab The products available to which you can add a trap filter display in the Available Products list 14 Select the products you want in the Available Products list and click the right arrow button to move them to the Selected Products list By default all traps are listed in the Available Traps list under the folders for the MIB to which they belong Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 13 53 1003192 01 3 Event handling configuration 15 16 17 18 Select the MIB Alias check box to display trap aliases Select BD MD and SW MB from the Available Trap Type list and click the right arrow button to move them to the Selected Trap Type list Click OK on the Add Trap Filter dialog box SNMP Traps and Syslog messages from the selected switches or fabric will now be forwarded to the configured destination server Click OK on the SNMP Trap Forwarding dialog box Configuring devices for event handling 1 Login to the device 2 Use the snmptraps send trap name bd trap to send bottleneck traps To remove an old bottleneck event from the interface use the snmptraps send trap name bd clear trap to clear bottleneck traps 3 Use the snmpconfig show snmpv1 command to make sure th
6. headless version The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite enables you to launch Brocade Network Advisor for fabrics switches and switch ports from the following page and widgets Environment Overview page Resource Detail page Resources widget Health Tree widget To launch Brocade Network Advisor complete the following steps 1 22 Select a fabric switch or switch port from the Environment Overview page Resource Detail page Resources widget or Health Tree widget BROCADE FABRIC RESOURCES SEARCH TO FIND SPECIFIC OBJECTS a 5jlalplx ka 5 w amp F Search a Open Brocade Fab Ta Fabric 9 100 Test 100 it FVT 18 1 Switch sw74 100 10 00 00 14 C9 DA 88 2F 172 28 24 74 100000051EDA29B4 4 w FIGURE 7 Launch in context list Click the Open in external application icon on the toolbar and select Open Brocade Network Advisor from the list Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01
7. is in a down state e Switch resource violation Monitors the system RAM flash CPU and memory e Switch Security violation Monitors monitors different security violations on the switch and takes action based on the configured thresholds and their actions Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 11 53 1003192 01 3 Event handling configuration Fabric and switch alerts The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite displays the CIM event and SNMP trap alerts from the fabric and switch resources The following table lists the CIM event and SNMP trap alerts that display and details the associated resource for each of the events with their type and severity level TABLE 3 Fabric and switch alerts Name Type Level Associated Resource Zone DB Change event CIM Indication Informational Fabric Zone set Activate Event CIM Indication Informational Fabric Port Online SNMP Trap Informational Switch Port Offline SNMP Trap Critical Switch Bottleneck detected SNMP Trap Critical Switch Bottleneck cleared SNMP Trap Informational Switch Map Events CIM Indication Warning Switch Event handling configuration You must configure vCenter Operations Manager and Brocade Network Advisor to enable event handling so that the adapter receives events from Brocade Network Advisor You should also make sure that devices are configured to send tra
8. received data to the maximum amount of data that can be received e Top 25 Port Tx Utilization widget This widget displays the 25 ports with the highest percentage of transmitted data to the maximum amount of data that can be transmitted e Top 25 Port Rx MB sec widget This widget displays the 25 ports with the highest number of megabytes received from the point of time the counter was reset e Top 25 Port Tx MB sec widget This widget displays the 25 ports with the highest number of megabytes transmitted from the point of time the counter was reset e Top 25 Host System Read Rate KBPS widget This widget displays the 25 host systems with the highest disk read rate in KiloBytes per second KBps e Top 25 Host System Write Rate KBPS widget This widget displays the 25 host systems with the highest disk write rate in KiloBytes per second KBps 18 Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Brocade Health Overview dashboard 4 Brocade Health Overview dashboard HEALTH OVERVIEW EI STATUS FILTER Health E m n WORLD 1 of1 VCENTER SERVER 1 of 1 HOST SYSTEM 20f2 DATASTORE 2 0of2 FABRIC 5 of 6 a g E VIRTUAL MACHINE 3 of g o m SORT BY az Xx Dasnboard 1001S EDIT CLONE INTERACTIONS DELETE CREATE TEMPLATE SHARE EXPORT IMPORT ALERTS a v7lalBlx cre Gr 5 El amp amp Sub Type Resource Name
9. the fabric loose connectivity segment or becomes unreachable one of the following actions may occur Fabric split with both fabrics managed by single Brocade Network Advisor server This is a seamless operation The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite lists all resources the Health Tree and Resource Detail screens When a switch leaves Fabric A to join Fabric B and both Fabric A and B are managed by a single BNA server all resources displayed with the parent child relations set appropriately Switch leaves a fabric managed by single Brocade Network Advisor server When a switch leaves the fabric for any reason the switch resource changes to an Unknown state in the Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite The adapter maintains state of all collected resources even when the resources no longer exists for a minimum of 3 weeks Collected resources are purged every three weeks In this case the switch resource stays in the Unknown state until it is purged If the switch resource merges with the fabric it changes back to a valid health state Switch joins a fabric managed by single Brocade Network Advisor server When a new switch joins a fabric or a new fabric is discovered in the Brocade Network Advisor server the new resources display in Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite with valid health states and
10. 22 00 00 20 37 E1 A RIC GRAPH SELECT METRIC IN METRIC SELECTOR Pha 1 O x Windows 2012 172 L e i J A MBA R2 lt lt JS IK 47 r E n A 1 Test17 CPUU g ye 71 H 7 ATA j 1 i 6 41 04 PM Jan 17 Jan 17 Jan 17 Jan 17 aa 17 Jan 17 FabricEO3C 7 10 AM 9 30 AM 11 50 AM 2 10PM 4 30 PM 6 50 PM Showing 1 of 1 Na 4 iTest17 j FIGURE 2 Brocade SAN Troubleshooting dashboard The Brocade SAN Troubleshooting dashboard contains the following widgets e Brocade Fabric Resources widget This widget displays all fabric and switch resources collected by the adapter Select a resource in this widget to populate the Health Tree widget Health Tree widget This widget displays the relationship of the selected resource to other resources in the fabric Select a resource in this widget to populate the Alerts and Metric Selector widgets e Alerts widget This widget displays outstanding alerts dynamic and hard threshold violations and informational alerts sent by the server for the selected resource e Metric Selector widget This widget displays the metrics available for the selected resource Select a resource in this widget to populate the Metric Graph widget Metric Graph widget This widget shows graphs for the selected metric 16 Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Brocade VM Troubleshooting dashboard 4
11. 53 1003192 01 ji 23 Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User s Guide Version 1 0 BROCADE Copyright 2014 Brocade Communications Systems Inc All Rights Reserved Brocade the B wing symbol Brocade Assurance ADX AnylO DCX Fabric OS Fastlron HyperEdge ICX MLX MyBrocade Netlron OpenScript VCS VDX and Vyatta are registered trademarks and The Effortless Network and the On Demand Data Center are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems Inc in the United States and in other countries Other brands and product names mentioned may be trademarks of others Notice This document is for informational purposes only and does not set forth any warranty expressed or implied concerning any equipment equipment feature or service offered or to be offered by Brocade Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time without notice and assumes no responsibility for its use This informational document describes features that may not be currently available Contact a Brocade sales office for information on feature and product availability Export of technical data contained in this document may require an export license from the United States government The authors and Brocade Communications Systems Inc assume no liability or responsibility to any person or entity with respect to the accuracy of this document or any loss cost liability or damages a
12. E 9B 8D 5C FC Ports 20 00 00 05 1E 9B 8D 5C CRC Errors Si AG 1 Win VM NPIV a Bapata Jan 15 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 16 Jan 16 AB AS 6 40 PM 9 26 PM 12 13 AM 3 00 AM 5 46 AM Showing 1 of 1 q Ez 7 testsands datastorel 1 FIGURE 3 Brocade VM Troubleshooting Dashboard The Brocade VM Troubleshooting dashboard contains the following widgets e Brocade VM Resources widget This widget displays all virtual machine resources collected by the adapter When you select a virtual machine connected to a fabric the fabric connectivity displays in the Health Tree widget e Health Tree widget This widget displays the relationship of the selected resource to other resources in the fabric Select a resource in this widget to populate the Alerts and Metric Selector widgets e Alerts widget This widget displays outstanding alerts dynamic and hard threshold violations and informational alerts sent by the server for the selected resource Metric Selector widget This widget displays the metrics available for the selected resource Select a resource in this widget to populate the Metric Graph widget Metric Graph widget This widget shows graphs for the selected metric Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 17 53 1003192 01 4 Brocade SAN Utilization dashboard Brocade SAN Utilization dashboard Dashboard Tools EDIT CLONE INTERACTIONS DELETE CREATE TEMP
13. LATE SHARE EXPORT IMPORT TOP 25 PORT RX 3s UTILIZATION j amp X TOP 25 PORT TX UTILIZATION allyl alax TOP 25 PORT RX MB SEC ml A x ler Y Port Top 25 Highest Utilization b3 T Port Top 25 Highest Utilization lez Y Port Top 25 Highest Utilization Utilization Index Resources Utilization Index Resources Utilization Index Resources BOs port 10 AN 20 09 00 05 16 37 60 3c Es port 10 a30 BNA port2 port BAG BNA port 0 0 port3 0 0 port3 0 0 port3 0 0 port03 0 0 port03 0 0 port03 0 0 port15 0 0 port15 0 0 port15 0 0 port16 0 0 port16 0 0 port16 0 0 20 08 00 05 1E 37 E0 3C 0 0 20 08 00 05 1E 37 E0 3C 0 0 20 08 00 05 1E 37 E0 3C 0 0 20 07 00 05 1E 37 E0 3C 0 0 20 07 00 05 1E 37 E0 3C 0 0 20 07 00 05 1E 37 E0 3C TOP 25 TX MB SEC AYANG X TOP 25 HOST SYSTEM READ RATE KBPS a ly 4 8 x TOP 25 HOST SYSTEM WRITE RATE KBPS a y A x w Port Top 25 Highest Utilization lg Y Top 25 Highest Utilization w FY Top 25 Highest Utilization Utilization Index Resources Utilization Index Resources Utilization Index Resources Eoo 20 09 00 05 1 37 0 3C ASSES 172 286 28 92 HERE 172 26 28 103 C poro 0 0 EEE 172 26 28 93 0 0 port3 0 0 port03 0 0 port15 0 0 port16 0 0 20 08 00 05 1E 37 E0 3C 0 0 20 07 00 05 1E 37 0 3C 0 0 port26 FIGURE 4 Brocade SAN Utilization dashboard The Brocade SAN Utilization dashboard contains the following widgets e Top 25 Port Rx Utilization widget This widget displays the 25 ports with the highest percentage of
14. MOM port number in the Brocade Network Advisor CIMOM Port field 10 Enter the CIM Indications Listener port number in the CIM Indications Listener Port field Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 1 Installation 11 Enter the SNMP Trap Receiver port number in the SNMP Trap Receiver Port field 12 Select BNA credentials to use to sign on to the data source from the Credential list If necessary click Edit to modify the credentials 13 Optional Click Test to test the adapter instance 14 Click OK to save your configuration Once created the system queries the SAN fabric data from the Brocade Network Advisor server every 3 collection cycles By default the collection cycle is set to 5 minutes in vCenter Operations Manager Creating credentials You must define credentials for each adapter instance vCenter Operations Manager uses credentials to sign on to the Brocade Network Advisor data source To modify Brocade Network Advisor credentials complete the following steps 1 Select Brocade Fabric Adapter from the Adapter Kind list Select Brocade Network Advisor Credentials from the Credential kind list Enter BNA in the Instance name field Enter your user name in the Brocade Network Advisor User field ao e 0 N Enter your password in the Brocade Network Advisor Password field Defining the collection interval The collection interval for the
15. Operations Management Suite comes with custom dashboards for troubleshooting You can access these dashboards from the Dashboards menu To view a dashboard select Dashboard gt dashboard_name where dashboard_name is one of the following options Brocade SAN Troubleshooting Brocade VM Troubleshooting e Brocade SAN Utilization Brocade Health Overview Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 15 53 1003192 01 4 Brocade SAN Troubleshooting dashboard Brocade SAN Troubleshooting dashboard BROCADE FABRIC RESOURCES SEARCH TO FIND SPECIFIC OBJECTS a y 4 6 ALERTS SELECT OBJECT IN HEALTH TREE Ali x wee w gt FT Search a A D J Yr FH 53 amp amp Resource Name Health Identifier 1 Identifier 3 Identif Info Resource Name Resource Kind Fabric FabricED2C 100 10 00 00 05 1E 37 E0 2C 172 26 28 91 10 4 Fabric 100000051EDA29 NG 10 00 00 05 1E DA 39 B4 10 Switch Test17 10 00 00 05 1E 37 E0 2C 1045 beg mo j Sw FVT_18_tes 9 84 101 7 jats TG best 100 10 00 00 0 Page 1 of1 2 No alerts to display Switch sw74 100 10 00 00 1 8 3 6 ot sl N k METRIC SELECTOR SELECT OBJECT IN HEALTH TREE a 5 alelx Page 1lof1 1 50f5 d BA Search a HEALTH TREE SELECT OBJECT IN FABRIC RESOURCES LIST ajyilalelx Gamat sage ie o CPU Usage 36 fF si eo Q amp l amp A Y 3 amp FC Ports vCenter Operstions Generated a6 Ma i EI
16. Resource Kind Info SCAL_49_9_3 Switch HT above 95 0 gt 90 0 g SCAL_DCX4s_12 3 Switch HT above 54 0 gt 50 0 SCAL_DCX4s_24 Switch HT above 57 0 gt 50 0 SCAL DCX4s 13 3 Switch Switch O Switch O sc Switch HT above 55 0 gt 50 0 wo Ss Switch HT above 52 0 gt 50 0 o SCA_5100_203 128 Switch HT above 52 0 gt 50 0 O SCAL 49 9 3 Switch HT above 55 0 gt 50 0 Page 1lof3 gt Pl 1 25 of 55 MASHUP CHARTS AHARON cf S2 A ofala w chartcontrois i 100000051 E0EF662 Health 16 30 17 00 17 30 18 00 18 30 19 00 19 30 20 00 20 30 21 00 21 30 22 00 SWITCH 25 of 49 nnn 8 ana 8 B om ED BE KE ED EB E H storace 1 of 1 a m E m HEL pasas HB EN Mi IB E Anomaly Count Graph ra JA l A M d FIGURE 5 Brocade Health Overview dashboard The Brocade Health Overview dashboard contains the following widgets e Health Overview widget This widget displays an overview of the current operational status for each resource such as host or fabric as a colored health badge The operational status health badges include Good green Abnormal yellow Degraded orange Bad red Unknown grey with a question mark and Offline grey with an X Select a fabric widget to populate the Alerts and Mashup Charts widgets e Alerts widget This widget displays outstanding alerts dynamic and hard threshold violations and informational alerts sent by the server for the selected resource e Mashup Charts widget
17. This field is empty for Access Gateway devices Fabric Name The name of the fabric to which the switch belongs Switch WWN The WWN of the switch This is the resource key identifier for a switch resource Switch Mode Whether the switch is in AG Access Gateway mode or normal mode Switch IP Address The IP address of the switch Operational Status The operational status of the switch such as Error Degraded OK and No Contact Switch metrics Click a switch in the Switch Resources List to display the switch metrics in the Metric Selector widget The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite collects the following metrics for switch resources CPU Usage Memory Usage 96 Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 FC Port resources 2 FC Port resources Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 F port resources display as children of the Switch resource F port metrics are resource attributes for the F port resource E ports on the switch display as a metric group or resource group on the Switch resource E port metrics are a metric group or resource group on the Switch resource and each entry in this metric or resource group is the E port WWN with the same set of port metrics The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCente
18. agent CIMOM Server is listening NOTE The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite requires Professional Plus Enterprise or Headless editions It is not supported with Brocade Network Advisor Professional edition Make sure to specify the vCenter IP address and credentials in the vcenter properties file To create the Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite adapter instance complete the following steps 1 2 9 Open the launch the vCenter Operations Manager custom user interface Select Environment 5 Configuration 5 Adapter Instances The Manage Adapter Instances screen displays Select vCenter Operations Standard Server from the Collector list Select Brocade Fabric Adapter from the Adapter Kind list Click the Add New Adapter Instance icon The Add Adapter Instance screen displays Collector vCenter Operations Standard Server v Adapter Kind Brocade Fabric Adapter Adapter Instance Name Enable SSL true NA Brocade Network Advisor Host Brocade Network Advisor CIMOM Port CIM Indications Listener Port SNMP Trap Receiver Port Credential Please Select M Add Edit FIGURE 1 Add Adapter Instance screen Type Brocade Management PAKI in the Adapter Instance Name field Select true from the Enable SSL list Enter the IP address for the Brocade Network Advisor server in the Brocade Network Advisor Host field Enter the CI
19. ame of the new dashboard If the dashboard group already exists the new dashboard appears in the existing group If the dashboard group does not already exist vCenter Operations Manager adds it You can nest dashboard groups by typing multiple dashboard group names for example dashboard group dashboard group dashboard name NOTE Only the dashboard name appears in the Dashboard menu and on the dashboard tab 6 Optional Make the new dashboard your default dashboard by selecting Yes next to Mark as Default 7 Click OK to save your changes For more information about building and managing dashboards refer to Chapter 3 Designing Your Workspace in the VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Custom User Interface 20 Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Building a Brocade dashboard 4 Adding resource kinds You must add one or more of the following resource kinds to the Resource widget Fabric Switch Port e Storage To add resources to the widget complete the following steps 1 Click the Edit Resources icon on the Resource widget s toolbar 2 Select one or more of the resource kinds see list above in the Select which tags to filter list to configure the Resources widget to show only resources that have these tag values H Adapter Instances 3 Resource Kinds H Analytics resource 1 H Application 1 J Brocade Fabric Ad
20. apter Instance 1 H CIQAdapter Adapter Instance 1 J Collector resource 1 J Container Adapter Instance 1 4 Datacenter 2 4 Datastore 2 DB 1 J Entire Enterprise 1 J Fabric 3 4 Folder 1 Host System 2 Http Post Adapter Instance 1 H MQ resource 1 OS 1 Port 13 H Resource Pool 3 J Storage 1 H Switch 5 FIGURE6 Select which tags to filter list 3 Click OK to save your changes For more information about configuring individual widgets refer to Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets in the VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Custom User Interface Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 21 53 1003192 01 4 Launch in context support for Brocade Network Advisor Editing the widget name You can customize the name of a widget to make it more meaningful to you To customize a widget name complete the following steps 1 2 3 Click the Edit Resources icon on the widget s toolbar Type another name in the Widget title text box to customize the name of the widget Click OK to save your changes For more information about editing widgets refer to Chapter 4 Using and Configuring Widgets in the VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide Custom User Interface Launch in context support for Brocade Network Advisor NOTE Launch in context is not supported on Brocade Network Advisor
21. at the v1 traps are forwarded to Brocade Network Advisor If the Brocade Network Advisor server does not display in the list use the snmpconfig set snmpvi command to add it 4 Use the snmpconfig show snmpv3 to make sure that the v3 traps are forwarded to Brocade Network Advisor If the Brocade Network Advisor server does not display in the list use the snmpconfig set snmpv3 command to add it Verifying alerts When you complete configuration of vCenter Operations Manager Brocade Network Advisor and any devices for event handling generate events in Brocade Network Advisor to verify the alerts in the vCenter Operations Manager Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Chapter SAN Dashboards 4 In this chapter e Brocade troubleshooting dashboard overview eee kk 15 Brocade SAN Troubleshooting dashboard isa aw n a wanan ama 16 Brocade YM Troubleshooting dashboard s i sa su yk aw iw sane 17 Brocade SAN Utilization dashboard so a wa Nka ka kaka lek alla ena 18 e Brocade Health Overview dashbOdid s cala kak kk ak alla KKK a a kana a 19 e Building a Brocade dashboard 206 6000 ceive awk alal aa anl aa Waa a al 20 e Launch in context support for Brocade Network Advisor 22 Brocade troubleshooting dashboard overview The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter
22. ation dictionary Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Notice to the reader This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations These trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations These references are made for informational purposes only Corporation Referenced trademarks and products VMware Inc VMware Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry specific documentation that you might find helpful Brocade resources To get up to the minute information go to http my brocade com to register at no cost for a user ID and password White papers online demonstrations and data sheets are available through the Brocade website at http www brocade com products solutions products index page For additional Brocade documentation visit the Brocade website http www brocade com Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware Other industry resources For additional resource information visit the Technical Committee T11 website This website provides interface standards for high performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel storage management and other applications http www t11 org For information about the Fibre Channel industry visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association webs
23. blication number Summary of changes Date Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for 53 1003192 01 New document January 2014 VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual Contents About This Document Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Installation In this chapte ni a Ske St GERA b aka kd a diyay at wane aca NN End 1 OVERVIEW 2 Sia ded ana ado arene dev at to eee mane sade sa A NAG 1 Brocade Network Advisor feature limitations 1 lnstallatiOi AA 2 Software requirements eee 2 Configuring vCenter properties KK kk 2 Creating the adapter instance eee eee 3 Defining the collection interval KK KK RR KK 4 Brocade Network Advisor server a 5 Resources In this chapter ann a a ka kaya aa He h a laya a ka aa a a W 7 Resources overview 44k kk kk kk eee ee eee 7 Health Tree ga a aka ala a anal addres ak arada a DOLE ak a E aria aoe were yd 7 Fabric resur CES sa 3xna naaa NITA NINDA NIANG KAGAD NAA wae 8 Switch TESOUFCES teso ABAKA kd DAGANG tanked an k d d y n k a aD kh a 8 Switch MOUS eos a 4 aa aa iad ad anan ana a a a ana a anak anaa a kaya RNGA 8 FC Port rESOUICES s t x a ayina ka Ed sed did daar av 2 2 A keene canda 9 Port m tilC S lt A ocaxa dla En Akar TAP Ea a kan dua 9 SAN Event Handling I this chapter HHHH H HH NG 11 SAN VENTS a SA an a daa WANNA W Y NN NALANG 11
24. il and SNMP traps NOTE The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite requires Professional Plus Enterprise or Headless editions It is not supported with Brocade Network Advisor Professional edition Brocade Network Advisor feature limitations Table 1 details the feature limitations based on the version of Brocade Network Advisor that you use for the data source TABLE 1 Brocade Network Advisor feature limitations Brocade Network MAPS Events Port metrics Switch metrics AG port metrics Advisor version support 12 1 3 or No Yes but limited support For more No No earlier information refer to Port metrics on page 9 12 1 4 or later Yes Yes Yes No 12 2 or later Yes Yes Yes Yes Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 1 53 1003192 01 1 Installation Installation The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite only manages data from one Brocade Network Advisor server however each Brocade Network Advisor server manages one or more fabrics If you need to manage more than one Brocade Network Advisor server you must create and Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite instance for each Brocade Network Advisor server To install the adapter refer to the Install the Adapter in a vApp Installation section in the VMware vCenter Adapter Installation and Co
25. ite http www fibrechannel org Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual vii 53 1003192 01 Document feedback Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document However if you find an error or an omission or you think that a topic needs further development we want to hear from you Forward your feedback to documentation brocade com Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your comment including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement viii Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Chapter Installation 1 In this chapter CONG NG AA dio den a ae ec HA AA Ba ANA aa a 1 adi AA PAA AT 2 Brocade Network Advisor server ee eee 5 Overview You can use the Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite to collect SAN data such as fabrics switches ports and metrics from a single Brocade Network Advisor server data source Once collected the system analyzes the data by learning the behavior of the data checking the data and correlating the data The system then stores the data in a repository Based on this output the system sends alerts to other applications such as SMARTS e ma
26. nfiguration Guide Software requirements e Brocade Network Advisor Professional Plus Enterprise or Headless editions e vCenter Server 5 5 e vCenter Operations Manager 5 8 Configuring vCenter properties Before you create the adapter instance you must specify the IP address and credentials for the vCenter that is registered with the vCenter Operations Manager The vCenter properties are specified in the vCenter properties file 1 Open the vcenter properties file in a a text editor such as Notepad The vcenter properties file is located in the usr lib vmware vcops user plugins inbound BrocadeFabricAdapter conf directory on the Analytics virtual machine 2 Configure the IP address and credentials for the vCenter that is registered with the vCenter Operations Manager using the following format vcenter server 1 xIP address vcenter port 1 sport numbers vcenter user 1 suser names vcenter passwd 1 lt password gt 3 Select File gt Save Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Installation 1 Creating the adapter instance You must add a Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite adapter instance in vCenter Operations Manager for each embedded adapter Before creating an adapter instance make sure you meet the following requirements Make sure that the Brocade Network Advisor server is running and the SMI
27. otal number of Link resets This count is the number of link resets received Sequence Errors The total number of primitive sequence protocol errors that detected at this port This count is part of the Link Error Status Block LESB Signal Losses The number of times the signal is lost on the Port since the last device reset This count is part of the Link Error Status Block LESB Sync Losses The number of times that synchronization is lost on the Port since the last device reset Synchronization is assumed lost which a timeout period identified by the Receiver Transmitter Timeout property is exceeded This count is part of the Link Error Status Block LESB Truncated Frames The total number of frames received at this port where the frame length was less than the minimum indicated by the frame header Tx Link Resets The total number of Link resets This count is the number of link resets transmitted Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Chapter SAN Event Handling 3 In this chapter ANEK e E E Wd care ean A E DNA 11 Event handling COT SU EA siise anak ala an k a a KAKANAN NAG 12 SAN events The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite displays Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite MAPS Fabric and Switch alerts received from the Brocade Network Advisor server Before you can vie
28. ps to Brocade Network Advisor For vCenter Operation Manager the SNMP port is specified when you create the adapter instance refer to Creating the adapter instance on page 3 Configuring vCenter Operations Manager for event handling You must configure the TCP and UDP ports in the firewall configuration vcopsfirewall conf file located in the usr lib vmware vcops user conf install directory of the Analytics virtual machine 1 Open the vcopsfirewall conf file in a text editor such as Notepad 2 Add the TCP and UDP ports port numbers any number where socket can be opened using the following format TCPPORTS TCPPORTS 5999 TCP Ports UDPPORTS UDPPORTS 16200 UDP ports Select File gt Save 4 Open a command prompt on the Analytics virtual machine and run the following commands e service vcops restart collector e etc init d vcopsfirewall restart 12 Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Event handling configuration 3 Configuring Brocade Network Advisor event handling You need to configure Brocade Network Advisor to forward SNMP events and traps to the vCenter Operation Manager SNMP listening port 1 Select Monitor gt SNMP Setup gt Trap Forwarding The SNMP Trap Forwarding dialog box displays 2 Select the Enable trap forwarding check box 3 Click Add in the Destinations area to add the vCenter Operation Manager Analytics vir
29. r Operations Management Suite collects the port WWN for a port resource The port WWN is the resource key identifier for a port resource Port metrics For Brocade Network Advisor instances running 12 1 3 or earlier the Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite collects the following metrics for port resources e C3 Discards The total number of class 3 frames that were discarded upon reception from the point of time the counter was reset e CRC Errors The number of frames received in which the CRC in a frame does not match the CRC computed by the receiver This count is part of the Link Error Status Block LESB e Encoding Errors The total number of disparity errors received at this port from the point of time the counter was reset e Link Failures The number of times a link error occurred This count is part of the Link Error Status Block LESB e Rx Utilization The percentage of data received to the maximum amount of data that can be received e Rx MB sec The total number of megabytes received from the point of time the counter was reset e Tx Utilization The percentage of data transmitted to the maximum amount of data that can be transmitted e Tx MB sec The total number of megabytes transmitted from the point of time the counter was reset For Brocade Network Advisor instances running 12 1 4 or later the Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VM
30. relationships Fabric splits and the new fabric is not managed by the Brocade Network Advisor server When a switch moves from Fabric A to Fabric B or when Fabric A splits into Fabric A and Fabric B and Fabric B is not managed by the Brocade Network Advisor server all resources moved from Fabric A change to an unknown health state until purged 3 weeks New Seed switch elected in the fabric When the seed switch for a fabric changes in Brocade Network Advisor and a new seed switch is elected the new fabric resource using the new seed switch WWN as the key for the fabric displays in the adapter The fabric resource with the old seed switch WWN changes to an Unknown health state until it is purged or becomes the seed switch for the fabric again Seed switch segments from the existing fabric When a seed switch segments from the fabric the fabric resource in the adapter remains the same The switches that are not part of the new fabric will be set to an unknown health state The switches that are part of this fabric will be set to a valid health state 1 Brocade Network Advisor server Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003192 01 Resources Chapter 2 In this chapter RESOURCES DEAN NG GA dae idence KAKA PAANAN ANA FGA Ree cabs packer KAPAG AGA ROR AKNG NAKA AAATRADANA GHANA es T PADIC TO SOL CS lt 2 cic 5554544432458400 eat DE W3 E QE EE KANAN
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32. rted SOWAT ire a BG kh dala d dll ka di dd a di ayak k A d k V Whats new IN NG AOCUMENL s KAN KNA KAN eR eee ee PAA RE TARR ee vi e DOCWINENt CONVENTIONS saa k hee ROT ER Oe PER RE RR Be vi Additional informatio sa ee ean toe es ea aaa ee i a and d vii D ocumelt fs d Das a ka ka all dl d kk anl d WUR ARAMA PA d del d KAG RANG viii How this document is organized This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as possible This document supports the Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite The document contains the following components Chapter 1 Installation provides installation requirements and instructions Chapter 2 Resources provides information about the resources available for the Brocade SAN Management adapter Chapter 3 SAN Event Handling provides information about the events that display and configuring event handling e Chapter 4 SAN Dashboards provides using and create dashboards Supported software The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite is Supported with the following software versions Brocade Network Advisor e vCenter Server 5 5 e vCenter Operations Manager 5 8 Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Man
33. splay in the interface For Access Gateway AG deployment AG switches display as a resource group In the collection data Switch Mode displays as Access Gateway and the Domain Id field is empty If you are collecting data from Brocade Network Advisor 12 2 or later data is collected for the AG ports If you are collecting data from Brocade Network Advisor 12 1 X or earlier data is not collected for AG ports and the value displays as zero Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User Manual 7 53 1003192 01 2 Fabric resources Fabric resources The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite collects the following data for a fabric resource Seed Switch IP Address The IP address of the seed switch Seed Switch WWN The world wide name WWN of the seed switch This is the resource key identifier for a fabric resource Fabric Name The name of the fabric in Brocade Network Advisor Number of Switches The number of switches in the fabric Fabric WWN The WWN of the principal switch in the fabric Switch resources Switch resources display as children of the Fabric resource The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite collects the following data for a switch resources Switch Name The name of the switch The switch name is configured on the device Domain Id The domain Id of the switch
34. tea 8 ARA a AAP AAP PA IP 8 o POPO P SOLE O Si ek reg O ez yl n a a Ee s Ena GAGE Chae UNAS ka KA 9 Resources overview Health Tree A resource is an entity in your network for which the Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite collects data A resource can be a fabric switch host storage virtual machine VM or a container that holds other resources such as applications The health tree displays the relationship between various resources using a parent child relationship The Fabric resource is the parent for all switches that belong to the fabric and the Switch resource is the parent for the F ports connected to end devices E ports on the switch display as a metric group or resource group on the Switch resource The End Devices such as Hosts Virtual Machines VM and Storage devices are parents of the Fabric resource The end device data obtained from the Brocade Network Advisor data source is correlated with the Hosts and VMs known to the vCenter registered with vCenter Operations Manager If the VM has a path to a Storage known to the vCenter and collected from the Brocade Network Advisor server the Storage resource is displayed as a parent of the Fabric For FCR deployment devices display as a storage device in the Initiator connected fabric link Note that phantom switches do not display in the interface For FCIP deployment Ve and Vex ports and tunnels do not di
35. tual machine as the trap recipient The Add Trap Destination dialog box displays 4 Enter vCOPs Trap Forward in the Description field Enter the IP address of the vCenter Operation Manager Analytics virtual machine in the IP Address field This is a mandatory field IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are accepted but a DNS name is not accepted 6 Enter the SNMP trap listening port of the recipient in the Port field This is a mandatory field Valid numeric values range from 1 through 65535 The Enable check box Add Source Address check box and SNMP Trap Repeater check box are selected by default When selected all traps whether the source is managed or unmanaged are forwarded When unselected only traps from the selected products are forwarded When selected the Open View Source Name is added to the variable binding varbind value to the trap before forwarding 7 Select a supported SNMP type from the Trap Forwarding Type list Supported SNMP types are v1 v2c and v3 The default SNMP type is v1 8 Select snmp traps for vcops in the Available Filters list and click the right arrow button to move them to the Selected Filters list 9 Click OK on the Add Trap Destination dialog box 10 Click Add in the Trap Filters area of the SNMP Trap Forwarding dialog box The Add Trap Filter dialog box displays 11 Enter snmp trap for vcops in the Filter Name field 12 Select Warning from the Severity list Traps with the selected severity
36. ual 53 1003192 01 What s newin this document This is a new document Document conventions vi This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this document Text formatting The narrative text formatting conventions that are used are as follows bold text Identifies command names Identifies the names of user manipulated GUI elements Identifies keywords and operands Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI italic text Provides emphasis Identifies variables Identifies paths and Internet addresses Identifies document titles code text Identifies CLI output Identifies command syntax examples For readability command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed lettercase for example switchShow In actual examples command lettercase is all lowercase Notes cautions and warnings The following notices and statements are used in this manual They are listed below in order of increasing severity of potential hazards NOTE A note provides a tip guidance or advice emphasizes important information or provides a reference to related information ATTENTION An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data Key terms For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel see the Brocade Glossary For definitions of SAN specific terms visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at http www snia org educ
37. w event alerts you must configure event handling for vCenter Operations Manager and Brocade Network Advisor refer to Event handling configuration on page 12 MAPS alerts For switch resources all MAPS violations on the switch display as an alert on the switch in the Health Tree for the violations received from switch or Brocade Network Advisor server Click a switch in the Health Tree to display the alerts specific to the switch in the Alerts widget The Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite displays the following MAPS violations from the switch resources e Fabric Health violation Monitors potential problems arising between devices such as zone changes fabric segmentation downed E_Ports fabric reconfiguration domain ID changes and fabric log ins e Traffic Flow violation Monitors the source and destination of traffic and flows e Switch FC Port violation Monitors the number of violations for each product based on the selected fabric and a specified time range There are four port health violation widgets All ISL Initiator and Target e Switch Policy Status violation Monitors the health of the switch by defining the number of errors that transitions the overall switch state into a state that is not healthy For example you can specify a switch policy so that if a switch has two port failures it is considered to be ina marginal state if it has four failures it
38. ware vCenter Operations Management Suite collects the following additional metrics for port resources e BB Credit Zero The total number of transitions in or out of BBcredit zero state The other side is not providing any credit e C3 Discard Others The total number of Class 3 frames discarded due to unknown reasons upon reception from the point of time the counter was reset e C3 Discard Rx Timeout The number of Class 3 receive frames discarded due to timeout upon reception from the point of time the counter was reset e C3 Discard Tx Timeout The number of Class 3 transmit frames discarded due to timeout upon reception from the point of time the counter was reset e C3 Discard Unreachable The number of Class 3 frames discarded due to destination unreachable upon reception from the point of time the counter was reset e FEC Corrected Blocks Indicates the FEC Corrected Blocks Count 2 10 FC Port resources FEC Uncorrected Blocks Indicates the FEC Uncorrected Blocks Count Invalid Ordered Sets The total number of invalid ordered sets received at the port Invalid Transmissions The number of transmission words that had an invalid character 8b10b code violation in one or more of its characters had a K28 5 8b10b control in its second third or fourth character position or had an incorrect Beginning Running Disparity This count is part of the Link Error Status Block LESB Rx Link Resets The t
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