Cisco UCS - Fabric

Host Template: Infrastructure - Cisco UCS - Fabric

Monitor your Cisco UCS Fabric with metrics for Fabric Extender health, Fabric Interconnect health, and a detailed summary of faults.

This Host Template includes the following Service Checks:

Service Check Name	Description	Default Thresholds (Warning, Critical)	UOM
UCS - Fabric - Extenders	Information about the Fabric Extenders that are part of this Fabric	N/A	N/A
UCS - Fabric - Extender Faults	Information about the Faults on this Fabric Extender	N/A	N/A
UCS - Fabric - Interconnects	Information about the Fabric Interconnects that are part of this Fabric	N/A	N/A
UCS - Fabric - Interconnect Faults	Information about the Faults on this Fabric Interconnect	N/A	N/A

Usage Instructions

Step 1: Add this Host Template

Add the Infrastructure - Cisco UCS - Fabric Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host. If the resource you're monitoring has no hostname or public IP, then open the Advanced settings pane and change Host Check Command to Always assumed to be UP.

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Host Templates to Hosts.

Step 2: Add and configure variables required for this Host Template

The Service Checks in this Host Template use the following variables, and they will be added to your Opsview Monitor instance when you import the Opspack:

UCS_CREDENTIALS

The Value is not used and therefore can be set to anything. Override the arguments with your credentials.

Parameter	Position in Variable	Name	Description
--api-server-url	Arg1	UCS API Server URL	The server URL for your Cisco UCS Manager or CIMC Supervisor
--username	Arg2	UCS Username	The username for your Cisco UCS user
--password	Arg3	UCS Password	The password for your Cisco UCS user

UCS_FAULT_SETTINGS

The Value is not used and therefore can be set to anything. Override the arguments with your settings. The fault severity must be one of; 'critical', 'major', 'minor', 'warning', 'info', 'cleared' (default: 'major'). The fault limit, limits the number of faults displayed (default: '10'). Leave this blank to display all faults.

Parameter	Position in Variable	Name	Description
--fault-severity	Arg1	UCS Fault Severity	The minimum severity level of faults to display
--fault-limit	Arg2	UCS Fault Limit	The maximum number of faults to display

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Variables to Hosts.

For mode-specific help, run the plugin with the -h -m <mode> flags. This will list the required and optional Variable Arguments for that mode. The appropriate mode for each Service Check is listed here:

Service Check Name	Mode
UCS - Fabric - Extenders	`UCS.Fabric.Extenders`
UCS - Fabric - Extender Faults	`UCS.Fabric.Ext.Faults`
UCS - Fabric - Interconnects	`UCS.Fabric.Interconnects`
UCS - Fabric - Interconnect Faults	`UCS.Fabric.Int.Faults`

SSL Certificates

Additionally, if ssl verification is required, you can use the following variable to pass in your SSL certificates for use when connecting to the service provider to gather metrics:

UCS_CERTIFICATES

The Value is not used and therefore can be set to anything. Override the arguments with your certificates.

Parameter	Position in Variable	Name	Description
--ca-path	Arg1	CA Certificate Path	Path to the CA Certificate. Optional, only required if server verification is needed
--client-cert	Arg2	Client Certificate Path	Path to the Client Certificate. Optional, only required if client verification is needed
--client-key	Arg3	Client Key Path	Path to the Client Key. Optional, only required if client verification is needed