EMC CLARiiON (NaviCLI) data source

09/09/2022 Contributors

Before configuring this data source, make sure that the EMC Navisphere CLI is installed on the target device and on the Insight server. The Navisphere CLI version must match the firmware version on the controller. For performance data collection, statistics logging must be turned on.

NaviSphere Command Line Interface syntax

naviseccli.exe -h <IP address> -user <user> -password <password> -scope
<scope,use 0 for global scope> -port <use 443 by default> command

Terminology

OnCommand Insight acquires the following inventory information from the EMC CLARiiON 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

Disk

Storage

Storage Processor

Storage Node

Thin Pool, RAID Group

Storage Pool

LUN

Volume

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

Requirements

An IP address of each CLARiiON storage processor
Read-only Navisphere username and password to the CLARiiON arrays
NaviCLI must be installed on the Insight server/RAU
Access validation: Run NaviCLI from the Insight server to each array using the above username and password.
NaviCLI version should correspond with the newest FLARE code on your array
For performance, statistics logging must be turned on.
Port requirements: 80, 443

Configuration

Field

Description

CLARiiON storage

IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the CLARiiON Storage

User Name

Name used to log into the CLARiiON storage device.

Password

Password used to log into the CLARiiON storage device.

CLI Path to navicli.exe path or naviseccli.exe path

Full path to the navicli.exe OR naviseccli.exe executable

Advanced configuration

Field

Description

Inventory Poll Interval (min)

Interval between inventory polls (default 40 minutes)

Use Secure Client (naviseccli)

Select to use secure client (navseccli)

Scope

The secure client scope. The default is Global.

CLARiiON CLI Port

Port used for CLARiiON CLI

Inventory External Process Timeout (sec)

External process timeout (default 1800 seconds)

Performance Poll Interval (sec)

Interval between performance polls (default 300 seconds)

Performance External process timeout (sec)