Release Notes
This page lists the new features, improvements, changes and bug fixes in each version of Hardware Connector Library.
Hardware Connectors 11
7 Changes - Released 2018-07-18What's New
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-864 | Add support for Nimble Storage Systems |
Changes and Improvements
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-965 | Dell EMC VNX: Add support for latest version of navisseccli |
| HC-960 | Linux Network: ip is now preferred over ifconfig in 2 separate connectors |
| HC-951 | NetApp Filers: Disk Shelves are displayed as separate objects (requires ONTAP 9), System Electronics Monitoring, Part Numbers of Power Supplies |
Fixed Issues
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-966 | Oracle/Sun Solaris - Environment (prtpicl): False alarms on disabled voltage, temperature, LED and fan sensors |
| HC-962 | Fiber Alliance switches: Link Status and Bandwidth Utilization parameters not properly collected |
| HC-961 | Dell EqualLogic: Status of physical disks not properly interpreted for newer versions of EqualLogic |
Hardware Connectors 10
5 Changes - Released 2018-05-30What's New
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-956 | Add support for Hitachi VSP G Series through Storage Navigator SMI-S |
| HC-955 | Linux - Network: Add support for interface name starting with enp, ens, eno and for systems where net-tools (ifconfig) is not installed |
Changes and Improvements
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-953 | Dell Compellent: Serial Number and Service Tag added for controllers |
| HC-952 | Oracle/Sun - ZFS Storage Appliance : SSH connections are serialized to avoid connection limit |
Fixed Issues
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-946 | IBM AIX - Common: Connector not reporting network interfaces in "Dead" state |
Hardware Connectors 9
7 Changes - Released 2018-05-04What's New
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-941 | Add the monitoring of power supplies for IBM Data Power |
| HC-886 | Add support for Dell Compellent |
Changes and Improvements
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-948 | HP Insight Management Agent - Server: Power supply may be reported as Unknown when unplugged or removed |
Fixed Issues
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-949 | NetApp: Physical disks not discovered or no alarms triggered for failed disks |
| HC-947 | Dell iDRAC - Server: False alarms triggered on network cards |
| HC-945 | IBM VIO Server: LinkSpeed displayed as 10 Mbits for 10-Gbit network interfaces |
| HC-944 | Quantum Scalar i6000: False alarms generated on invalid voltage sensors |
Hardware Connectors 8
13 Changes - Released 2018-03-27What's New
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-939 | EMC Navisphere - Always alert on removed disks |
| HC-860 | EMC Data Domain: Added monitoring of battery status |
| HC-836 | Add support for HP EVA SSSU on Linux |
| HC-714 | Added: Support for EMC Celerra and EMC VNX Unified (Block and NAS credentials must be identical). Support for Global and LDAP users on EMC VNX/CLARiiON. RAID Group / Storage Pool Monitoring added. Components without a status will no longer be shown. |
| HC-560 | Add support for Quanta Rack Mount Server Unit (a.k.a. Ericsson Hyperscale) |
Changes and Improvements
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-938 | Dell iDRAC - Server connector: Improve network cards IDs to avoid false alarms and display names |
| HC-865 | Removed support for Sun/Oracle ALOM monitoring (telnet protocol is no longer supported) |
| HC-810 | Oracle X5 - /SYS/PWRBS sensor generating false alarms |
| HC-601 | IBM DS (LSI) Disk Arrays (smcli): Improved discovery and identification of hardware components |
| HC-596 | IBM HMC: Add refcode and actual time of the monitored events |
Fixed Issues
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-935 | HP ProLiant: Extraneous memory modules are discovered |
| HC-897 | SSSU Connector - Various fixes and improvements in the discovery |
| HC-664 | Brocade SAN Switches (SNMP): Inaccurate values for traffic parameters caused by 32-bit counters overflow |
Hardware Connectors 7
6 Changes - Released 2018-02-16What's New
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-708 | Add support for Synology DiskStation |
| HC-401 | Add support for IBM FlashSystem 800 / 900 Series |
Changes and Improvements
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-888 | HP ProLiant Servers (SNMP) - Serial and Model Numbers are properly reported |
Fixed Issues
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-846 | "Hitachi HDS AMS/HUS - SNM2 CLI" connector may generate false alarms for Logical Disks |
| HC-830 | Cisco UCS C-Series CIMC (SNMP): Empty slots discovered as physical disks |
| HC-576 | EMC VNXe (uemcli): Unwanted disk instances, SSL certificate issues |
Hardware Connectors 6
37 Changes - Released 2017-12-22What's New
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-819 | Add support for EMC VPLEX |
| HC-681 | Add support for HP 3PAR Storage Systems |
| HC-530 | Add support for EMC Unity Storage Systems based on the embedded SMI-S provider |
| HC-508 | Add support for EMC Isilon ONEFS 8 OS |
| HC-480 | Add support for F5 BIG-IP and Radware Load Balancers |
Changes and Improvements
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-700 | EMC DataDomain: Disk Status incorrectly reported as 'Unknown' |
| HC-647 | EMC Navisphere CLI: Add support for Linux, no longer requires administrator privileges |
| HC-615 | EMC Isilon ONEFS 8: Storage pool capacity may be wrong |
| HC-584 | Dell iDRAC - Storage: Improved Monitoring of Logical and Physical Disks |
| HC-559 | Dell M1000E Chassis: Connections Serialized to Avoid CMC Saturation |
| HC-469 | EMC DataDomain: More accurate labelling of the monitored objects |
| HC-448 | Huawei RH2288H V3 Servers: Proper Labeling of Memory modules |
| HC-444 | Fusion ioDrive: Add support for Windows |
| HC-407 | Hitachi HNAS Systems: Add monitoring of System Drives and FC Ports |
| HC-325 | Hitachi ComputeBlade 500: Add monitoring of temperature, fan, and voltage sensors |
| HC-76 | On Windows, LUNs (MPIO Disks) needs to be monitored even if no FC ports are present |
Fixed Issues
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| HC-746 | Degraded Controller Status on Disk Controllers for Oracle SPARC T5,T7 Servers |
| HC-731 | "NetApp Filer - SNMP Agent" connector generating false alarms |
| HC-694 | Missing Network Interfaces under individual Blades for Brocade SAN Switch |
| HC-627 | NetApp Filers (SNMP): Properly handle "mixed_raid_type" as the status of an aggregate |
| HC-602 | Oracle/Sun ILOM (SNMP): The status of LEDs (notably on power supplies) did not trigger alerts |
| HC-544 | Sun Iostat (Non-Sun Disks): NETAPP LUN Detected as Physical Disk |
| HC-515 | EMC Isilon ONEFS: Physical disks' status L3 generating false alarms |
| HC-514 | Cisco SAN Switches (SSH): No data collected for statistical parameters on FC ports |
| HC-507 | HP BladeSystem (SSH): The connector does not activate on newest firmware |
| HC-506 | Pure Storage: Physical disks and other components not properly attached to the enclosure |
| HC-501 | HP Insight Management (SNMP): Temperature thresholds not set correctly |
| HC-489 | VMware ESXi: Port Speed and Duplex state not collected |
| HC-475 | IBM VIOS: Errors related to ioscli in System Output Window |
| HC-460 | Cisco UCS B200: Physical Network Interfaces showing duplicate MAC addresses |
| HC-450 | EMC PowerPath: The connector did not activate when using sudo |
| HC-417 | IBM VIO Server: No collected value for traffic and LinkStatus on virtual ports in SEA Virtual Adapters |
| HC-394 | Quantum DXi (SSH): False alerts on physical disks, and various timeout error messages |
| HC-377 | EMC Isilon: A logical disk with the name of "Drives:" triggers false alerts |
| HC-336 | Oracle Netra SPARC T4-1: No CPUs discovered |
| HC-280 | EMC VNX, VNXe: uemcli and Navisphere CLI connectors both activate, "unbound state" not recognized for disks |
| HC-27 | IBM BladeCenter: Fan energy saving is not taken into account and triggers false alerts |