NetApp SolidFire Active IQ User Guide

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1 NetApp SolidFire Active IQ User Guide For Version 4.0 April 2018

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3 Table of Contents Introduction 6 Getting Started 7 Enabling Active IQ Reporting 7 Setting Up the connection.json File for Active IQ 7 Help Options for the manage-collector.py Utility 8 Logging in to Active IQ 9 Sign in with NetApp 9 Sign in with Active IQ 9 Register for Your NetApp Support Account 9 Logging out of Active IQ 10 Changing Your Active IQ Password 11 Resetting Your Active IQ Password 11 Using the Active IQ User Interface 12 Using Filters 12 Sorting Lists 12 Viewing Graphs and Selecting Date Ranges 12 Exporting List Views and Reporting Data 13 Selecting a Cluster 13 Icon Reference 14 Providing Feedback 14 Dashboard 15 All Cluster Dashboard View 15 Health 15 Capacity 15 Performance 15 Alerts 15 NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide iii

4 Viewing Alert History 15 Viewing Alert Policies 16 Adding an Alert Policy 16 Deleting an Alert Policy 17 Viewing Suppressed Clusters 17 Suppressing Cluster Notifications 17 Alert Notification 18 Capacity Licensing 18 Viewing Capacity Licensing 19 Capacity Licensing Details 19 Reporting 21 Reporting Overview 21 Capacity 22 Efficiency 22 Performance 23 Error Log 25 Events 25 Alerts 26 iscsi Sessions 26 Virtual Networks 27 API Collection 28 Nodes 30 Drives 31 Volumes 32 Active Volumes Details 32 Viewing Individual Volume Details 32 Viewing Individual Volume Performance Graphs 33 NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide iv

5 Viewing Snapshots 34 Snapshots List Details 34 Viewing Snapshot Schedules 35 Snapshot Schedules Details 35 Replication 36 Cluster Pairs 36 Volume Pairs 36 Virtual Volumes 38 Virtual Volumes Details 38 Storage Containers 39 Protocol Endpoints 39 Hosts 39 Bindings 40 Viewing HCI-Related Information 41 Viewing H-series Nodes in Active IQ 41 Contacting NetApp Support for SolidFire 42 NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide v

6 Introduction Introduction This guide provides information about how to use the SolidFire Active IQ (AIQ) user interface (UI). The SolidFire Active IQ UI includes a full set of features that enables the following functionality: Cluster Access System Monitoring Error Logging Events Alerts Virtual Networks Capacity Forecasting Capacity Licensing VVols Access to one or more clusters can be established by connecting with the management node (mnode). Information about the health, performance, and capacity of your clusters are provided in list formats and graphical formats that allow you to visualize the state of the clusters you are connected to. Immediately see errors as they occur in the system. The Error Log format is the same format used in the NetApp SolidFire web UI. Identify the key events that are occurring on the cluster. The Events list format is the same format used in the NetApp SolidFire web UI. Define and manage alerts to send an when certain events occur in the system. View configured virtual networks. Access information about current block and metadata storage capacities and forecasts. Capacity license model customers can view and monitor capacity usage. If enabled, view and export data for virtual volumes (VVols). NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 6

7 Getting Started Getting Started Active IQ from NetApp SolidFire is a web-based tool that provides continually updated historical views of cluster-wide statistics. Volumes, nodes, drives, and entire cluster data is stored for five years and is updated at regular intervals depending on the data being monitored. Notifications can be set up to alert you about specified events, thresholds, or metrics on a cluster so that they can be addressed quickly when they arise. The Active IQ tool makes monitoring capacity and performance, as well as being informed about cluster health, easy and accessible from anywhere. Enabling Active IQ Reporting Active IQ reporting capability must be enabled on the management node before the Active IQ server can connect to a cluster and receive cluster information. When the connection has been successfully set up, the cluster sends information to the Active IQ server. The cluster can then be viewed in the Active IQ UI, which displays cluster information. Follow the instructions in Setting Up the connection.json File for Active IQ. NOTE: For information about enabling reporting in previous versions of Element OS, contact NetApp Support. For further details about the management node including detailed instructions about creating support bundles, refer to the latest version of the Element OS User Guide. NOTE: Google Chrome and Firefox browsers are supported to run with Active IQ. Setting Up the connection.json File for Active IQ You must configure the connection.json file when connecting to SolidFire Active IQ from behind a proxy server. You might choose to leave out the proxy and certificates steps if they are not required in your environment. The proxyusername and proxypassword are optional even if you specify a proxy server. If you specify a proxyip, you must also specify a proxyport. NOTE: The certificates option might be required if the collector is installed on something other than a SolidFire management node. By default, the certificates option looks for the /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt file to get the set of trusted root certificates to validate the remote support server SSL certification. If that file does not exist, you can use the certificates file that is maintained by the curl project. The certificates file is located at: Save the cacert.pem file in a desired location, and point the certificates option to that file. Procedure 1. Open a terminal window and use SSH to connect to your management node. 2. Become "root" user with the following command: sudo su 3. Change to the following directory: cd /solidfire/collector 4. Change the permissions for the collector.py file to 755 with the following command: sudo chmod 755 collector.py 5. View the help to see the options that you can use to configure the connection.json file (see Help Options for the managecollector.py Utility): sudo./manage-collector.py --help 6. Set the username and MVIP for the collection configuration in the connection.json file. See the following sample input command: NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 7

8 Getting Started./manage-collector.py --set-username <username> --set-mvip <mvip> The script automatically saves the connection.json file. 7. Set the password using the set-password command. See the following sample input command:./manage-collector.py --set-password <password> NOTE: When you enter a password using the set-password command, you are prompted to enter the password, and then enter it again to confirm the password. 8. Restart the collector service with the following command: sudo restart sfcollector 9. Verify the connection is working with the following command: tail -f /var/log/sf-collector.log Help Options for the manage-collector.py Utility You can view the full list of help options that can be used to configure the connection.json file. -h, --help --config CONFIG --save-config --set-username USERNAME --set-password --set-mvip MVIP --set-remotehost REMOTEHOST --get-all --get-username --get-password --get-mvip --get-remotehost --debug Show help message and exit. Collector configuration file to manage (default:./connection.json). Save the configuration to the collector configuration file. This option is not necessary when calling any of the set commands, the config is saved automatically when using those commands. Set the cluster username in the collector configuration file. Set the cluster password in the collector configuration file. NOTE: new password will be captured at the prompt. Set the cluster MVIP in the collector configuration file. Set the remote host in the collector configuration file. Get the all parameters from the collector configuration file. Get the cluster username from the collector configuration file. Get the cluster password from the collector configuration file. Get the cluster MVIP from the collector configuration file. Get the remote host from the collector configuration file. Enable debug messages. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 8

9 Getting Started Logging in to Active IQ To begin using Active IQ, you must have an Active IQ account or be registered with NetApp. If you already have an Active IQ account, you will be able to immediately register with NetApp to gain access to the complete technical support provided by the NetApp Support Site. Procedure 1. Launch SolidFire Active IQ from the URL provided to you by your NetApp representative. 2. From the login screen, select how you wish to login: User criteria I am registered with NetApp. I have an existing Active IQ account. I am new to NetApp. Option to login Click Sign in with NetApp. Click Sign in with Active IQ. Click Register for Your NetApp Support Account. Sign in with NetApp You can access SolidFire Active IQ by using your NetApp Support credentials. Prerequisites You are a registered user with NetApp. Procedure 1. In the Welcome dialog to Active IQ, click Sign in with NetApp. 2. A new window will prompt you to enter your NetApp credentials. 3. Click SIGN IN. You are redirected to the Active IQ application. Sign in with Active IQ You can access SolidFire Active IQ by using your Active IQ credentials. Prerequisites You have an Active IQ account. Procedure 1. In the Welcome dialog to Active IQ, click Sign in with Active IQ. 2. The resulting dialog will allow you access Active IQ in two ways: a. If you already have a NetApp account, click Yes, I have an account. Proceed with the next step. b. If you do not have a NetApp account, click No, I want to register. Proceed with the registration process as described in Register for Your NetApp Support Account. 3. In the resulting dialog, enter your username and password. 4. Click Login. You are redirected to the Active IQ application. Register for Your NetApp Support Account You can access SolidFire Active IQ by using NetApp Support credentials. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 9

10 Getting Started Prerequisites You are not registered with NetApp and do not have an existing Active IQ login. Procedure 1. In the Welcome dialog to Active IQ, click Register for your NetApp Support account now. 2. In the NetApp Online Support and Communities Registration window, follow the wizard to gain access to the support site services. 3. Submit your request and save your username and password to be able to access the Active IQ application. 4. After you receive your NetApp Support account credentials, follow the steps in Sign in with NetApp. Logging out of Active IQ Follow these steps to log out of the SolidFire Active IQ interface. Procedure 1. From the top navigation bar of the Active IQ UI, click the menu button ( ). 2. Click Logout. 3. The NetApp Logout page appears. 4. You can log in again from this page by clicking here. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 10

11 Getting Started Changing Your Active IQ Password For security purposes, it is recommended that you change your initial password. NOTE: Passwords must be between characters long, and contain at least one upper case letter and one number. NOTE: Contact NetApp Support for assistance in changing or resetting passwords. Prerequisites A registered Active IQ user name. Procedure 1. From the top navigation bar of the Active IQ UI, click your user name to open the Change Password page. 2. You can also access this dialog from the menu button ( ) > Account Settings. 3. Enter your current password. 4. Enter and re-enter your new password. 5. Click Change Password. 6. Click Dashboard or select a cluster to return to the main Active IQ user interface. Resetting Your Active IQ Password If you forget your password, you can request instructions to reset it. NOTE: Contact NetApp Support for assistance in changing or resetting passwords. Prerequisites A registered Active IQ address. Procedure 1. From the Sign in to Active IQ dialog, click Forget your password? 2. Enter the address associated with your account. 3. Click Send Follow the instructions in the that is sent for resetting your password. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 11

12 Using the Active IQ User Interface Using the Active IQ User Interface See the following topics to learn about the user interface features and functionality in Active IQ. Using Filters Sorting Lists Viewing Graphs and Selecting Date Ranges Exporting List Views and Reporting Data Selecting a Cluster Icon Reference Providing Feedback Using Filters Some pages within the Active IQ UI enable you to filter list information. When viewing lists (such as nodes, drives, volumes, and so on), refer to these steps to use the filter functionality to focus the information. Procedure 1. When viewing list information, click Filter. 2. Choose a column name to filter by from the drop-down menu. 3. Select a constraint for the column. 4. Enter text to filter by. 5. Click Add Filter. The system runs the new filter on the information in the list and temporarily stores the new filter. The selected filter is shown at the bottom of the filter dialog. 6. (Optional) To add another filter: a. Select another column heading and constraint. b. Click Add Filter. 7. (Optional) Click (x) to remove the filters and display the unfiltered list information. NOTE: Some tables include the option to exclude columns from view. For best results, click Columns to ensure all required columns are showing when setting filters. Sorting Lists Some pages within the Active IQ UI enable you to sort list information by one or more columns. When viewing list information, refer to these steps to use the sorting functionality to arrange the list items. Procedure 1. To sort on a single column, click the column heading until the information is sorted in the desired order. 2. To sort using multiple columns, click the column heading for each column you wish to sort by until the information in each column is sorted in the desired order. This functionality is not available on all pages. Viewing Graphs and Selecting Date Ranges The graphs and date ranges in Active IQ are seamlessly integrated with each other. When selecting a date range, all graphs on that page adjust to the range selected. The default date range displayed for each graph is 7 days. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 12

13 Using the Active IQ User Interface You can select a date range from the calendar drop-down dialog or from a set of pre-defined ranges. Date ranges are calculated using the current browser time (at the time of selection) and the configured amount of time. Additionally, you can directly brush over the bar graph to select a desired interval. If available, switch between graphs by selecting the thumbnail layouts on the left. These layouts can also be hidden. Graph lines in the display are toggled by selecting the legend text at the bottom of each graph. Hover over a graph line to see pointin-time details. Exporting List Views and Reporting Data The export feature allows you to export an entire list view or graph data to comma-separated values (CSV) format. Only the information displayed in the list view or graph is exported. If there is a certain sort order or if a filter is used to limit the displayed entries, that sort order and filter are preserved in the exported file. Procedure 1. In a list view or graph, click the Export button ( ). 2. To export the sorted or filtered data, click All Data. 3. To export the entire raw data, click Current View. Selecting a Cluster In Active IQ it is possible to view information about one or more clusters, depending on your customer environment. Procedure 1. From the Active IQ dashboard, click All Clusters. 2. The drop-down menu will list any clusters available to you. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 13

14 Using the Active IQ User Interface 3. Use the search field to locate the desired cluster or recently viewed clusters. 4. Click the name to select the cluster. Icon Reference You might see the following icons when viewing the UI for Active IQ. Icon Refresh Filter Export Menu for account settings, documentation, support, logout Option to provide feedback about user interface Click one time to copy to clipboard Toggle the button to wrap and unwrap text Providing Feedback To help us improve our user interface and address any UI issues, use the simple feedback form that is accessible throughout the UI. Procedure 1. From any page in the Active IQ UI, click the Feedback button ( ). 2. Enter relevant information in the Summary and fields. 3. Attach any helpful screen captures. 4. Enter a name and address. 5. Click the check box to include data about your current environment. 6. For more information, click on the link What is included in the data about my current environment? 7. Click Submit. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 14

15 Dashboard Dashboard The Dashboard is the landing page for Active IQ. See the following topics to learn about what can be accessed from the dashboard: All Cluster Dashboard View Health Capacity Performance Alerts Capacity Licensing All Cluster Dashboard View On the Dashboard > Overview page, you can view performance, capacity, and cluster statistic details about the clusters associated with your account. Health This feature is not yet available. Capacity This feature is not yet available. Performance Alerts This feature is not yet available. On the Dashboard > Alerts page, you can view the alert history, view and create alert policies, and view and suppress cluster notifications. See the following topics to learn about or perform alerts-related tasks: Viewing Alert History Viewing Alert Policies Adding an Alert Policy Deleting an Alert Policy Viewing Suppressed Clusters Suppressing Cluster Notifications Alert Notification Viewing Alert History The Dashboard > Alerts > History page contains up to entries of alert history, including all unresolved alerts and alerts resolved in the last 30 days. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 15

16 Dashboard Alert ID Alert Triggered Last Notification Resolved Resolution Time Alert Policy Name Alert Severity Alert Value Destination Customer Cluster Alert Condition Unique ID for each alert. The time the alert was triggered in Active IQ, not on the cluster itself. The time the most recent alert was sent. Shows if the cause of the alert has been resolved. The time an issue was resolved. This is the user-defined alert policy name. Severity assigned at the time the alert policy was created. This value depends the type of alert policy selected. For example, this can be a threshold value, API method, time frame, percentage, or other value. The address(es) selected to receive the alert . Name of customer associated with the alert. Displays the cluster name for which the alert policy was added. The user-defined setting that triggered the alert. Viewing Alert Policies On the Dashboard > Alerts > Policies page, you can view the following information for all clusters. The list comprises the last entries. Alert Policy Name Destination Severity Creator Customer Cluster Alert Condition User-defined alert policy name. address defined in the alert policy. Severity assigned in the alert policy. address showing who created the alert policy. Name of customer associated with the alert. Name of the cluster defined in the alert policy. User-defined setting for when an alert should be triggered. Adding an Alert Policy You can add alert policies to monitor according to your needs. Use the Create Policy dialog box. The dialog box presents the fields applicable to the selected alert type. Procedure 1. Click Alerts > Policies. 2. Click Create Policy. 3. Select an alert type from the Policy Type list. 4. Enter a name for the new alert policy. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 16

17 Dashboard 5. Select a severity level. 6. Select a cluster. 7. Select a fault type. 8. Enter an address for who the alert should be sent to. 9. Depending on the type of policy chosen, select from the remaining list(s) to define the policy. NOTE: Alert policy names should describe the condition the alert is being created for. Descriptive titles help identify the alert easily. Alert policy names are displayed as a reference elsewhere in the system. 10. Click Save Alert Policy. Deleting an Alert Policy Deleting an alert policy removes it permanently from the system. notifications are then no longer sent for that policy. Procedure 1. Click Alerts > Policies. 2. Click the delete button ( ) to the right of the alert policy. A confirmation message appears. 3. Click Yes. The policy is permanently removed from the system. Viewing Suppressed Clusters NetApp SolidFire Support has the ability to suppress notifications for a cluster when performing upgrades or maintenance. When notifications are suppressed for a cluster, common alerts that occur during upgrades are not sent. Any alerts that are not sent when notifications are suppressed will still be visible on the Alerts > History page. Suppressed notifications will automatically resume after the defined duration elapses. Notifications can be suppressed for up to 6 hours. Under the Alerts tab you can view a list of clusters for which notifications have been suppressed. Click Alerts > Suppressed Clusters. NOTE: This is not user configurable. The following information is available on this page. Customer Name Cluster ID Cluster Name Start Time End Time Resume Name of the customer associated with the cluster. Assigned cluster number when the cluster is created. Name assigned to the cluster. Exact time that the suppression of notifications started. Exact time that the suppression of notifications is scheduled to end. Click x to resume notifications. Suppressing Cluster Notifications Alert notifications can be suppressed on the cluster level. Prerequisites You must be an admin user to configure notifications for cluster alerts. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 17

18 Dashboard Procedure 1. Click Alerts > Suppressed Clusters. 2. Click Suppress Cluster. 3. In the Suppress Cluster dialog box, enter the ID of the cluster that you want to suppress notifications for. 4. Select the amount of time or enter a custom end date and time that notifications should be suppressed from the dropdown menu. 5. Click Suppress. Alert Notification Subscribers to Active IQ alerts receive different status s for each alert that triggers on the system. There are three types of status s associated with alerts: New Alert Reminder Alert Alert Resolved This type of is sent when an alert is triggered This type of is sent once every 24 hours for as long as the alert remains active This type of is sent when the issue is resolved. After an alert policy is created, and if a new alert is generated for this policy, an is sent to the designated address (see Adding an Alert Policy). The content of the notification will be similar to the example here: Figure 1: Example of New Alert Notification Capacity Licensing On the Dashboard > Capacity Licensing page, you can view information about the NetApp SolidFire Capacity Licensing purchasing model. Customers using standard SolidFire appliances should disregard this page. Capacity Licensing is an alternative licensing option available from NetApp SolidFire. For more information, see SolidFire Capacity Licensing. See the following topics to learn about or perform capacity licensing related tasks: NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 18

19 Dashboard Viewing Capacity Licensing Capacity Licensing Details Viewing Capacity Licensing On the Capacity Licensing page, you can view the following: Customer ID Customer Name Number of Capacity Licensed Nodes Entitled Licensed Capacity Provisioned Licensed Capacity Details Adjust Customer ID associated with the license. Name of the customer associated with the license. Number of capacity licensed nodes in a customer environment. Sum of software capacity licenses purchased. Amount of allocated provisioned capacity on all capacity licensed nodes in a customer environment. Click link to access detailed information. Click this button to make changes to the licensing details. Capacity Licensing Details From the Capacity Licensing page, select Details. You can view the following here: The information bar The provisioned licensed capacity by cluster details The capacity licensed nodes details You can view the following on the capacity licensing details page. Customer Name Entitled Licensed Capacity Provisioned Licensed Capacity Name of the customer associated with the license. Sum of software capacity licenses purchased. Amount of allocated provisioned capacity on all capacity licensed nodes. Provisioned Licensed Capacity by Cluster Cluster ID Cluster Name Provisioned Licensed Capacity % (Percentage) of Total Provisioned Licensed Capacity Cluster ID associated with the license. Name of the cluster associated with the license. Amount of allocated provisioned capacity on all capacity licensed nodes in the cluster. Percentage of the specific cluster relative to the Provisioned Licensed Capacity. Capacity Licensed Nodes Cluster Name Name of the cluster associated with the node. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 19

20 Dashboard Service Tag Model Raw Capacity Unique service tag number assigned to the node. Model name of the node. Raw capacity of the node. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 20

21 Reporting Reporting The Reporting tab provides information about cluster performance. Each category of cluster information is presented in either a table format or a graphical format. See the following topics to learn about what is displayed on the reporting tab: Reporting Overview Capacity Efficiency Performance Error Log Events Alerts iscsi Sessions Virtual Networks API Collection Reporting Overview On the Reporting > Overview page, you can view information for a single cluster. Click the center Cluster Details drop-down menu to view more information about the cluster. You can hover over graph lines and reporting data with your pointer to display additional details. Information bar Cluster Details This top bar provides a quick overview of the current status of the selected cluster. The bar shows the number of nodes, number of volumes, fault details, real-time statistics about efficiency, and status about the block and metadata capacity. Links from this bar open to the corresponding data in the user interface. Expand the information bar by selecting Cluster Details to show these values: Element OS Version iscsi Sessions Fibre Channel Sessions Nodes Types Encryption at Rest Performance Utilization This graph shows the IOPS and throughput usage. This graph shows the percentage of cluster IOPS being consumed. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 21

22 Reporting Capacity On the Reporting > Capacity page, you can view details about the overall cluster space that is provisioned into volumes. Capacity information bars provide the current state and forecasts of block and metadata storage capacity for the cluster. The corresponding graphs provide additional methods for analyzing the cluster data. NOTE: For details about severity levels and cluster fullness, see Cluster Fullness Overview in the Element OS User Guide. Block Capacity Forecast Used Capacity Current used capacity of the cluster block. Warning Threshold The current warning threshold. Forecast for when the warning threshold will be reached. Error Threshold The current error threshold. Forecast for when the error threshold will be reached. Total Capacity The total capacity for the block. Forecast for when the critical threshold will be reached. Current State Current state of the block. For details about severity levels, see the Element OS User Guide. Metadata Capacity Used Capacity Total Capacity Current State The metadata cluster capacity used for this cluster. The total available metadata capacity for this cluster and the critical threshold forecast. The current state of the metadata capacity for this cluster. Provisioned Space Max Provisioned Space Provisioned Space The maximum space that can be provisioned on the cluster. The amount of space that is currently provisioned on the cluster. Efficiency On the Reporting > Efficiency page, you can view details about thin provisioning, deduplication, and compression on the cluster. NOTE: All combined efficiencies are calculated by simple multiplication of the reported factor values. The following describes each of the features: Thin Provisioning Efficiency Deduplication Efficiency Compression Efficiency This shows the amount of space saved by using this feature. This number reflects the delta between the capacity allocated for the cluster and the amount of data actually stored. This shows the ratio multiplier of the amount of space that was saved by not storing duplicate data in the cluster. This shows the effect of data compression on stored data in the cluster. Different data types compress at different rates. For example, text data and most documents easily compress to a smaller space, but video and graphical images typically do not. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 22

23 Reporting Thin + Deduplication Efficiency Thin + Compression Efficiency Deduplication + Compression Efficiency Overall Efficiency This shows the combined effect of space saved by using thin provisioning and deduplication. This shows the combined effect of space saved by using thin provisioning and compression. This shows the combined effect of space saved by using deduplication and compression. This shows the global efficiency of thin provisioning, deduplication, and compression multiplied together. For the following image, the numbers would look like this: (1.75) x (1.49) x (1.43) = These calculations do not take into account the double helix feature built into the SolidFire system. Performance On the Reporting > Performance page, you can view details about IOPS usage, throughput, and cluster utilization. IOPS This graph shows a history of Read IOPS, Write IOPS, and Total IOPS recorded during a period of time. Throughput This graph shows a history of Read Throughput, Write Throughput, and Total Throughput recorded during a period of time. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 23

24 Reporting Utilization This graph shows a history of low and high cluster usage. The longest period can display all transactions recorded since the cluster has been logging through the management node. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 24

25 Reporting Error Log On the Reporting > Error Log page, you can view information about errors that have been reported by the cluster. This information can be filtered and exported to a CSV file. For details about severity levels, refer to the Element OS User Guide. The following information is reported. ID Date Severity Type Unique ID for a cluster fault. The date and time the fault was logged. This can be warning, error, critical, or bestpractice. This can be node, drive, cluster, service, or volume. Node ID Node ID for the node that this fault refers to. Included for node and drive faults, otherwise set to - (dash). Drive ID Resolved Resolution Time Error Code Details Drive ID for the drive that this fault refers to. Included for drive faults, otherwise set to - (dash). Displays if the cause of the error has been resolved. Displays the time an issue was resolved. A descriptive code that indicates what caused the fault. of the fault with additional details. You can view the complete details by clicking the wrap button ( ) or by clicking the Export button ( ) and viewing the CSV file. Events On the Reporting > Events page, you can view information about key events that have occurred on the cluster. This information can be filtered and exported to a CSV file. The following information is reported. ID Event Time Type Message Service ID Node ID Drive ID Details Unique ID associated with each event. The time the event occurred. The type of event being logged, for example, API event or clone events. See the Element OS User Guide for more information. Message associated with the event. The service that reported the event (if applicable). The node that reported the event (if applicable). The drive that reported the event (if applicable). Information that helps identify why the event occurred. You can view the complete details by clicking the wrap button ( ) or by clicking the Export button ( ) and viewing the CSV file. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 25

26 Reporting Alerts On the Reporting > Alerts page, you can view information about alerts that have been reported by the cluster. This information can be filtered and exported to a CSV file. For details about severity levels, refer to the Element OS User Guide. The following information is reported: Alert ID Alert Triggered Last Notified Resolved Severity Policy Name Alert Value Destination Alert Condition Unique ID associated with each alert. The time the alert was triggered in Active IQ, not on the cluster itself. The time the most recent alert was sent. Shows if the cause of the alert has been resolved. Severity assigned at the time the alert policy was created. This is the user-defined alert policy name. This value depends the type of alert policy selected. For example, this can be a threshold value, API method, time frame, percentage, or other value. The address(es) selected to receive the alert The user-defined setting that triggered the alert. iscsi Sessions On the Reporting > iscsi Sessions page, you can view details about the number of active sessions on the cluster and the number of iscsi sessions that have occurred on the cluster. iscsi Sessions The following describes each of the features: Active Sessions Peak Active Sessions This shows the number of iscsi sessions that are attached and active on the cluster. This shows the maximum number of iscsi sessions that have occurred on the cluster in the last 24 hours. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 26

27 Reporting NOTE: This data includes iscsi sessions generated by SolidFire Fibre Channel nodes. Virtual Networks On the Reporting > Virtual Networks page, you can view the following information about virtual networks configured on the cluster. ID Name VLAN ID SVIP Netmask Gateway VRF Enabled IPs Used Unique ID of the VLAN network. This is assigned by the SolidFire system. Unique user-assigned name for the VLAN network. VLAN tag assigned when the virtual network was created. Storage virtual IP address assigned to the virtual network. Netmask for this virtual network. Unique IP address of a virtual network gateway. VRF must be enabled. Shows if virtual routing and forwarding is enabled or not. The range of virtual network IP addresses used for the virtual network. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 27

28 API Collection On the Reporting > API Collection page, you can view the API methods used to manage the NetApp SolidFire Active IQ. For detailed descriptions of these methods, refer to the Element OS API Reference Guide. SolidFire Element OS API Methods Collection Interval (in seconds) GetClusterCapacity 300 GetClusterFullThreshold 3600 GetClusterHardwareInfo GetClusterInfo 600 GetClusterStats 10 GetClusterVersionInfo 3600 GetDriveStats 3600 GetNetworkConfig GetNodeStats 60 GetRawStats 3600 GetRemoteLoggingHosts GetSnmpTrapInfo ListActiveNodes 3600 ListActivePairedVolumes 60 ListActiveVolumes 300 ListClusterFaults 60 ListClusterPairs 300 ListDriveHardware ListDrives 300 ListEvents 60 ListFibreChannelSessions ListGroupSnapshots 300 ListISCSISessions ListProtocolEndpoints 300 ListSchedules 3600 ListServices 3600 ListSnapshots 300 NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 28

29 SolidFire Element OS API Methods Collection Interval (in seconds) ListStorageContainers 300 ListVirtualNetworks 300 ListVirtualVolumeBindings 300 ListVirtualVolumeHosts 300 ListVirtualVolumes 300 ListVolumeAccessGroups 3600 ListVolumeStatsByVolume 60 get_alarm_info 300 get_compute_inventory 3600 get_drive_hardware get_hardware_info get_host_runtime_info 3600 get_host_summary_stats 60 get_host_systems get_license_info get_network_config get_nma_and_mnode_stats 3600 get_performance_stats 3600 get_server_info get_vm_info 3600 heartbeat 10 list_directives 300 list_triggered_alarms 60 NOTE: In addition to these methods, Active IQ makes some internal API calls used by NetApp Support and Engineering to monitor cluster health. These calls are not documented as they can be disruptive to cluster functionality if used improperly. Customers requiring a complete list of Active IQ API collections should contact NetApp Support. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 29

30 Nodes Nodes Each node is a collection of solid state drives (SSD). Each storage node comes with CPU, networking, cache, and storage resources. The storage node resources are pooled into a cluster of nodes. On the Nodes page, the top information bar provides a quick view overview of the following data: MVIP MVIP VLAN ID SVIP SVIP VLAN ID Management Virtual IP Address Virtual LAN ID for the MVIP Storage Virtual IP Address Virtual LAN ID for the SVIP You can also view the following information about each node in the cluster. ID Status Name Type Version Service Tag Serial Number Management IP Cluster IP Storage IP Replication Port Role System-generated ID for the node. The status of the node. Possible values: Healthy: The node has no critical errors associated with it. Offline: The node cannot be accessed. Click link to see Error Log. Fault: There are errors associated with this node. Click link to see Error Log. The system-generated node name. Displays the model type of the node. Version of Element OS software running on each node. Unique service tag number assigned to the node. Unique serial number assigned to the node. Management IP (MIP) address assigned to node for 1GbE or 10GbE network admin tasks. Cluster IP (CIP) address assigned to the node used for the communication between nodes in the same cluster. Storage IP (SIP) address assigned to the node used for iscsi network discovery and all data network traffic. The port used on SolidFire nodes for remote replication. Identifies what role the node has in the cluster. This can be Cluster Master, Ensemble Node, or Fibre Channel node. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 30

31 Drives Drives Each node contains one or more physical drives, which are used to store a portion of the data for the cluster. The cluster utilizes the capacity and performance of the drive after the drive is successfully added to a cluster. On the Drives page, you can filter the page by selecting from the Active, Available, and Failed tabs. Active Drives Available Drives Failed Drives Displays information about each drive that is in a cluster. Displays drives that are available to add to the cluster. Displays drives that have failed and need to be replaced on the cluster. The following describes the information about each drive in the cluster. ID Node ID Service ID Slot Capacity Firmware Version Serial Wear Remaining Reserve Type Sequential number assigned to the drive. Assigned node number when the node is added to the cluster. The current service ID of the block or slice service that is associated with the drive. Slot number where the drive is physically located. GB size of the drive. Version of the firmware on the drive. Serial number of the SSD. Wear level indicator. Drive available reserves. Drive type can be block or metadata. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 31

32 Volumes Volumes The Volumes tab provides information about how volumes are provisioned on the cluster. Each category of volume information is presented in either a table format or a graphical format. See the following topics to learn about what is displayed from the Volumes tab: Active Volumes Details Viewing Individual Volume Details Viewing Individual Volume Performance Graphs Viewing Snapshots Snapshots List Details Viewing Snapshot Schedules Snapshot Schedules Details Active Volumes Details On the Volumes > Active Volumes page, you can view the following information in the list of active volumes. ID Account ID Volume Size ID given when the volume was created. ID of the account assigned to the volume. Size of the volume from which the snapshot was created. Used Capacity Shows how full the volume is. Green = up to 80%. Yellow = above 80%. Red = above 95%. 512e Access Min IOPS Max IOPS Burst IOPS Paired Configured Access Protocols Snapshots View Details Identifies if 512e is enabled on a volume. The type of access assigned to the volume when it was created. The minimum number of IOPS guaranteed for the volume. The maximum number of IOPS allowed for the volume. The maximum number of IOPS allowed over a short period of time. Indicates if a volume has been paired or not. The type of protocol the volume is configured for. The number of snapshots created for the volume. Select to go to Volume Performance Details page. Viewing Individual Volume Details On the Volumes > Active Volumes > View Details page, you can view the following information for individual volumes. You can view the following from the information bar. Account ID System-generated ID for the volume. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 32

33 Volumes Volume Size Total size of the volume. Used Capacity Shows how full the volume is. Green = up to 80%. Yellow = above 80%. Red = above 95%. Average IOPS Average Throughput Average number of IOPS executed against the volume in the last 30 minutes. Average throughput executed against the volume in the last 30 minutes. Average Latency The average time, in microseconds, to complete read and write operations to the volume in the last 30 minutes. You can view the following details from the Show Volume Details drop-down menu. Access Access Groups Non-Zero Blocks Zero Blocks Snapshot Count 512e Enabled Min IOPS Max IOPS Burst IOPS Volumes Paired Create Time Block Size Unaligned Writes Unaligned Reads IQN scsieuideviceid scsinaadeviceid Attributes The read/write permissions assigned to the volume. Associated volume access groups. Total number of 4KiB blocks with data after the last round of garbage collection operation has completed. Total number of 4KiB blocks without data after the last round of garbage collection operation has completed. The number of associated snapshots. Identifies if 512e is enabled on a volume. The minimum number of IOPS guaranteed for the volume. The maximum number of IOPS allowed for the volume. The maximum number of IOPS allowed over a short period of time. Indicates if a volume has been paired or not. The time the volume creation task was completed. Size of the blocks on the volume. For 512e volumes, the number of write operations that were not on a 4k sector boundary. High numbers of unaligned writes may indicate improper partition alignment. For 512e volumes, the number of read operations that were not on a 4k sector boundary. High numbers of unaligned reads may indicate improper partition alignment. The IQN of the volume. Globally unique SCSI device identifier for the volume in EUI-64 based 16-byte format. Globally unique SCSI device identifier for the volume in NAA IEEE Registered Extended format. List of Name/Value pairs in JSON object format. Viewing Individual Volume Performance Graphs You can view performance activity for each volume in a graphical format. This information provides real-time statistics for throughput, IOPS, latency, queue depth, average IO size, and capacity for each volume. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 33

34 Volumes Procedure 1. Click Volumes > Active Volumes. 2. Click the arrow in the View Details column of the volume you want to view details for. A separate page opens to display an adjustable time line, which is synced with the performance graphs. 3. Below the timeline, click on a thumbnail graph to view performance graphs in detail. The following graphs can be viewed. Throughput IOPS Latency Queue Depth Average IO Size Capacity NOTE: For information about the granularity of the data, refer to Data Granularity. 4. (Optional) If you want to export each graph as a CSV file, click the Export button (.) Viewing Snapshots You can view a point-in-time replica of volume slice drive metadata on the Snapshots page. Procedure 1. Click Volumes > Snapshots. 2. Or click Volumes > Active Volumes, and click on the link in the Snapshots column. 3. (Optional) If you want to export the list as a CSV file, click the Export button ( ). Snapshots List Details On the Snapshots page, you can view the following information: ID Volume ID Account ID UUID Size Volume Size Create Time Retain Until Group Snapshot ID Remote Replication Displays the snapshot ID assigned to the snapshot. ID given when the volume was created. ID of the account assigned to the volume. Universally unique identifier. User-defined size of the snapshot. Size of the volume from which the snapshot was created. The time at which the snapshot was created. The day and time the snapshot will be deleted. The group ID the snapshot belongs to if grouped together with other volume snapshots. Identifies whether or not the snapshot is enabled for replication to a remote SolidFire cluster. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 34

35 Volumes Possible Values: Enabled: The snapshot is enabled for remote replication. Disabled: The snapshot is not enabled for remote replication. Replicated Displays the status of the snapshot on the remote SolidFire cluster. Possible Values: Present: The snapshot exists on a remote cluster. Not Present: The snapshot does not exist on a remote cluster. Syncing: The target cluster is currently replicating the snapshot. Deleted: The target replicated the snapshot and then deleted it. Viewing Snapshot Schedules You can view a list of the snapshots that have been scheduled. Refer to the Element OS User Guide for information about creating snapshot schedules. Procedure 1. Click Volumes > Snapshot Schedules. 2. (Optional) If you want to export the list as a CSV file, click the Export button. Snapshot Schedules Details On the Snapshot Schedules page, you can view the following information: ID Name Frequency Recurring Volume IDs Last Run Last Run Status Manually Paused Displays the schedule ID assigned to the schedule. User-assigned name of the schedule. Displays the interval assigned to the schedule. This can be: Time Interval, Days of Week, or Days of Month Displays the occurrence assigned to the schedule. This can be: Yes or No. Displays the volume IDs included in the scheduled snapshot. Displays the last time the schedule executed. Displays the outcome of the last schedule execution. This can be: Success or Error. Identifies whether or not the schedule has been manually paused. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 35

36 Replication Replication The Replication tab provides information about clusters and volumes that are connected and replicated on a second cluster for the purpose of data protection. Clusters must be paired before the volumes on each cluster can be paired. You can access the following from the Replication tab: Cluster Pairs Volume Pairs Displays all clusters that have been successfully paired. Displays all volumes that have been successfully paired. Cluster Pairs On the Replication > Cluster Pairs page, you can view the following information about cluster pairs. Cluster Pair ID Remote Cluster Name Remote MVIP Replicating Volumes Status UUID ID number given when the cluster pair was created. Name of the remote cluster of the pair. Management Virtual IP of the remote cluster. Represents the number of volumes that are replicated on the paired cluster. State of the cluster pair. Universally unique identifier. Volume Pairs On the Replication > Volume Pairs page, you can view the following information about volume pairs. Volume ID Account ID Volume Status Replication Mode Direction Async Delay ID number given when the volume was created. ID of the account assigned to the volume. State of the replicating volume. Type of mode selected for the volume pair. Indicates the direction of the volume data: Source indicates data is being written out to a target. Target indicates data is being written in from a source. Length of time since the volume was last synced with the remote cluster. If the volume is not paired, this is null. NOTE: A target volume in an active replication state always has an Async Delay of 0 (zero). Target volumes are system-aware during replication and assume async delay is accurate at all times. NetApp SolidFire Active IQ 4.0 User Guide 36