Monitoring and Management of Emulex HBA cards in OpStor

OpStor provides monitoring and management of Emulex LP series HBA cards

Models Supported

• LP10000
• LP10000DC-E
• LP1050DC-E
• LP9002-E
• LPe11000-E
• LP1050Ex-E
• LP-1100-M4

Features supported

Prerequisites for monitoring Emulex HBAs in OpStor

• Ensure that the HBA Agent is installed and running.
• Download URL & installation instructions for each OS is available at HBA Agent Download & Installation
• OpStor discovers the HBAs in conjunction with discovery of the host server in which the HBA is located
• Hence to monitor the HBAs, it is required to start the SNMP platform service in the host server
• Confirm that the prerequisites for monitoring the hosts are also satisfied.

Steps to add Emulex HBA in OpStor

• Navigate to Admin Tab --> Manage Storage Devices link in OpStor client
• Provide IP Address of Host server in which HBA agent is started 
• Choose Device type as Host
• Provide SNMP Port and Community string (default is 161 and public)
• If needed change the Timeout value (default is 5 seconds)
• Click on Add Device
• Host will get discovered along with the HBAs

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 readding the device.