How do I manually add a storage device to my network?

Note regarding adding VNX, VNXe or Unity storage devices

Note regarding uemcli versions that work with supported Dell VNXe storage devices

Note regarding adding Dell MD, IBM DS or XIV, and HP StorageWorks EVA storage devices

You can manually add a storage device to your network without using a discovery profile. Click Add Assets at the top of the Managed Assets tab on the Asset Management page (or from the Overflow Menu). 

The Add Asset form is displayed. Depending on your choice, the form can have the following sections:

• Management Level
• Asset Details
• Monitoring
• Agent Monitoring
• Config Management
• User Defined Monitoring
• Advanced Settings

Management Level

1. In the Asset Category dropdown field, select Storage Device.
2. Leave the Management Level set as Full (default).
3. In the Port Management dropdown field, specify from All Ports, Management Port Only, or No Ports.
4. In the Asset Type dropdown field, specify the type of storage device that you are adding.

Asset Details

1. Specify the zone to which the device will be added in the Zone dropdown field.
2. Enter the device name (which must be resolvable on the Entuity server) or IP address Entuity uses to poll the device in the Polled Name/IP address field.
3. Specify the device name displayed within the product in the Display Name Using dropdown field, choosing from the following:
   • Polled Name/IP address - the identifier that Entuity uses to poll the device, as specified in the Polled Name/IP address field. This is the default.
   • Resolved Name - the resolved name of the device.
   • Resolved Name (fully qualified) - the fully qualified resolved name of the device.
   • System Name - the administrator-assigned name of the device. 
   • IP Address - the management IP address of the device.
   • Custom - the name that you manually enter as a device display name.
   • System Name - the administrator-assigned name of the device.
4. Specify the IP version that will be used to communicate with the device from the IP Protocol dropdown field, either IPv4 or IPv6.

Monitoring

1. From the Connection Method dropdown field, specify the connection method to use for monitoring the  storage device. See the section earlier in this article regarding the installation of the appropriate tool for using Dell EMC VNX, VNXe or Unity storage devices. The options available will depend on the type of storage device that you are adding:
   • EMC Data Domain - EMC Data Domain (SNMP)
   • EMC VNX - Navisphere (naviseccli) or EMC VNX Control Station (SSH)
   • EMC VNXe/Unity - EMC UEMCLI (uemcli)
   • EMC Isilon - EMC Isilon (SSH), EMC Isilon (SNMP) or EMC Isilon (REST)
   • HP Nimble - HP Nimble (REST) or HP Nimble (SSH)
   • NetApp Filer - NetApp (REST) or NetApp (SNMP)
   • Pure Storage - Pure Storage (REST)

2. Click the Credential field to go to the Credential form, where you can either search from a list of shared credential sets, or create a local credential. For more information on credentials, see this section. 

   Note, when adding a Dell EMC VNX or VNXe storage device, use the 'Dell EMC Navisec' credential type.

3. Click Done on the Credential form to save your changes. Otherwise, click Cancel.
4. Optionally specify the Connection Port if it differs from the default.

Agent Monitoring

From Entuity v23.0 upwards, this section is used for monitoring Server/Storage devices with an Entuity Agent. For more information on agent monitoring, see this section.

1. Click the Agent field to go to the Select an agent form.
2. From the Select an agent form, select the Entuity Agent that you want to monitor the device. The selected agent's name and ID are then displayed in the Agent field.
3. Once you have selected the Entuity Agent that will monitor the storage device, click Done to save your changes. Otherwise, click Cancel.

Config Management

1. Specify whether to enable configuration management on the asset in the Enabled field.
2. Click the Credential field to go to the Credential form, where you can either search from a list of shared credential sets, or create a local credential. For more information on credentials, see this section. 
3. Click Done on the Credential form to save your changes. Otherwise, click Cancel.

User Defined Monitoring

Here you can specify the credentials that will be applied to any user defined REST poller that you might create and add to the current device.

1. Click the Credential field to go to the Credential form, where you can either search from a list of shared credential sets, or create a local credential. For more information on credentials, see this section.
2. Click Done on the Credential form to save your changes. Otherwise, click Cancel.

For more information on user defined REST polling, see this section.

Advanced Settings

1. From the Use SNMP Bulk Get dropdown field, do one of the following:
   • Select Yes if you want to receive back multiple GetNext responses in a single packet.
   • Select No if you want to receive back the normal 1 GetNext response.
2. In the SNMP Port field, specify on which port the device's SNMP agent receives its requests. By default, this is set to the default UDP port 161.
3. Specify the SNMP timeout, in seconds, in the SNMP Timeout (seconds) field.
4. Specify the number of SNMP retries in the SNMP Retries field.
5. Specify the maximum SNMP packet size Entuity uses when polling devices in the Max Packet Size (bytes) field.
6. Once you have specified the parameters of the server, click Done to save your changes. Otherwise, click Cancel.

Note regarding adding VNX, VNXe or Unity storage devices:

To manage VNX storage devices, you must have Dell's Navisphere CLI tool installed before starting Entuity.

To manage VNXe or Unity storage devices, you must have Dell's Unisphere CLI tool installed before starting Entuity.

The command line name of the tools are naviseccli and uemcli. For Entuity to manage these devices, the Collection Engine must have access to the tool commands:

• On Linux, the tool must be installed locally in the root directory using .rpm files:
  • /opt/Navisphere
  • /opt/emc/uemcli
• On Windows, the default install locations are:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\EMC\Navisphere CLI
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell EMC\Unity\Unisphere CLI

Note regarding uemcli versions that work with supported Dell VNXe storage devices:

The following uemcli versions work with the EMC VNXe storage devices supported by Entuity:

• version 5.0.3.984728
• version 5.0.2.890972

Note, there are severe known issues with version 1.5.4.1.0027.

Note regarding adding Dell MD, HP StorageWorks EVA, or IBM DS or XIV storage devices:

The following devices require the following third-party binaries to be installed on the Entuity server (with the binaries in the path):

• Dell MD (CLI) - dellmdcli, uses SMcli.
• HP StorageWorks EVA (SSSU) - hpevacli, uses sssu.
• IBM DS (CLI) - ibmdscli, uses SMcli.
• IBM XIV (CLI) - ibmxivcli, uses xcli.