Documentation forStorage Resource Monitor

Monitor HPE MSA Gen 6 (1060, 2060/2062) and Gen 7 (2070/2072) Swordfish arrays in SRM

HPE MSA storage arrays are monitored through a RESTful onboard API called Swordfish.

For information on enabling, see the Enable an HPE MSA (Swordfish) array knowledge base article.

After enabling the array, you can begin monitoring as described in Add your storage array for monitoring with SRM.

Supported versions and models

The minimum supported firmware for HPE MSA is IN210P002.

Supported HPE MSA models are Gen 6 (1060, 2060/2062) and Gen 7 (2070/2072).

The SMI-S subsystem has been removed from the array firmware IN210R004, and Swordfish API support was added, but this firmware version is superseded. HPE recommends upgrading to the minimum supported version, IN210P002, which is the most recent firmware version.

Capacity

Users may experience capacity discrepancies between HPE MSA GUI and SRM due to different number systems:

  • Binary base (base 2 - 1024 B) - units: GiB, TiB

  • Decimal (base 10 - 1000 B) - units: GB, TB

The system number can be changed in the HPE MSA vendor GUI to match values in SRM (Settings > Users > Edit User > Base Preference: Base 10 > Apply Changes). Moreover, the HPE MSA system reserves between 8 MB and 2 GB for configuration data. Therefore, up to 2 GB may be reported as in use even if no user data has been written to the system.

Swordfish implementation

Swordfish is an extension of the DMTF hedfish specification. It defines a RESTful interface and provides a unified model for the storage and server management. Available endpoints and properties may vary, depending on vendor implementations of Swordfish standard.

Hardware Health supportability

Hardware health monitoring is available, when enabled, for the following sensors in HPE MSA arrays:

  • Enclosure

  • Power Supply

  • Battery

  • Fan

  • Temperature

  • Drives

  • Ports

Migration of monitoring protocol

Migration from SMI-S to Swordfish REST API is not supported. Users who want to monitor HPE MSA using Swordfish must add an array using new entry HPE MSA (Swordfish) in the Enrollment Wizard.

Known issues and troubleshooting

HPE MSA polling may fail due to issues with the management controller. To resolve this intermittent issues, follow these steps:

  1. Connect to CLI using SSH (SolarWinds PuTTY).
  2. Enter the command 'restart mc both full' to restart both management controllers, which affects API and WebUI.

    3. Restarting the controller causes a reset of performance counters and is expected to impact the next performance poll.