EMC VPLEX data source

09/09/2022 Contributors

For configuration, this data source requires an IP address of the VPLEX server and an administrative level domain account.

Terminology

OnCommand Insight acquires the following inventory information from the EMC VPLEX 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

Cluster

Storage

Engine

Storage Node

Device, System Extend

Backend Storage Pool

Virtual Volume

Volume

Front-End Port, Back-End Port

Port

Distributed Device

Storage Synchronization

Storage View

Volume Map, Volume Mask

Storage Volume

Backend LUN

ITLs

Backend Path

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

Requirements

An IP address of the VPLEX server
Administrative level domain account for the VPLEX server
Port 443 (HTTPS). Requires outbound connectivity to TCP port 443 on the VPLEX management station.
For performance, read-only username and password for ssh/scp access.
For performance, port 22 is required.
Validate access: Verify by using telnet to port 443. For a port other than the default port, with any browser use HTTPS://<ip>:<port>``

Configuration

Field

Description

IP address of VPLEX Management Console

IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the VPLEX Management Console

User Name

User name for VPLEX CLI

Password

Password used for VPLEX CLI

Performance Remote IP Address of VPLEX Management Console

Performance Remote IP address of the VPLEX Management Console

Performance Remote User Name

Performance Remote user name of VPLEX Management Console

Performance Remote Password

Performance Remote Password of VPLEX Management Console

Advanced configuration

Field

Description

Communication Port

Port used for VPLEX CLI

Inventory Poll Interval (min)

Interval between inventory polls (default 20 minutes)

Connection timeout (sec)

Connection timeout (default 60 seconds)

Number of Retries

Number of inventory retry attempts

Performance Poll Interval (sec)

Interval between performance polls (default 600 seconds)

Performance SSH Process Wait Timeout (sec)

SSH process timeout (default 600 seconds)

SSH Banner Wait Timeout (sec)

SSH banner wait timeout (default 20 seconds)