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Verify the monitoring of cluster and management network switches

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The cluster switch health monitor automatically attempts to monitor the switches that it discovers; however, monitoring might not happen automatically if the switches are not configured correctly. You should verify that the health monitor is properly configured to monitor your switches.

Steps

  1. To identify the switches that the cluster switch health monitor discovered, enter the following command:

    ONTAP 9.8 and later

    system switch ethernet show

    ONTAP 9.7 and earlier

    system cluster-switch show

    If the Model column displays the value OTHER, then ONTAP cannot monitor the switch. ONTAP sets the value to OTHER if a switch that it automatically discovers is not supported for health monitoring.

    Note

    If a switch does not display in the command output, you must configure discovery of the switch.

  2. Upgrade to the latest supported switch software and reference the configuration file (RCF) from the NetApp Support Site.

    NetApp Support Downloads page

    The community string in the switch's RCF must match the community string that the health monitor is configured to use. By default, the health monitor uses the community string cshm1!.

    Note

    At this time, the health monitor only supports SNMPv2.

    If you need to change information about a switch that the cluster monitors, you can modify the community string that the health monitor uses by using the following command:

    ONTAP 9.8 and later

    system switch ethernet modify

    ONTAP 9.7 and earlier

    system cluster-switch modify

  3. Verify that the switch's management port is connected to the management network.

    This connection is required to perform SNMP queries.