Description

This connector discovers Emulex HBAs of servers running UNIX or Linux using the hbacmd utility provided with the Emulex Drivers.

Target

Typical platform: Any system with Emulex

Operating systems: Linux, Oracle Solaris

Prerequisites

Relies on: Emulex's hbacmd utility

Technology and protocols: System Commands

This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the command below:

• hbacmd

This connector therefore needs to run as root or you need to configure a privilege-escalation mechanism like sudo on the managed host to allow the monitoring account to run the command listed above.

Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above command to be run as root by the patrol account:

patrol ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: hbacmd

Connector Activation Criteria

The Emulex HBAs (hbacmd) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all of the criteria below are met:

• The command below succeeds on the monitored host
  • Command: hbacmd ListHBAs
  • Output contains: Port WWN (regex)