Configuring a Streamvault hardware monitor entity

You can configure a Streamvault™ hardware monitor entity to monitor the health of a Streamvault™ appliance and set up notifications to be raised when problems occur.

1. In Config Tool, navigate to the Plugins task and select the Streamvault plugin role.
2. Right-click the Streamvault plugin role and click Create hardware monitor.

   

3. On the Identity tab, enter a name for the Streamvault hardware monitor in the Name field.
4. Select the General tab.
5. (Optional) If you created a Streamvault™ manager entity for your system, select the Use manager settings checkbox to use the alert configuration profile settings of the Streamvault manager.
6. In the Alert configuration profile section, select the Hardware monitor manages iDRAC alert configurations checkbox to manage alert configurations through the Streamvault hardware monitor.
7. Select the checkboxes that correlate with the Events, Severity levels, and Notification types that you want to include for this Streamvault hardware monitor.

   

8. In the Email recipients section, choose which users and user groups receive email notifications when a condition in the Alert configuration profile section is met.

   

9. In the Remote management credentials section, do one of the following:
   • Select the Hardware monitor manages iDRAC accounts checkbox to manage credentials directly through the plugin.
   • Clear the Hardware monitor manages iDRAC accounts checkbox to use iDRAC to control user and password creation.
10. (Optional) If you cleared the Hardware monitor manages iDRAC accounts checkbox, navigate to the Management tab and configure credentials directly in iDRAC.
11. (Optional) In the Settings section, you can change the default Inbound port from 65115 to your preferred choice. For more information, see Default ports used by Streamvault.

    

12. Click Apply.

1. In Config Tool, navigate to the Plugins task and select the Streamvault plugin role.
2. Right-click the Streamvault plugin role and click Create hardware monitor.

   

3. On the Identity tab, enter a name for the Streamvault hardware monitor in the Name field.
4. Select the General tab.
5. (Optional) If you created a Streamvault manager entity for your system, select the Use manager settings checkbox to use the alert configuration profile settings of the Streamvault manager.
6. In the Alert configuration profile section, select the checkboxes that correlate with the Events and Notification types that you want to apply to the Streamvault Maintenance plugin instances controlled by the Streamvault manager.
7. Under Configuration, set the wear Threshold % of the solid-state drive (SSD) at which you want to receive a notification to inform you to replace the SSD soon.
8. In the Email recipients section, choose which users and user groups receive email notifications when a condition in the Alert configuration profile section is met.

   

9. Click Apply.