The IBM SVC data source collects inventory and performance data using SSH, supporting a variety of devices that run the SVC operating system. The list of supported devices includes models such as the SVC, the v7000, the v5000, and the v3700. Refer to the Insight data source support matrix for supported models and firmware versions.
OnCommand Insight acquires the following inventory information from the IBM SVC 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 |
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Drive | Disk |
Cluster | Storage |
Node | Storage Node |
Mdisk Group | Storage Pool |
Vdisk | Volume |
Mdisk | Backend LUN |
If you are reusing an existing keypair, you must convert them from Putty format to OpenSSH format.
Field | Description |
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Cluster/s IP | IP address of fully-qualified domain name for the SVC storage |
Choose 'Password' or 'OpenSSH Key File' to specify credential type | The credential type used to connect to the device via SSH |
Inventory User Name | User name for the SVC CLI |
Inventory Password | Password for the SVC CLI |
Full Path to Inventory Private Key | Full path to the Inventory private key file |
Performance User Name | User name for the SVC CLI for performance collection |
Performance Password | Password for the SVC CLI for performance collection |
Full Path to Performance Private Key | Full path to the Performance private key file |
Field | Description |
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Inventory Poll Interval (min) | Interval between inventory polls (default 40 minutes) |
Exclude Devices | Comma-separated list of device IDs to exclude from inventory collection |
SSH Process Wait Timeout (sec) | SSH process timeout (default 200 seconds) |
Performance Poll Interval (sec) | Interval between performance polls (default 300 seconds) |
Performance Exclude Devices | Comma-separated list of device IDs to exclude from performance collection |
Performance SSH Process Wait Timeout (sec) | SSH process timeout (default 200 seconds) |
To clean up dumped stats files | Select to clean up dumped stats files |