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1. This widget shows graphs for the metric selected in the Metric Picker widget Alerts widget This widget displays outstanding alerts for the resource selected in the Object Relationship widget Property List widget This widget displays the properties of the resource selected in the Object Relationship widget On Windows operating systems the out of the box Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack dashboards do not display automatically You must manually import the out of the box dashboard support For step by step instructions refer to Configuring dashboards to display on Windows operating systems on page 5 Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 15 53 1003606 02 4 16 Brocade IP Troubleshooting Dashboard Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 022. Title Publication number Summary of changes Date Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for 53 1003606 01 This is a new document December VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite 2014 User Manual Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for 53 1003606 02 Updates to the installation June 2015 VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite chapter User Manual Contents About This Document Chapter 1 Chapter 2 ln this chapter dorso ma a Heese seh Sie ae v How this document is organized 0 0 0 eee eee eee eee v Supported software ooococccccccc eana v Supported hardware 2 0 cee ees vi What s new in this document 0 0 0 cece eee ee o vi Document Conventions 00 ec ee ann vi Text formatting wicca eae a ace vi Notes cautions and warnings 0 e eee eee eee eee vii Key TERNS soi Satine hain ee Seat ate densi date Gee vii Notice to the reader 1 1 ccc eee eee vii Additional information 0 00 0 eee eens vii Brocade r SOUICES 1 eens viii Other industry reSOUICES 1 eee viii Document feedback 0 0 cc ee ee eens viii Installation In this Chapter ssid iaasa asr a a aaa arch ered Siac bea poe ae 1 OVEPVIEW accio 1 Brocade VCS Ethernet feature limitationS 1 Installation chs Reve ave eras Sega a 1 Software requirementS 0000 eee eee 1 Installing the adapter instance 002 c eee 2 Configuring the VCS Ethernet credenti
3. Brocade IP adapter for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite the affected resource event severity event cause and recommended action TABLE 2 VCS events RASlog ID Resource Severity Cause Recommended action FW 1426 Device Warning Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy Replace the faulty or missing power supply state This occurred because the number of faulty or missing power supplies is greater than or equal to the policy set by the switchStatusPolicySet command FW 1427 Device Warning Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy Replace the faulty power supply state This occurred because the number of faulty power supplies is greater than or equal to the policy set by the switchStatusPolicySet command FW 1428 Device Warning Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy Replace the missing power supply state This occurred because the number of missing power supplies is greater than or equal to the policy set by the switchStatusPolicySet command FW 1430 Device Warning Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy Replace the faulty temperature sensor state This occurred because the number of faulty temperature sensors is greater than or equal to the policy set by the switchStatusPolicySet command A temperature sensor is faulty when the sensor value is not in the acceptable range or is faulty Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 11 53 10036
4. Manual vii 53 1003606 02 Brocade resources To get up to the minute information go to http my brocade com to register at no cost for a user ID and password White papers online demonstrations and data sheets are available through the Brocade website at http www brocade com products solutions products index page For additional Brocade documentation visit the Brocade website http www brocade com Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware Other industry resources For additional resource information visit the Technical Committee T11 website This website provides interface standards for high performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel storage management and other applications http www t11 org For information about the Fibre Channel industry visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association website http www fibrechannel org Document feedback viii Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document However if you find an error or an omission or you think that a topic needs further development we want to hear from you Forward your feedback to documentation brocade com Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your comment including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement
5. a valid health state Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 Resources Chapter 2 In this chapter e RESAMEES DI aoc ow atic es aed eel cae AS AI is ie eel F GG Ree asar prada raras T VCS FADME ESOS carr a Chat Ere ran 7 VGO NOUS TESQMICES ia la aes 8 Menace FESCUICOS 95 porra ARA A 9 Resources overview Health Tree A resource is an entity in your network for which the Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite collects data A resource can be a VCS fabric VCS node or interface such as offline ports online Edge ports and online Fabric ports The health tree Object Relationship widget displays the relationship between various resources using a parent child relationship The VCS fabric resource is the parent for all VCS nodes that belong to the VCS fabric Interfaces on the VCS node display as a metric group within a resource group on the VCS node resource VCS Fabric resources The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite collects the following data for a VCS fabric resource e VCS Fabric Name The name of the VCS fabric e P Address The IP address of the principal switch or Logical IP address e Product Type The fabric s product type which is a Layer 2 switch e VCS Mode The VCS mode of the switch The value is Enable
6. configuration mode of the fabric which is Local Only for a management fabric and fabric RBridge ID The routing bridge identifier associated with the VCS fabric member Status The health status of the switch Vendor The switch vendor always Brocade Model The switch model type VDX 6710 VDX 6720 or VDX 6730 Port Count The number of ports on the switch Firmware The firmware version and build number AG mode Indicates whether Access gateway is enabled or not MAC Address The MAC address of the VCS node The MAC address is the unique identifier for the VCS node resource Multicast Indicates whether multicast is enabled or disabled in the VCS node VCS node metrics Click a VCS node in the Brocade IP Resources list to display the VCS node metrics in the Metric Picker widget The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite collects the following metrics for VCS node resources CPU Usage The percentage of the node s CPU usage Memory Usage The percentage of the node s Memory usage Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 Interface resources 2 Interface resources Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 Interface resources display as children of the VCS Node resource Interfaces are groupe
7. vRealize Operations Management Suite as well as any specific firmware requirements TABLE 1 Network OS supported hardware Device name Firmware level required Brocade VDX 2740 switch 5 0 or later Brocade VDX 6740 switch 5 0 or later Brocade VDX 6740T switch 5 0 or later Brocade VDX 6740T 1G switch 5 0 or later Brocade VDX 8770 with 40G 10G Base T 100G by line card 5 0 or later What s new in this document The following changes have been made since this document was last released e Information that was added Installing the adapter instance Configuring dashboards to display on Windows operating systems e Information that was changed Creating the adapter instance Brocade IP Troubleshooting Dashboard e Information that was deleted None For further information about new features for this release refer to the release notes Document conventions vi This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this document Text formatting The narrative text formatting conventions that are used are as follows bold text Identifies command names Identifies the names of user manipulated GUI elements Identifies keywords and operands Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 italic text Provides emphasis Identifies variables Identifies paths and Internet addresses
8. 06 02 3 VCS fabric and node events TABLE 2 VCS events RASlog ID Resource Severity Cause Recommended action FW 1431 Device Warning Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy Replace the faulty or deteriorating fan state This occurred because the number of faulty fans is greater than or equal to the policy set by the switchStatusPolicySet command A fan is faulty when the value is not in the acceptable range or is faulty FW 1432 Device Warning Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy Replace the faulty WWN card state This occurred because the number of faulty World Wide Name WWN cards is greater than or equal to the policy set by the switchStatusPolicySet command FW 1433 Device Warning Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy Execute the firmware Show command to verify if state This occurred because the number of both the CPs has compatible firmware levels faulty CPs is greater than or equal to the policy Execute the firmware Download command to set by the switchStatusPolicySet command The install the same level of firmware to both CPs CPs are not redundant If you power cycle a Replace any faulty CPs If you reset the chassis in dual domain configuration and then micro switch the latch on the CP blade on the reset the micro switch of the active CP before active CP before the heartbeat was up on a the heartbeat is up this will cause both CPs to power cycle and the CPs came up come up in
9. 53 1003606 02 e o gt Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User s Guide Version 1 1 BROCADE Copyright 2014 2015 Brocade Communications Systems Inc All Rights Reserved Brocade the B wing symbol Brocade Assurance ADX AnylO DCX Fabric OS Fastlron HyperEdge ICX MLX MyBrocade Netlron OpenScript VCS VDX and Vyatta are registered trademarks and The Effortless Network and the On Demand Data Center are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems Inc in the United States and in other countries Other brands and product names mentioned may be trademarks of others Notice This document is for informational purposes only and does not set forth any warranty expressed or implied concerning any equipment equipment feature or service offered or to be offered by Brocade Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time without notice and assumes no responsibility for its use This informational document describes features that may not be currently available Contact a Brocade sales office for information on feature and product availability Export of technical data contained in this document may require an export license from the United States government The authors and Brocade Communications Systems Inc assume no liability or responsibility to any person or entity with respect to the accuracy of this document or any loss cost liability or d
10. 6 02 VCS fabric split and merge scenarios 1 In the right pane select the adapter name and click Edit Object Enter a new value for the Collection Interval Minutes The default collection interval is 2 minutes Click OK Configuring dashboards to display on Windows operating systems On Windows operating systems the out of the box Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack dashboards do not display automatically You must manually import the out of the box dashboard support To configure dashboards to display on Windows operating systems complete the following steps 1 Open a Command prompt and navigate to the Install_Home vmware vcenter operations vmware vcops tools vcopscli directory Where Install_Home is the vRealize Operations Manager installation location Type vcops cli bat file import reskndmetric Install_Home vmware vcenter operations vmware vcops user plugins inbound BrocadeIPAdapter conf PropertiesInteractionMode xml 1 title BrocadeAdapterPropertyInter force and press Enter Make sure that the import was successful Navigate to the Install_Home vmware vcenter operations vmware vcops tools dbcli directory Type dbcli bat dashboard import admin Install1_Home vmware vcenter operations vmware vcops user plugins inbound BrocadeIPAdapter conf da shboards BrocadeIPTroubleshooting xml force and press Enter Make sure that the import was successful Refresh the vRealize Operations Manager interface VCS fab
11. Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 Chapter Installation 1 In this chapter OE Ske et ie Win ee the adore ec ca eee in en aaah dnd 1 E EET E ETE E E E N E EE E E EN E EE E E Re he 1 e VCS fabric split and me rge Scenarios isis accdsedcie rr 5 Overview You can use the Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite to collect VCS Ethernet fabric data VCS node interface and metric data from Brocade VCS devices data source Once collected the system analyzes the data by learning the behavior of the data checking the data and correlating the data The system then stores the data in a repository Based on this output the system sends alerts to other applications Such as SMARTS e mail and SNMP traps Brocade VCS Ethernet feature limitations The following features are not supported in this release e VDX device in standalone mode e Connected end device display e FC ports e IPvG e More than one adapter instance Installation The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite manages data from one or more Brocade VCS devices specified in the adapter To install the adapter refer to the VMware vRealize Adapter documentation Software requirements e Network OS 5 0 or later e VMware vCenter Server 5 5 or later e vRealize Operations Manager 6 0 or later Brocade I
12. Identifies document titles code text Identifies CLI output Identifies command syntax examples For readability command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed lettercase for example switchShow In actual examples command lettercase is all lowercase Notes cautions and warnings The following notices and statements are used in this manual They are listed below in order of increasing severity of potential hazards NOTE A note provides a tip guidance or advice emphasizes important information or provides a reference to related information ATTENTION An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data Key terms For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel see the Brocade Glossary For definitions of SAN specific terms visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at http www snia org education dictionary Notice to the reader This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations These trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations These references are made for informational purposes only Corporation Referenced trademarks and products VMware Inc VMware Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry specific documentation that you might find helpful Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User
13. N A Multicast Warning Multicast is disabled on this product Enable multicast on the product N A Multicast Info Multicast is enabled on this product No action is required 12 Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 Event handling configuration 3 Viewing alerts 1 Select Dashboard gt Brocade IP Troubleshooting 2 Click a VCS fabric in the Brocade IP Resources widget to display the VCS nodes specific to the fabric in the Object Relationship widget 3 Click a VCS node in the Object Relationship widget to display the alerts specific to the fabric or node in the Alerts widget 4 Review the alerts Table 2 details the SNMP events sent to the Brocade IP adapter for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite the affected resource event severity event cause and recommended action Event handling configuration You must configure vRealize Operations Manager and Brocade VCS devices to enable event handling so that the adapter receives events from Brocade VCS devices and displays the events in vRealize Operations Manager You should also make sure that devices are configured to send traps to the Brocade IP adapter Configuring vRealize Operations Manager for event handling You must configure the UDP port in the IP device properties ipDevice properties and the firewall configuration vmware vcops firewall conf files on the vRealize Operations Manager virtu
14. P Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 1 53 1003606 02 1 Installation Installing the adapter instance To install the Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite adapter instance complete the following steps 1 Launch the vRealize Operations Manager custom user interface 2 Enter your user credentials and click Login NOTE You must have Administrator privileges 3 Inthe left pane click Administration then click Solutions The Solutions tab displays 4 Click the Add icon The Add Solution screen displays 5 Click Browse a solution 6 Select the PAK file and click Open 7 Click Upload 8 Click Next 9 Read and accept the end user license agreement and click Next 10 When installation is complete click Finish The Solutions tab displays with the Brocade IP Adapter PAK Before you create an adapter instance you must configure the following properties e Configure the VCS Ethernet Fabric IP address and credentials in the ipDevice properties file refer to Configuring the VCS Ethernet credentials on page 2 e Configure the discovery polling interval in the ipDevice properties file refer to Defining the discovery polling interval on page 3 e Configure the UDP port in the IP device properties ipDevice properties and the firewall configuration vmware vcops firewall conf files refer to Configuring
15. a non redundant state non redundant then you should reboot the CPs again to clear the problem FW 1434 Device Warning Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy Replace the faulty blade state This occurred because the number of blade failures is greater than or equal to the policy set by the switchStatusPolicySet command FW 1435 Device Warning Indicates that the switch is not in a healthy Execute the support Save command to clear out state This occurred because the flash memory the kernel flash usage is out of range The policy was set using the switchStatusPolicySet command FW 1531 Device Warning Indicates that the number of c3 discard frames Check the target device for delays has exceeded the threshold limit set by the switchStatusPolicySet command NSM 1019 Interface Info Indicates that the administrative status of the No action is required specified interface has changed to Up NSM 1020 Interface Warning Indicates that the administrative status of the Enable the interfaces specified interface has changed to Down VCS 1004 VCS node Error Indicates that a logical chassis node failed tobe 1 LC Node Running config is in mismatch added to the VCS cluster with VCS cluster 2 R Bridge ID conflict ZONE 1036 Zone Error Indicates that the Network OS cannot create the Reduce ZoneDB Memory to add a new Zone zone configuration file Typically the zone configuration configuration is too large for the memory available on the switch
16. addresses separated by commas to the same IP counter for example ipaddress 0O lt IP_address1 gt lt IP_address2 gt The first IP counters in the ipDevice properties file should start with O and increment by 1 for example ipaddress 0 ipaddress 1 ipaddress 2 and so on For SNMPv3 the following highlighted properties should be added ipaddress 0 lt ipAddress gt username 0 lt Username gt passwd 0 lt password gt snmpversion 0 v3 readCommunityString 0 public snmpUsername 0 snmpadmin1 SNMPV3 username authenticationProtocol 0 lt 1 or 2 or 3 gt 1 MD5 2 SHA 3 noAuth authenticationPassword 0 lt authentication password gt privacyProtocol 0 lt 1 or 2 or 4 gt 1 DES 2 noPriv 4 AES128 privacyPassword 0 lt privacy password gt NOTE The authentication password and privacy password must be a minumum of 8 characters 4 Select File gt Save VCS fabrics are rediscovered every 15 minutes Therefore if you add a new IP address the device displays in the vRealize Operation Manager interface after rediscovery 15 minutes The discovery polling interval is specified in the ipDevice properties file refer to Defining the discovery polling interval on page 3 Defining the discovery polling interval The discovery polling interval is specified in the ipDevice properties file The default discovery polling interval is 15 minutes To define the discovery polling interval for an adapter instan
17. al machine s IP 1 Open the ipDevice properties file in a a text editor such as Notepad The ipDevice properties file is located in the usr lib vmware vcops user plugins inbound BrocadelPAdapter conf directory on the vRealize Operations Manager virtual machine s IP 2 Add the SNMP trap receiver port number using the following format snmptrap receiver portNumber 16201 The default SNMP trap receiver port is 16201 Select File gt Save 4 Open the vmware vcops firewall conf file in a text editor such as Notepad The vmware vcops firewall conf file is located in the opt vmware etc directory on the vRealize Operations Manager virtual machine s IP 5 Add the UDP port numbers any number where socket can be opened using the following format UDPPORTS SUDPPORTS 16201 The default UDP port is 16201 6 Select File gt Save Launch the vRealize Operations Manager custom user interface Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 13 53 1003606 02 3 Event handling configuration 8 Enter your user credentials and click Login NOTE You must have Administrator privileges 9 Inthe left pane click Administration then click Cluster Management The Cluster Management tab displays 10 Take the node offline by clicking the Take Node Offline Online icon in the Nodes in the vRealize Operations Manager Cluster area 11 Bring the node online by clicking the Take N
18. als 2 Defining the discovery polling interval 3 Creating the adapter instance 000 e eee eee 4 Defining the default collection interval 4 Configuring dashboards to display on Windows operating systems5 VCS fabric split and merge scenarios o ooooococcocooco om 5 Resources ln CAS CHAPTER oe coins aora aroa ipa ahia akea aa E a Aia EEEE a 7 Resources OVErVIEW 0 ce eee eee 7 Health Tree varo na heen ee ak Bae eels ee 7 VCS Fabric resources 2 1 cee eee 7 Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 iii VCS Node reSOUICES e ed ee eee eee eee 8 VES node MECO ici to Ac ake wee Beate 8 Interface reSOUI CES viii eta ed Ta wa oe 9 Interface Met Fa et is ii is a dd 9 Chapter 3 Event Handling Insthis chapter ii A A Fhe ks 11 VCS fabric and node eventS 0 cece eee 11 Viewing alertS ovioororcrriin a A a 13 Event handling configuration 0 0 0 cece eee eee mo 13 Configuring vRealize Operations Manager for event handling 13 Very INS alertS oia dr alee tons 14 Chapter 4 Brocade IP Troubleshooting Dashboard Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 About This Document In this chapter How this document IS DIPBNIZEd 10 cc reece yee absence rea v Supported SOWAT aia ceded acc e ninaa e Aide
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20. ce complete the following steps 1 Open the ipDevice properties file in a a text editor such as Notepad The ipDevice properties file is located in the usr lib vmware vcops user plugins inbound BrocadelPAdapter conf directory on the vRealize Operations Manager virtual machine s IP Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 1 Installation 2 3 Configure the discovery polling interval using the following format discovery polling interval 3 Select File gt Save Creating the adapter instance You must create an adapter instance to start VCS fabric information collection You must add a Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite adapter instance in vRealize Operations Manager for each embedded adapter Before creating an adapter instance make sure you meet the following requirements Make sure to specify the VCS Ethernet Fabric IP address and credentials refer to Configuring the VCS Ethernet credentials on page 2 Make sure to specify the discovery polling interval refer to Defining the discovery polling interval on page 3 Make sure to specify the UDP port in the IP device properties the firewall configuration files refer to Configuring vRealize Operations Manager for event handling on page 13 To add the Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Manageme
21. d E dy E E aoe v o O vi e What s new IN THIS GOCUITIENL icc acce rendre eer eee IIA vi a al AAA nee oma meee ae vi Additonal MOMA 4545 Peter eke R INTRE vii DOCUMENT TESCO DECK rro a AAA AA A AAA viii How this document is organized This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as possible This document supports the Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite The document contains the following components e Chapter 1 Installation provides installation requirements and instructions e Chapter 2 Resources provides information about the resources available for the Brocade IP Management adapter e Chapter 3 Event Handling provides information about the events that display and configuring event handling e Chapter 4 Brocade IP Troubleshooting Dashboard provides using and create dashboards Supported software The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite is supported with the following software versions e Network OS 5 0 or later e VMware vCenter Server 5 5 or later e vRealize Operations Manager 6 0 or later Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual v 53 1003606 02 Supported hardware Table 1 lists the hardware platforms supported by this release of the Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware
22. d into the following categories Offline Ports Online Edge Ports and Online Fabric Ports The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite collects the name and metrics for an interface resource Interface metrics The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite collects the following metrics for interface resources Tx MB sec The total number of megabytes transmitted from the point of time the counter was reset Rx MB sec The total number of megabytes received from the point of time the counter was reset Tx Utilization The percentage of data transmitted to the maximum amount of data that can be transmitted Rx Utilization The percentage of data received to the maximum amount of data that can be received Tx Discard Packet The number of outbound packets discarded even though no errors are detected to prevent transmission One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space Rx Discard Packet The number of inbound packets discarded even though no errors are detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher layer protocol One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space Rx Error The number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher layer protocol Tx Error The number of outbound packets not transmi
23. es with the VCS fabric it changes back to a valid health state VCS node joins a VCS fabric managed by Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack When a new VCS node joins a VCS fabric or a new VCS fabric is discovered the new resources display in vRealize Operations interface with valid health states and relationships VCS fabric splits and the new VCS fabric is not managed by Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack When a VCS node moves from Fabric A to Fabric B or when Fabric A splits into Fabric A and Fabric B and Fabric B is not managed by the Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack all resources moved from Fabric A change to an unknown health state until purged 3 weeks New principal node elected in the VCS fabric When the principal node for a VCS fabric changes and a new principal node is elected the new VCS fabric resource using the new principal node WWN as the key for the VCS fabric displays in the Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack The VCS fabric resource with the old principal node WWN changes to an Unknown health state until it is purged or becomes the principal node for the VCS fabric again Principal node segments from the existing VCS fabric When a principal node segments from the fabric the VCS fabric resource in the Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack remains the same The VCS nodes that are not part of the new VCS fabric will be set to an unknown health state The VCS nodes that are part of this VCS fabric will be set to
24. if the device is a VCS Fabric or Disable if it is a standalone switch e VCS ID The VCS ID configured in the fabric e Config Mode The configuration mode of the fabric which is Local Only for a management fabric and fabric e Node Count The number of fabric nodes in the fabric e Principal Switch WWN WWN of the Principal Switch Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 7 53 1003606 02 2 VCS Node resources Status The health status of the switch Vendor The switch vendor always Brocade Model The switch model type VDX 6710 VDX 6720 or VDX 6730 Port Count The number of ports on the switch Firmware The firmware version and build number VCS Node resources VCS Node resources display as children of the VCS Fabric resource The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite collects the following data for a VCS node resource VCS Fabric Name The name of the VCS fabric member IP Address The IP address of the switch System OID The system s object identifier Product Type The fabric s product type which is a Layer 2 switch Serial The VCS fabric member s serial number VCS Mode The VCS mode of the switch Displays Enable if the device is a VCS Fabric or Disable if it is a standalone switch VCS ID The VCS ID configured in the fabric Config Mode The
25. nt Suite adapter instance complete the following steps 1 2 Launch the vRealize Operations Manager custom user interface Enter your user credentials and click Login NOTE You must have Administrator privileges In the left pane click Administration then click Solutions The Solutions tab displays with the Brocade IP Adapter PAK Select the Brocade IP Adapter PAK and click the Configure icon The Manage Solutions Brocade IP Adapter dialog box displays Type Brocade IP Adapter in the Display name field Optional Enter a description for the adapter in the Descriptions field Click Save Settings Once created the system queries the VCS Ethernet fabric data from the Brocade VCS devices every 3 collection cycles By default the collection cycle is set to 2 minutes in vRealize Operations Manager Performance statistics are collected every collection cycle To change the default collection interval refer to Defining the default collection interval on page 4 Defining the default collection interval To define the collection interval for an adapter instance complete the following steps 1 2 3 In the left pane of vRealize Operations Manager click the Administration icon Click Environment Overview and expand Adapter Instances in the center pane Expand Brocade IP Adapter Instance and select the adapter name Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 100360
26. ode Offline Online icon in the Nodes in the vRealize Operations Manager Cluster area Verifying alerts When you complete configuration of vRealize Operations Manager and any VCS devices for event handling generate events in the VCS device to verify the alerts in the vRealize Operations Manager interface Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 Chapter Brocade IP Troubleshooting Dashboard 4 The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite comes with a custom dashboard for troubleshooting You can access these dashboards from the Dashboards menu To view a dashboard select Dashboard gt Brocade IP Troubleshooting The Brocade IP Troubleshooting dashboard contains the following widgets Brocade IP Resources widget This widget displays all VCS fabric and node resources collected by the adapter Select a resource in this widget to populate the Object Relationship widget Object Relationship widget This widget displays the relationship of the selected resource to other resources in the VCS fabric Select a resource in this widget to populate the Alerts Metric Picker and Property List widgets Metric Picker widget This widget displays the metrics available for the resource selected in the Object Relationship widget Select a resource in this widget to populate the Metric Graph widget Metric Chart widget
27. ric split and merge scenarios Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite uses one VCS node called the principal node to discover all other devices in a VCS fabric If the principal node or any other node in the VCS fabric lose connectivity segment or becomes unreachable one of the following actions may occur VCS fabric split with both VCS fabrics managed by Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack This is a Seamless operation The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack lists all resources in the Health Tree and Resource Detail screens When a switch leaves Fabric A to join Fabric B and both Fabric A and B are managed by a single vRealize Operations adapter all resources displayed with the parent child relations set appropriately VCS node leaves a VCS fabric managed by Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack 1 VCS fabric split and merge scenarios When a VCS node leaves the VCS fabric for any reason the VCS node resource changes to an Unknown state in the vRealize Operations interface The vRealize Operations interface maintains state of all collected resources even when the resources no longer exists for a minimum of 3 weeks Collected resources are purged every three weeks In this case the VCS node resource stays in the Unknown state until it is purged If the VCS node resource merg
28. tted because of errors Tx Octets Count The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface Rx Octets Count The total number of octets received on the interface Rx packet Count The total number of packets received on the interface Tx packet Count The total number of packets transmitted out of the interface Double click an interface metric to display the metric in the Metric Chart widget 10 2 Interface resources Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 Chapter Event Handling 3 In this chapter SAS TAD ADA HOGS EVENE e cece a ein ia aed Dal near Bik ele 11 Event handling CONTMBUION 63 aaa AREA 13 VCS fabric and node events The Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite displays SNMP events received from one or more VCS devices as alerts on the associated resource These events are externally managed which means that the events remain outstanding until a cancellation event occurs For example an interface offline event cancels an earlier interface online event for the same interface within a VCS node resource and a Multicast enable event cancels an earlier disabled event Before you can view event alerts you must configure event handling for vRealize Operations Manager and VCS devices refer to Event handling configuration on page 13 Table 2 details the SNMP events sent to the
29. vRealize Operations Manager for event handling on page 13 Configuring the VCS Ethernet credentials After you create the adapter instance you must specify the IP address and credentials for the VCS Ethernet fabric The VCS Ethernet fabric properties are specified in the ipDevice properties file NOTE The VCS Ethernet fabric IP address and credentials must match the device configuration 1 Loginto the vRealize Operations Manager appliance virtual machine through the CLI 2 Open the ipDevice properties file in a text editor Such as Notepad The ipDevice properties file is located in the usr lib vmware vcops user plugins inbound BrocadelPAdapter conf directory on the vRealize Operations Manager virtual machine s IP Brocade IP Analytics Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite User Manual 53 1003606 02 Installation 1 3 Configure the IP address and credentials for a VCS Ethernet fabric using the following format ipaddress 0 lt IP_address1 gt lt IP_address2 gt username 0 lt username gt passwd 0 lt password gt snmpversion 0 lt SNMP version v1 v2 v3 gt readCommunityString 0 lt SNMP read community string gt ipaddress 1 lt IP_address1 gt username 1 lt username gt passwd 1 lt password gt snmpversion 1 lt SNMP version v1 v2 v3 gt readCommunityString 1 lt SNMP read community string gt If one or more VCS Ethernet fabrics have the same credentials enter all appropriate IP
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