Monitoring HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry
KB1230 - Jul 18, 2018
Type: Best practice
Description: How to monitor HP Blade Systems in TrueSight using Hardware Sentry.
Additional Keywords: Blade, Blade Chassis, HP, SNMP, SSH
Introduction
To monitor HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry, you can use one of the following connectors:
- MS_HW_HPBladeSystem.hdf (SNMP-based connector)
- MS_HW_HPBladeTelnet.hdf (SSH-based connector).
Procedure
Using SNMP
To monitor HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry using SNMP:
- Log in to TrueSight Presentation Server.
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Create a new policy:
- Specify the general properties and agent selection criteria.
- Add a monitoring configuration.
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Select the Hardware Monitoring Solution.
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In the Hardware Configuration section, click Add:
- Indicate the name of the device you wish to monitor
- Enter the IP address of the device. If no IP address is provided, the device name previously specified will be used.
- Select Management Card/Chip, Blade Chassis, ESXi as Device Type.
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Enable SNMP and provide the required configuration information. For SNMP v1 and v2c, provide a valid SNMP community string; for SNMP v3 provide the credentials:
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Specify the connector to be used:
- Select Use Specified Connectors.
- In the Connector File Names field, enter MS_HW_HPBladeSystem.hdf.
- Click OK.
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Click Save. After a few minutes, your device will be displayed in TrueSight:
Using SSH
To monitor HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry using SSH:
- Log in to TrueSight Presentation Server.
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Create a new policy:
- Specify the general properties and agent selection criteria.
- Add a monitoring configuration.
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Select the Hardware Monitoring Solution.
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In the Hardware Configuration section, click Add:
- Indicate the name of the device you wish to monitor
- Enter the IP address of the device. If no IP address is provided, the device name previously specified will be used.
- Select Management Card/Chip, Blade Chassis, ESXi as Device Type.
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Enable SSH and provide the required configuration information:
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Specify the connector to be used:
- Select Use Specified Connectors.
- In the Connector File Names field, enter MS_HW_HPBladeTelnet.hdf.
- Click OK.
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Click Save. After a few minutes, your device will be displayed in TrueSight: