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Dell EMC PowerMax

Monitor PowerMax Arrays for performance and health, with Dell Unisphere API.

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Dell PowerMax dashboard - status overviewPowerMax array metrics - details viewPowerMax FE and BE directorsPowerMax replication status
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Overview

Simplify monitoring of your PowerMax infrastructure. Focus on essential insights into your PowerMax arrays.

This extension is intended for users, who:

  • Run their workloads on Dell PowerMax, for v3 and v4 hardware versions.
  • Want to extend Dynatrace insights into the storage infrastructure on which workloads depend.

This extension enables you to:

  • Monitor your PowerMax arrays using a PowerMax-specific entity model and comprehensive unified analysis views.
  • Receive alerts on performance and health issues detected in your PowerMax infrastructure.
  • Take proactive actions based on anomalies detected in PowerMax infrastructure before they affect your applications.

Use cases

  • Operational monitoring of your PowerMax array using Unisphere API in Dynatrace, integrated with related insights into the infrastructure and apps that utilize your PowerMax array.
  • Monitor resource utilization and receive alerts for detected anomalies.

Get started

The PowerMax extension runs on a Dynatrace ActiveGate and connects to the Dell Unisphere APIs.

Activate the extension in your environment via the in-product Hub, then provide the PowerMax connection and a user account to connect to Unisphere APIs.

SSL Configuration

In order to enable SSL communication between the Activegate and the Unisphere server, the CA certificate from the Unisphere server must be extracted and placed on the Activegate.

The following command can be used to get the CA certificate of the Unisphere server:

$ openssl s_client -showcerts -connect {server_hostname}:8443 \
</dev/null 2>/dev/null|openssl x509 -outform PEM > {cert_name}.pem

This PEM key file will need to be placed on any ActiveGate that is running the extension, in a location that is accessible to the extension. The recommended default location for the PEM file is:

  • Linux: 
    <CONFIG>/remotepluginmodule/agent/conf/certificates/
(default: /var/lib/dynatrace/remotepluginmodule/agent/conf/certificates/)
  • Windows: 
    %PROGRAMDATA%\dynatrace\remotepluginmodule\agent\conf\certificates

Read more about Extensions 2.0 operations in Dynatrace Documentation.

Details

The extension package contains:

  • Python scripts that implement the metric ingestion from the Dell Unisphere API, using a pull model
  • Topology and relationship definitions for physical and logical entities that comprise the PowerMax platform
  • A sample dashboard offering the PowerMax monitoring overview and status
  • Unified analysis views for each entity, leveraging the topology model for interactive analysis

Summary of the PowerMax entities monitored:

The PowerMax extension collects metrics for PowerMax entities and builds topological relationships between them so that Dynatrace performance analytics can leverage causal dependencies and surface the root causes of issues. The following entities are monitored:

  • Array
  • Storage Resource Pool (SRP)
  • Disk Group
  • Storage Group
  • Host
  • Board
  • BE Director
  • FE Director
  • RDF Director
  • EDS Director
  • IM Director
  • EM Director
  • RDFA
  • System
  • Volumes

Compatibility information

  • A Dell PowerMax array connected to the Unisphere API, reachable from an ActiveGate set up in your Dynatrace environment.
  • Unisphere API connection details: Unisphere IP, username, password, array id, and key file for authentication with the Unisphere API.
  • The Unisphere versions required are from 10.1.0.0, up to 10.1.0.2.
  • Two dashboards are available on the Dynatrace portal, one for each supported hardware version. Please select the one compatible with the monitored array.

Q&A

Q: What is the DDU Consumption of this extension?

A: The formula for DDU consumption of the extension is:

  ( ( 40 * number of Arrays)
+ ( ( 10 * number of Hosts)
+ ( ( 4 * number of Boards)
+ ( ( 9 * number of BE Directors)
+ ( ( 1 * number of EDS Directors)
+ ( ( 10 * number of FE Directors)
+ ( ( 3 * number of IM Directors)
+ ( ( 9 * number of RDF Directors)
+ ( ( 5 * number of SRPs)
+ ( ( 15 * number of Disk Groups)
+ ( ( 26 * number of Storage Groups)
+ ( ( 4 * number of Volumes)
+ ( 9 ) * 525.6 DDUs/year

DDU cost above does not include any possible Log events or Custom events triggered by the extension. For more information on this, please visit the DDU log event cost and DDU custom event cost pages.

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Extension content

Content typeNumber of items included
screen entities lists
14
metric metadata
151
screen properties
14
screen chart groups
28
alerts
5
generic relationship
14
screen layout
15
generic type
17
dashboards
2

Feature sets

Below is a complete list of the feature sets provided in this version. To ensure a good fit for your needs, individual feature sets can be activated and deactivated by your administrator during configuration.

Feature setsNumber of metrics included
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
-storage.dell.powermax--
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
BE Throughput Transferredstorage.dell.powermax.srp.BEMBTransferred-MegaBytePerSecond
BE Reqs/secstorage.dell.powermax.srp.BEReqs-Count
Host IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.srp.HostIOs-Count
Host Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.srp.HostMBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Physical Used Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.srp.PhysicalUsedCapacity-Count
Physical Used Percentstorage.dell.powermax.srp.PhysicalUsedPercent-Percent
Response Timestorage.dell.powermax.srp.ResponseTime-MilliSecond
Total Storage Resource Pool Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.srp.TotalSRPCapacity-Count
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Avg QOS Delay Per IOstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.AvgQOSDelayPerIO-MilliSecond
Avg. Write Paced Delay (ms)storage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.AvgWritePacedDelay-MilliSecond
BE Read Reqs/secstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.BEReadReqs-Count
BE Reqs/secstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.BEReqs-Count
BE Write Reqs/secstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.BEWriteReqs-Count
Host Hits/secstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.HostHits-Count
Host IO Limit Percent Time Exceededstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.HostIOLimitPercentTimeExceeded-Percent
Host IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.HostIOs-Count
Host Throughput Readstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.HostMBReads-MegaBytePerSecond
Host Throughput Writtenstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.HostMBWritten-MegaBytePerSecond
Host Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.HostMBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Host Misses/secstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.HostMisses-Count
Host Reads/secstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.HostReads-Count
Host Writes/secstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.HostWrites-Count
Percent Hitstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.PercentHit-Percent
Percent Missstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.PercentMisses-Percent
Percent Readsstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.PercentRead-Percent
Percent Writesstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.PercentWrite-Percent
RDF/S Write RTstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.RDFS_WriteResponseTime-MilliSecond
RDF Response Timestorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.RdfResponseTime-MilliSecond
Read RTstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.ReadResponseTime-MilliSecond
Response Timestorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.ResponseTime-MilliSecond
VAAI Total Command Countstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.VAAITotalCommandCount-Count
WP Countstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.WPCount-Count
Write paced delaystorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.WritePacedDelay-MilliSecond
Write RTstorage.dell.powermax.storagegroup.WriteResponseTime-MilliSecond
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Allocated Capacity (GB)storage.dell.powermax.array.AllocatedCapacity-GigaByte
BE IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.array.BEIOs-Count
BE Utilizationstorage.dell.powermax.array.BEUtilization-Percent
Cache Balancestorage.dell.powermax.array.Cache_Balance-Percent
Capacity of R1 Cache Slots in Usestorage.dell.powermax.array.CapacityR1CacheSlotsInUse-KiloByte
Capacity of R2 Cache Slots in Usestorage.dell.powermax.array.CapacityR2CacheSlotsInUse-KiloByte
DA Balancestorage.dell.powermax.array.DA_Balance-Percent
DX Balancestorage.dell.powermax.array.DX_Balance-Percent
Data Reduction Ratio on Reduciblestorage.dell.powermax.array.DataReductionRatioOnReducible-Count
Percent Disk Busystorage.dell.powermax.array.DiskUtilization-Percent
EFD Balancestorage.dell.powermax.array.EFD_Balance-Percent
FC Balancestorage.dell.powermax.array.FC_Balance-Percent
FE Utilizationstorage.dell.powermax.array.FEUtilization-Percent
FE Balancestorage.dell.powermax.array.FE_Balance-Percent
Host IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.array.HostIOs-Count
Host Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.array.HostMBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Local WP Countstorage.dell.powermax.array.LocalWPCount-Count
Local WP Used Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.array.LocalWPUsedCapacity-MegaByte
Number of R1 Cache Slots in Usestorage.dell.powermax.array.NumberR1CacheSlotsInUse-Count
Number of R2 Cache Slots in Usestorage.dell.powermax.array.NumberR2CacheSlotsInUse-Count
Data Reduction Ratiostorage.dell.powermax.array.OverallCompressionRatio-Count
Percent Cache WPstorage.dell.powermax.array.PercentCacheWP-Percent
Percent Hitstorage.dell.powermax.array.PercentHit-Percent
Percent Meta Data Backend Usedstorage.dell.powermax.array.PercentMetaBEUsed-Percent
Percent Meta Data Frontend Usedstorage.dell.powermax.array.PercentMetaFEUsed-Percent
Percent Meta Data Replication Usedstorage.dell.powermax.array.PercentMetaRepUsed-Percent
Percent Meta Data System Usedstorage.dell.powermax.array.PercentMetaSystemUsed-Percent
Percent Readsstorage.dell.powermax.array.PercentReads-Percent
Percent Writesstorage.dell.powermax.array.PercentWrites-Percent
RDFA WP Countstorage.dell.powermax.array.RDFA_WPCount-Count
RDF Utilizationstorage.dell.powermax.array.RDFUtilization-Percent
RDF Balancestorage.dell.powermax.array.RDF_Balance-Percent
Read RTstorage.dell.powermax.array.ReadResponseTime-MilliSecond
SATA Balancestorage.dell.powermax.array.SATA_Balance-Percent
SCM Balancestorage.dell.powermax.array.SCM_Balance-Percent
System Max WP Limit Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.array.SystemMaxWPLimitCapacity-MegaByte
System Max WP Limitstorage.dell.powermax.array.SystemMaxWPLimit-Count
System WP Events/secstorage.dell.powermax.array.SystemWPEvents-Count
System WP Countstorage.dell.powermax.array.WPCount-Count
System WP Used Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.array.WPUsedCapacity-MegaByte
Write RTstorage.dell.powermax.array.WriteResponseTime-MilliSecond
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Host IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.host.HostIOs-Count
Host Throughput Readstorage.dell.powermax.host.HostMBReads-MegaBytePerSecond
Host Throughput Writtenstorage.dell.powermax.host.HostMBWrites-MegaBytePerSecond
Host Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.host.MBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Read RTstorage.dell.powermax.host.ReadResponseTime-MilliSecond
Host Reads/secstorage.dell.powermax.host.Reads-Count
Response Timestorage.dell.powermax.host.ResponseTime-MilliSecond
Syscall Count/secstorage.dell.powermax.host.SyscallCount-Count
Write RTstorage.dell.powermax.host.WriteResponseTime-MilliSecond
Host Writes/secstorage.dell.powermax.host.Writes-Count
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Inbound Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.board.InboundMBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Utilizationstorage.dell.powermax.board.InterConnect-Percent
Max Speedstorage.dell.powermax.board.MaxSpeedMBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Outbound Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.board.OutboundMBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Host IO Limit IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.HostIOLimitIOs-Count
Host IO Limit Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.HostIOLimitMBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Host IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.HostIOs-Count
Host Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.HostMBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Percent Busystorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.PercentBusy-Percent
Queue Depth Utilizationstorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.QueueDepthUtilization-Percent
Read RTstorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.ReadResponseTime-MilliSecond
Syscall Count/secstorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.SyscallCount-Count
Syscall Time/secstorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.SyscallTimePerSec-MilliSecond
Write RTstorage.dell.powermax.fedirector.WriteResponseTime-MilliSecond
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Volume Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.volume.cap_mb-MegaByte
Volume Effective Used Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.volume.effective_used_capacity_gb-GigaByte
Volume Snapshotsstorage.dell.powermax.volume.num_of_snapshots-Count
Volume Clonesstorage.dell.powermax.volume.num_of_clones-Count
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Reads/secstorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.DiskReads-Count
Writes/secstorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.DiskWrites-Count
IO Densitystorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.IODensity-Unspecified
IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.IOs-Count
Throughput Readstorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.MBReads-MegaBytePerSecond
Throughput Writtenstorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.MBWritten-MegaBytePerSecond
Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.MBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Percent Busystorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.PercentBusy-Percent
Percent Free Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.PercentCapacityFree-Percent
Percent Used Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.PercentCapacityUsed-Percent
Read RTstorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.ReadResponseTime-MilliSecond
Response Timestorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.ResponseTime-MilliSecond
Total Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.TotalCapacity-GigaByte
Used Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.UsedCapacity-GigaByte
Write RTstorage.dell.powermax.diskgroup.WriteResponseTime-MilliSecond
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Disk Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.disk.capacity-GigaByte
Failed Disks Countstorage.dell.powermax.health.num_failed_disks-Count
Overall Healthstorage.dell.powermax.health.overall-Count
Health Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.health.capacity-Count
Health Configurationstorage.dell.powermax.health.configuration-Count
Health Performance HSstorage.dell.powermax.health.performance_hs-Count
Health Data Protection HSstorage.dell.powermax.health.data_protection_hs-Count
Director Port Statusstorage.dell.powermax.director.port_status-Count
Director Capacitystorage.dell.powermax.director.capacity-Count
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Percent Busystorage.dell.powermax.edsdirector.PercentBusy-Percent
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Memory Page Fall thru Timestorage.dell.powermax.imdirector.MemoryPageFallThruTime-MicroSecond
Memory Page Usagestorage.dell.powermax.imdirector.MemoryPageUsage-Count
Percent Busystorage.dell.powermax.imdirector.PercentBusy-Percent
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
RDFA WP Countstorage.dell.powermax.rdfa.RDFA_WPCount-Count
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
-storage.dell.powermax--
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.bedirector.IOs-Count
Throughput Readstorage.dell.powermax.bedirector.MBRead-MegaBytePerSecond
Throughput Writtenstorage.dell.powermax.bedirector.MBWritten-MegaBytePerSecond
Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.bedirector.MBs-MegaBytePerSecond
Percent Busystorage.dell.powermax.bedirector.PercentBusy-Percent
Read Reqs/secstorage.dell.powermax.bedirector.ReadReqs-Count
Reqs/secstorage.dell.powermax.bedirector.Reqs-Count
Syscall Count/secstorage.dell.powermax.bedirector.SyscallCount-Count
Write Reqs/secstorage.dell.powermax.bedirector.WriteReqs-Count
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Avg IO Service Timestorage.dell.powermax.rdfdirector.AvgIOServiceTime-MilliSecond
Copy IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.rdfdirector.CopyIOs-Count
Copy Throughputstorage.dell.powermax.rdfdirector.CopyMBs-MegaBytePerSecond
IOs/secstorage.dell.powermax.rdfdirector.IOs-Count
Throughput Receivedstorage.dell.powermax.rdfdirector.MBRead-MegaBytePerSecond
Throughput Sent and Receivedstorage.dell.powermax.rdfdirector.MBSentAndReceived-MegaBytePerSecond
Throughput Sentstorage.dell.powermax.rdfdirector.MBWritten-MegaBytePerSecond
Percent Busystorage.dell.powermax.rdfdirector.PercentBusy-Percent
Write Reqs/secstorage.dell.powermax.rdfdirector.WriteReqs-Count
Metric nameMetric keyDescriptionUnit
Percent Busystorage.dell.powermax.emdirector.PercentBusy-Percent

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