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OnCommand Insight

IBM XIV data source

Contributors

IBM XIV (CLI) data source inventory is performed by using the XIV command-line interface. XIV performance is accomplished by making SMI-S calls to the XIV array, which runs a SMI-S provider on port 5989.

Terminology

OnCommand Insight acquires the following inventory information from the IBM XIV 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

Disk

Storage System

Storage

Storage Pool

Storage Pool

Volume

Volume

Note

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

Requirements

  • Port requirement: TCP port 7778

  • IP address of the XIV management interface

  • Read-only user name and password

  • The XIV CLI must be installed on the Insight server or RAU

  • Access validation: Log in to the XIV user interface from the Insight server using the user name and password.

Configuration

Field

Description

IP Address

IP address or fully-qualified domain name for the XIV storage

User Name

User name for the XIV storage

Password

Password for the XIV storage

Full path to XIV CLI directory

Full path to the XIV CLI directory

Advanced configuration

Field

Description

Inventory Poll Interval (min)

Interval between inventory polls (default 40 minutes)

CLI Process Wait Timeout (ms)

CLI process timeout (default 7200000 ms)

SMI-S Host IP

IP address of the SMI-S Provider Host

SMI-S Port

Port used by SMI-S Provider Host

SMI-S Protocol

Protocol used to connect to the SMI-S provider

SMI-S Namespace

SMI-S namespace

Username

User name for the SMI-S Provider Host

Password

Password for the SMI-S Provider Host

Performance Poll Interval (sec)

Interval between performance polls (default 300 seconds)

Number of SMI-S Connection Retries

Number of SMI-S connection retry attempts