Monitoring and Management of QLogic SANbox Switches in OpStor

OpStor provides monitoring and management of QLogic SANBox switches

Models Supported

• SANbox2-64
• SANbox 5600
• SANbox 5200
• SANbox 3050
• SANbox Express 1400

Features supported

Prerequisites for monitoring QLogic SANBox Switches

• Ensure SNMP agent is running in the QLogic SANbox Switch. To view the SNMP settings
• Use the QLogic Switch telnet command "show setup snmp".
  For any changes use "set setup snmp".
• OpStor by default, uses snmp port 161 and read community 'public' for discovery. If your settings are different , please provide the same in the OpStor web-client while adding Switch.
• Register OpStor server IP address as a snmp trap destination for the QLogic Switch

Note : For more details refer QLogic Switch Management User’s Guide

Steps to add QLogic SANBox Switch in OpStor

• Navigate to Admin Tab --> Manage Storage Devices link in OpStor client
• Provide IP Address of QLogic Switch
• Choose Device Type as 'FCSwitch'
• Choose Vendor as 'SNIA FCMGMT'
• 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

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.