Monitoring and Management of IBM DS6000 / DS8000 series storage Arrays in OpStor

OpStor provides monitoring and management of IBM DS6000 / DS8000 series storage systems

Models Supported

• IBM DS6000
• IBM DS8000

Features supported

Prerequisites for monitoring IBM DS6000 / DS8000 series Arrays

• Ensure that the IBM CIM Agent (SMI-S Provider) is installed and is running in the Array Management Host.
• Ensure that IBM DS OPEN API, DS Command Line Interface and DS Storage Manager are installed.
• Ensure that the provider installed host is reached from OpStor installed host.

Steps to add IBM DS6000 / DS8000 series Arrays in OpStor

• Navigate to Admin Tab --> 'Discovery' tab.
• Provide IP Address of the server where IBM CIM agent is running.
• Choose the Device Type as 'RAID'
• Choose the Vendor as 'IBM'
• Choose the Model as 'DS8000'
• In the 'Username' field, enter the CIM agent username.
• In the 'Password' field, enter the CIM agent password.
• Provide the Port number at which the CIM Agent is running(5989 or 5988)
• Choose whether the SSL should be Enabled(https) or Disabled(http)
• Provide the name space (by default root/ibm)
• Enter the timeout
• Click on Add Device

Note : If the Ping facility is disabled for the device, then please uncheck 'Ping the given IP' field.
Note : In case of non discovery of the device, please follow the troubleshooting tips displayed in the webclient and try re-adding the device.