Adding Brocade & MDS Fibre Channel switches to CloudIQ

By | December 18, 2019
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CloudIQ collects data related to system health, configuration, capacity and performance from Connectrix products that are being monitored.

This data collection process occurs every 5 minutes and is performed by the CloudIQ Collector. Once this data has been collected, it is transferred back to CloudIQ for processing by using Secure Remote Services.

For Connectrix data to be shown within CloudIQ, the following steps must be performed:

  1. Configure B-Series switches, making sure that the switches to be monitored by using CloudIQ have:
    1. Been upgraded to FOS version 8.2.1a. Refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Administration Guide for upgrade instructions.
    2. REST API enabled on them.On each switch that the CloudIQ Collector will be accessing, run the mgmtapp -show command to validate that the REST API has been enabled. For example:switch:admin> mgmtapp --show REST Interface State: Enabled REST Session Count: 3 REST Throttling Configurations: Sample Requests : 30 Sample Time (in sec) : 30 Idle Time (in sec) : 3 KeepAlive : Enabled KeepAliveTimout : 15secIf the REST Interface State is not Enabled, run the mgmtapp –enable REST command to enable it.
    3. Increase the number of management sessions from 3 (default) to 10 by using the following command:mgmtapp –config -maxrestsession 10
  2. Configure Connectrix MDS Series switches, making sure that the switches to be monitored by using CloudIQ have:
    1. Been upgraded to 8.3(2) or above.Refer to the Cisco MDS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide for instructions.
    2. Enabled the NXAPI. For example, the following commands have been run:switch# configure terminal switch(config)# feature nxapi
  3. Download the CloudIQ Collector vApp, and then run the vApp installation program. Follow the onboarding wizard to setup the application.
  4. Once the CloudIQ Collector vApp is installed and setup, open the Collector Configuration UI and configure the switches to be collected.

Reference to above instructions: https://cloudiq.emc.com
Demo CloudIQ Here: https://cloudiq.emc.com/simulator