What is a Aruba Switch?
HPE Aruba 8400 series switches are flagship switching products manufactured and commercialized by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Aruba Switch monitoring
This package is designed to monitor an HPE Aruba 8400 switch using SNMP.
This package automatically configures the ServicePilot Agent to monitor HPE Aruba 8400 switch based on an SNMP collection
.
The statistics gathered in this way include:
- Network: Ping Response Time and Interfaces activity
- System: CPU and memory
- Environment: Chassis sensors
Requirements
SNMP Service
must be configured (Security: read-only SNMP community and allowed host must be set) and started on the targeted machine.Network Flows - It is necessary to ensure network connectivity between ServicePilot and the monitored device.
- UDP/161 (SNMP): Between ServicePilot Agent and HPE Aruba 8400
- ICMP/Echo Request (Ping): Between ServicePilot Agent and HPE Aruba 8400
- UDP/162 (SNMP Trap): (Optional) Between HPE Aruba 8400 and ServicePilot Agent
Installation
Before adding a resource to monitor, make certain that all pre-requisites are in place.
Follow the documentation to add a resource to ServicePilot.
Key field notes
General tab:
IP address/FQDN: Specify the IP address, host name or FQDN, as resolvable by the machine on which ServicePilot Agent is running
Interfaces tab:
Interfaces: Enable automatic interface discovery
Interface Filter: include only network interfaces with network connection names matching this pattern. If the first character of this field is a ! then exclude interfaces instead. The field is a | separated list of interface network connection names with * wildcard characters allowed. If the pattern starts and ends with / then this field is a regular expression instead.
Custom interface speeds (bps) separated with '|': For network interfaces that do not report correct interface speeds (for example, asymmetric interfaces), a | separated list of speed overrides can be specified. Each element of the list consists of an SNMP interface table index or name or alias, an incoming speed and an outgoing speed, comma separated.
Custom interface names separated with '|': To override the name of an interface specify a | separated list of interface index or interface name and new name, comma separated.
Discover only connected interfaces: When looking for new interfaces, ignore all interfaces that are currently disconnected
Note: Each element name in the list is a regular expression as defined by Like Operator (Visual Basic)
Monitoring Options tab:
ICMP Ping: Include ICMP Ping reachability and latency
System: Obtain CPU and memory usage
Temperature: tick to get temperature statistics
Fans: tick to get fan activity
Power Supplies: tick to power supply activity
In the Policies tab, specify the policy or policies to apply to the resource
Notes
MIBs Used:
- ENTITY-MIB
- ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB
- HOST-RESOURCES-MIB
- RFC1213-MIB
- IF-MIB
License
Object Type | License object Consumed | Condition |
---|---|---|
Ping | 1 | If ICMP Ping enabled |
Server System | 1 | If System enabled |
HPE Aruba 8400 Temperature | 1 | If Temperature enabled |
HPE Aruba 8400 Fan | 1 | If Fans enabled |
HPE Aruba 8400 Power | 1 | If Power Supplies enabled |
Network Interfaces | 1 per interface monitored | If Auto-Discover Interfaces enabled and interfaces selected |
How to install a hpe-aruba-8400 resource?
- Use your ServicePilot OnPremise installation or a SaaS account.
- Add a new hpe-aruba-8400 resource via the web interface (
/prmviews
or/prmresources
) or via API (/prmpackages
page), the default ServicePilot agent or another agent will be provisioned automatically.
Details of the hpe-aruba-8400 package are located in the
/prmpackages
page of the software.
Benefits
ServicePilot enables you to deliver IT services faster and more securely with automated discovery and advanced monitoring features.
By correlating the technology HPE ARUBA 8400 with APM and infrastructure monitoring, ServicePilot is able to provide a more comprehensive view of an organization's IT environment.
This allows IT teams to quickly identify and diagnose issues that may be impacting application performance, and take corrective action before end-users are affected.
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