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. On the Managed Assets page, click the Add Assets button at the top of the page or via the Overflow Menu. 

This will open the Add Asset form on the right of the window. This form consists of 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.
2. The Management Level will be set to Full by 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 - displays the identifier it uses to poll the device as specified in the Polled Name/IP address field. This is the default.
   • Resolved Name - resolved name of the device.
   • Resolved Name (fully qualified) - fully qualified resolved name of the device.
   • System Name - administrator-assigned name of the device. Note, from Entuity v20.0 P03 upwards, System Name is no longer an option for the Display Name Using field if you are adding a non-SNMP device (i.e. Ping Only, Server or Storage device types).
   • IP Address - management IP address of the device.
   • Custom - manually enter a device display name.
   • System Name - 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. Specify the Connection Method to use to the storage device from the dropdown field. Please see the section above 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 through to the Credential form, from where you can either search from a list of shared credential sets, or create a local credential. Please see this section for further help and information on credentials. 
   • Note, when adding a Dell EMC VNX or VNXe storage device, you should use the 'Dell EMC Navisec' credential type.
3. 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 via an Entuity Agent. Please see this section for additional information on agent monitoring.

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 in the top right of the form, 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 through to the Credential form, from where you can either search from a list of shared credential sets, or create a local credential. Please see this section for further help and information on credentials. 
3. Once you have specified the parameters of the storage device, click Done in the top right of the form, 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 device currently being added to management.

1. Click the Credential field to go through to the Credential form, from where you can either search from a list of shared credential sets, or create a local credential. Please see this section for further help and information on credentials.

For further help and information on user defined REST polling, please see this section.

Advanced Settings

1. Switch on Use SNMP Bulk Get if you want to receive back multiple GetNext responses in a single packet. Leave the box unticked if you want to receive back the normal 1 GetNext response back.
2. Specify on which port the device's SNMP agent receives its requests, in the SNMP Port field. 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 in the top right of the form, 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 should 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 Dell 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.