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Configuring the Dell EMC VNX Unified data collector

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For configuration, the Dell EMC VNX Unified (SSH) data collector requires the IP address of the Control Station and a read-only username and password.

Terminology

Cloud Insights acquires the following inventory information from this data collector. For each asset type acquired by Cloud Insights, the most common terminology used for this asset is shown. When viewing or troubleshooting this data collector, keep the following terminology in mind:

Vendor/Model Term Cloud Insights Term

Disk

Disk

Disk Folder

Disk Group

File system

Internal Volume

Storage

Storage

Storage Processor

Storage Node

Storage Pool, RAID Group

Storage Pool

LUN

Volume

Data Mover

Controller

File System mounted on a data mover

File Share

CIFS and NFS Exports

Share

Disk Volume

Backend LUN

Requirements

You need the following to configure the VNX (SSH) data collector:

  • VNX IP address & Credentials to the Celerra Control Station.

  • Read-only username and password.

  • The data collector is able to run NaviCLI/NaviSecCLI commands against the backend array utilizing the DART OS NAS heads

Configuration

Field Description

VNX IP Address

IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the VNX Control Station

User Name

User name for the VNX Control Station

Password

Password for the VNX Control Station

Advanced configiration

Field Description

Inventory Poll Interval (min)

Interval between inventory polls. The default is 40 minutes.

Performance Poll Interval (sec).

Interval between performance polls. The default is 300 seconds.

Troubleshooting

Additional information on this Data Collector may be found from the Support page or in the Data Collector Support Matrix.