Apple's XServe RAID Plugin

Apple's XServe RAID Plugin

XServe Raid is a device plugin specific for Apple. It is used to monitor XServe Raid device which is a high performance storage device with innovative Apple-engineered architecture.

Overview:

• SNMPTrapReciever.java and SNMPTrapReceiverPlugin.java are used in support for SNMP protocol.
• XServeDeviceDetector.java and XServeHostDetector.java are used to detect Xserve Device server and also its services.
• XServeDevicePlatformDetector.java is used to detect different platforms of XServe
• XServeInterfaceMeasurementPlugin.java is used to collect the statistics for XServe server and its services.

Usage:
To use this plugin, Follow the plugin deployment steps provided by Hyperic. After opening the URL in the browser and after logging in follow these steps:

• Click on the Browse Resources tab.
• In that page click on the Tools Menu. From that select New Platform.
• In that enter the details for General Properties. Ex: Give Name as "XServe Raid Device", Description as "This is a XServe RAID device" and Location as "Remote".
• Then enter the values for Type & Network Properties. Select the Platform Type "XServe RAID Device" from the drop down and give Fully Qualified Domain Name as "XServeRAID" then in IPAddress field enter the IPAddress of RAID Machine and give its corresponding MAC Address in the MACAddress field. Then Click Ok button.
• Now Click on the Monitor Tab. Then Set configuration properties. Give SNMP IP as the IPAddress of RAID device and SNMP port as 161(by default), SNMP version as v2c or v1, SNMPCommunity as Private or Public(by default you can set as Private), SNMPAuthType as md5 then click Ok button.
• After setting configuration properties click on the Monitor tab, Now you will be able to see XServeRAID server, its services and different metrics.

SNMP TRAP RECEIVER

SNMP TRAP Receiver Plugin

XServe Device Detector

XServe Device Platform Detector

XServe Device Product Plugin

XServe Host Detector

XserveInterfaceMeasurementPlugin

XML Files

HQ Plugin

XServe Platform

XServe Services