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External Systems Configuration Guide

Nimble Storage

Nimble Storage

What is Discovered and Monitored

Protocol

Information Discovered

Metrics collected

Used for

SNMP

Host name, Operating system version, Hardware model, Serial number, Network interfaces, Physical Disks, Components

Uptime, Network Interface metrics (utilization, bytes sent and received, packets sent and received, errors, discards and queue lengths)

Availability and Performance Monitoring

SNMP

Storage Disk Utilization: Disk name, Total Disk, Used Disk, Free Disk, Disk Utilization

Availability Monitoring

SNMP

Storage Performance metrics: Read rate (IOPS), Sequential Read Rate (IOPS), Write rate (IOPS), Sequential Write Rate (IOPS), Read latency, Write latency, Read volume (KBps), Sequential Read volume (KBps), Sequential Write volume (KBps), Used Volume (MB), Used Snapshot (MB), Non-Sequential Cache Hit Ratio (FortiSIEM Event Type: PH_DEV_MON_NIMBLE_GLOBAL_STAT)

Performance Monitoring

Event Types

In ADMIN > Device Support > Event, search for "nimble" in the Description column to see the event types associated with this device.

Rules

There are no predefined rules for this device.

Reports

There are no predefined reports for this device.

Configuration

SNMP

FortiSIEM uses SNMP to discover and monitor this device. Make sure SNMP is enabled for the device as directed in its product documentation. For more information, refer to sections "Discovery Settings" and "Setting Credentials" in the User Guide.

Settings for Access Credentials

Set these Access Method Definition values to allow FortiSIEM to communicate with your device.

Setting Value
Name <set name>
Device Type Nimble Storage NimbleOS
Access Protocol See Access Credentials
Port See Access Credentials
Password config See Password Configuration

Nimble Storage

What is Discovered and Monitored

Protocol

Information Discovered

Metrics collected

Used for

SNMP

Host name, Operating system version, Hardware model, Serial number, Network interfaces, Physical Disks, Components

Uptime, Network Interface metrics (utilization, bytes sent and received, packets sent and received, errors, discards and queue lengths)

Availability and Performance Monitoring

SNMP

Storage Disk Utilization: Disk name, Total Disk, Used Disk, Free Disk, Disk Utilization

Availability Monitoring

SNMP

Storage Performance metrics: Read rate (IOPS), Sequential Read Rate (IOPS), Write rate (IOPS), Sequential Write Rate (IOPS), Read latency, Write latency, Read volume (KBps), Sequential Read volume (KBps), Sequential Write volume (KBps), Used Volume (MB), Used Snapshot (MB), Non-Sequential Cache Hit Ratio (FortiSIEM Event Type: PH_DEV_MON_NIMBLE_GLOBAL_STAT)

Performance Monitoring

Event Types

In ADMIN > Device Support > Event, search for "nimble" in the Description column to see the event types associated with this device.

Rules

There are no predefined rules for this device.

Reports

There are no predefined reports for this device.

Configuration

SNMP

FortiSIEM uses SNMP to discover and monitor this device. Make sure SNMP is enabled for the device as directed in its product documentation. For more information, refer to sections "Discovery Settings" and "Setting Credentials" in the User Guide.

Settings for Access Credentials

Set these Access Method Definition values to allow FortiSIEM to communicate with your device.

Setting Value
Name <set name>
Device Type Nimble Storage NimbleOS
Access Protocol See Access Credentials
Port See Access Credentials
Password config See Password Configuration