3PAR InServ data source

OnCommand Insight uses the 3PAR InServ (Firmware 2.2.2+, SSH) data source to discover inventory for HP 3PAR StoreServ storage arrays.

Terminology

OnCommand Insight acquires the following inventory information from the 3PAR InServ data source. For each asset type acquired by Insight, the most common terminology used for this asset is shown. When viewing or troubleshooting this data source, keep the following terminology in mind:

Vendor/Model Term	Insight Term
Physical Disk	Disk
Storage System	Storage
Controller Node	Storage Node
Common Provisioning Group	Storage Pool
Virtual Volume	Volume

Note: These are common terminology mappings only and might not represent every case for this data source.

Requirements

IP address or FQDN of the InServ cluster
For inventory, read-only user name and password to the InServ Server.
For performance, read-write user name and password to the InServ Server.
Port requirements: 22 (inventory collection), 5988 or 5989 (performance collection) [Note: 3PAR Performance is supported for InServ OS 3.x+]
For performance collection confirm that SMI-S is enabled by logging into the 3PAR array via SSH.

Configuration

Field	Description
Cluster IP	IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the InServ cluster
User Name	User name for the InServ Server
Password	Password used for the InServ Server
SMI-S Host IP	IP address of the SMI-S Provider Host
SMI-S User Name	User name for the SMI-S Provider Host
SMI-S Password	Password used for the SMI-S Provider Host

Advanced Configuration

Field	Description
Inventory Poll Interval (min)	Interval between inventory polls (default 40 minutes)
Exclude Devices	Comma-separated list of device IPs to exclude
SSH Process Wait Timeout (sec)	SSH process timeout (default 60 seconds)
Number of SSH Retries	Number of SSH retry attempts
SSH Banner Wait Timeout (sec)	SSH banner wait timeout (default 20 seconds)
SMI-S Port	Port used by SMI-S Provider Host
Protocol	Protocol used to connect to the SMI-S provider
SMI-S namespace	SMI-S namespace
Performance Poll Interval (sec)	Interval between performance polls (default 300 seconds)
Number of SMI-S Connection Retries	Number of SMI-S connection retry attempts