Monitoring feasibility details required

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management On-Premise (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management SaaS (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

One of our customers wants to monitor the devices listed below under UIM (Nimsoft) monitoring. Could you please confirm if these devices can be monitored by UIM (Nimsoft). If yes, could you please provide some documentation or techdoc links including probe name by which these devices can be monitored.

1) HMC

2) IBM Storage - IBM storage 5010  (Flashsystem)

3) Dell DD - Dell EMC -Data Domain is modern data protection storage system for the midsized enterprise.

4) Tape Library

5) Backup data domain

6) Security devices

7) Network devices

Environment

• DX UIM 20.4.x / 23.4.x

Cause

• Monitoring Requirements

Resolution

1. HMC
   
   HMC can be monitored via the ibmvm_rest probe.
   
   
2. IBM Storage - IBM storage 5010 (Flashsystem)
   This is not directly supported through a particular probe but it can be monitored via SNMP. It is not in the list of certified devices for snmpcollector, so you can either self-certify it or submit a certification request so it can be monitored out of the box via snmpcollector.
   
   Snmpcollector probe device certification request process
   
   
3. Dell DD - Dell EMC-Data Domain is modern data protection storage system for the midsized enterprise.
   >>>Same answer as #2.
   
   
4. SAN Switch 8960 F24(Brocade)
   Brocade Switches are supported but the '8960 F24' is not specifically mentioned/supported.
   
   
5. Tape Library TS4300 and TS3500 Tape Library
   Not currently supported. Requires Self-Certification or Device Certification process to be followed.
   
   
6. Firewall Cisco Firepower 4112 Security Appliance
   Not currently supported. Requires Self-Certification or Device Certification process to be followed.
               
7. Cisco Switch 10G(Catalyst 9500 16-port) and 1G 9200
   Not currently supported. Requires Self-Certification or Device Certification process to be followed.

Please note that anything that can leverage the use of SNMP, can be monitored by the snmpcollector probe.

If a device is not currently supported, your options include:

Self-Certification

If you would like to self-certify the device (using the OC self certification app), see the video and text content at:

Update Device Vendor Certifications for the snmpcollector Probe

Additional Information

IBM PowerVM Monitoring using REST