XIV Storage sensor

The XIVStorageSensor discovers storage resources related to SAN (Storage Area Network) by extracting data from IBM XIV Storage System.

The storage resources discovered by the XIVStorageSensor include storage array, storage volumes, FC ports, storage pools and disk drives. The sensor uses XCLI connection to retrieve the data.

The XIVStorageSensor discovers world wide port name (WWPN) of the hosts for creating relationship to host volumes, which requires HostStorageSensor to run on hosts.

The XIVStorageSensor is enabled by default in the Level 2 and Level 3 discovery profile.

Sensor name used in the GUI and logs

XIVStorageSensor

Limitations

Sensor does not discover FC Port Type because it is discovered by TPCStorageSensor for the same objects.

Sensor setup requirements

You must have XCLI application installed on the host. It must be able to reach XIV Storage System through XCLI native protocol. Configure IP address and path of the host, where the XCLI application is installed.

Requirement: XIV Storage System version 4.5 is required.

XIV endpoint might not have SSH enabled and, as a result, Ping sensor returns no objects. In such case, create a new profile and enable the following platform property:

com.collation.pingagent.ports=7778,22,135