RSAEvent Source Configuration Guide

EMC Clariion or VNX

Last Modified: Thursday, January 09, 2014
Event Source (Device) Product Information
EMC

Vendor
Event Source (Device)

Clariion / VNX (formerly known as Clariion

Navisphere)
Navisphere 6.28 and Unisphere 1.1

Supported Versions/Platforms

RSA Product Information

Supported Version
Event Source (Device) Type
Collection Method
Event Source (Device) Class.Subclass
Content 2.0 Table

RSA enVision 4.0 and 4.1

clariion, 119
SNMP
Storage.Storage
Storage

This document contains the following information for the EMC Clariion / VNX event source:
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Configuration Instructions

Release Notes for Content 2.0

Release Notes for Standard Content

EMC Clariion Clariion / VNX Configuration Instructions

To configure EMCClariion / VNX, you must complete these tasks depending on your environment:
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Configure EMCClariion / VNXvia Navisphere

I. Set up Distributed Monitoring using Navisphere
II. Set up Centralized Monitoring using Navisphere

Configure EMCClariion / VNXvia Unisphere

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Configure EMCClariion / VNXvia Navisphere

To configure EMCClariion / VNXvia Navisphere:
I. Set up Distributed Monitoring using Navisphere
II. Set up Centralized Monitoring using Navisphere

Set up Distributed Monitoring using Navisphere

To set up distributed monitoring using Navisphere:

1. Log on to the EMC Navisphere Manager with administrative credentials.

2. If an Enterprise Storage window is not already open, go to File >New Enterprise Storage
Window.
3. Click on the Monitors tab.
4. Right-click the Templates folder, and select Create New Template.
5. In the General tab, set up the parameters as follow.
Field
Template Name
Events
Event Severity
Event Categories

Value
enVision
General
Informational, Warning, Error, Critical
Basic Array Feature Events, MirrorView Events,
SnapView Events, SAN Copy Events, NQM
Events, Alerts

6. In the SNMP tab, set up the parameters as follow.

Field
SNMP Management Host
Community

Value
The IPaddress of RSA enVision
public

6. Click OK.
7. Expand Storage System, right-click the storage system that you want to monitor, and select
Monitor Using Template.
8. From the drop-down list, select the RSA enVision template that you created, and click OK.

Set up Centralized Monitoring using Unisphere

To set up distributed monitoring using Unisphere:

1. Log on to the EMC Navisphere Manager with administrative credentials.

2. Create a domain that includes all the storage systems running the storage management server
software that you want to monitor.
3. Use the Portal Configuration dialog box to do the following:

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a. Add a portal (use one of the systems in the domain).

b. Assign the centralized monitoring agent to the portal configuration using the Add Storage
System right-click option.
c. Add any Agents managing legacy systems that you want to monitor to the portal.
4. In the Portal Configuration dialog box, click OK.
Note: The EMC Navisphere Manager places an icon for the centralized monitoring agent in the
Monitors tab of the Enterprise Storage window, and adds icons for any legacy systems to the
Storage tree
5. To issue commands to the centralized monitoring agent, you must add the IP address of the portal
to the monitoring agent's configuration file. On the central monitor, add the following for all the
arrays that you want to monitor to the agent.config file:
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user system@SP-A-IP-Address

user system@SP-B-IP-Address

Note: In Windows, this file is typically located at C:\Program Files\EMC\Navisphere Agent\.

For Windows, instead of directly editing the agent.config file, you can also do the configuration
using AgentInitConfig.exe located in the Agent's installation directory.
6. Use the configuration wizard or the right-click menu options to do the following:
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Add monitored Agents to the centralized monitoring configuration.

Create and apply centralized event monitoring templates to the monitoring agent.

Important: After you have created a centralized monitoring agent, do not add another centralized
monitoring agent to the configuration.
6. If an Enterprise Storage window is not already open, go to File > New Enterprise Storage
Window.
7. Click the Monitors tab.
8. Right-click the Templates folder, and select Create New Template.
9. In the General tab, set up the parameters as follow.
Field
Template Name
Events
Event Severity
Event Categories

Value
enVision
General
Informational, Warning, Error, Critical
Basic Array Feature Events, MirrorView Events,
SnapView Events, SAN Copy Events, NQM
Events, Alerts

10. In the SNMP tab, set up the parameters as follow.

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Field
SNMP Management Host
Community

Value
The IPaddress of RSA enVision
public

11. Click OK.

12. Expand the Storage System, right-click the domain that you want to monitor, and select Monitor
Using Template.
13. From the drop-down list, select the RSA enVision template that you created, and click OK.

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Configure EMCClariion / VNXvia Unisphere

To configure EMCClariion / VNXvia Unisphere, you only need to set up distributed monitoring.
To set up distributed monitoring using Unisphere:

1. Log on to the EMC Unisphere Manager with administrative credentials.

2. Click the All Systems drop-down list, and select the Clariion / VNXserver that you want to
configure.
3. Click System >Monitoring and Alerts >Notifications.
4. From the Configure tab, click Configuration Wizard, and follow these steps to complete the
configuration wizard:
a. In the Welcome to the Event Monitor Wizard window, click Next.
b. In the Wizard Template Name field, type enVision, and select Distributed Monitoring.
Click Next.
c. Ensure that all the host names are selected, and click Next.
d. Ensure that all the event categories are selected, and click Next.
e. Select General, and in the General section, ensure that All errors, warnings and
information messages is selected. Click Next.
f. Select Send SNMPTraps, and click Next.
g. Set the parameters as follow, and click Next.
Field
SNMPManagement Host
Community

Value
The IPaddress of RSA enVision
public

h. Click Finish.

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Content 2.0 Release Notes

EMCClariion / VNX Release Notes (20140109-164535)
New and Updated Event Messages in EMCClariion / VNX
For complete details on new and updated messages, see the Event Source Update Help.

EMCClariion / VNX Release Notes (20120305-123706)

New and Updated Event Messages in EMCClariion / VNX
For complete details on new and updated messages, see the Event Source Update Help.

EMCClariion / VNX Release Notes (20120105-082058)

New and Updated Event Messages in EMCClariion / VNX
For complete details on new and updated messages, see the Event Source Update Help.

EMCClariion / VNX Release Notes (20111031-165949)

What's New in This Release
RSA updated the EMCClariion / VNXevent source to Content 2.0. This event source uses the Storage
table.
Content 2.0 features new tables and improvements to the parsing of event data into variables in those new
tables.
For rules and reports, note the following:
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For factory reports, as existing event sources are converted to Content 2.0, their device-specific
reports are updated to work with the new content. In some cases, class-specific reports have
replaced device-specific reports.
Factory correlated rules have been modified to take advantage of the improved tables, variables
and parsing.
Custom rules, that involve event sources updated to work with Content 2.0, need to be rewritten.
Custom reports may not produce the same results as previously. For guidance on updating custom
reports, see the accompanying table documentation and the RSAenVision Content Inspection Tool
guide.

Content 2.0 Release Notes

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Standard Content Release Notes

EMCClariion / VNX Release Notes (20110503-142122)
What's New in This Release
RSA added support for the EMC Clariion Unisphere 1.1 event source.

New and Updated Event Messages in EMC Clariion Navisphere

For complete details on new and updated messages, see the Event Source Update Help.

Standard Content Release Notes