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Linux Platform SSH

Important

This connector is deprecated. Linux Platform should be used instead.

This connector can be used to monitor Linux Platforms with SSH.

About

Version Info

Range Description DCF Integration Cassandra Compliant
1.0.0.x [Obsolete] Initial version, continued as 2.0.0.x. No No
1.0.1.x [Obsolete] Added SNMP connection. Yes Yes
1.0.2.x [SLC Main] Forced SNMPv2. No No
2.0.0.x Continuation of 1.0.0.x. No Yes
3.0.0.x To be used for a port different than 22. Minimum required DMA version: 9.6.0. Yes Yes

Product Info

Range Supported Firmware
1.0.0.x Slackware Kernel 3.10.17
1.0.1.x Slackware Kernel 3.10.17
2.0.0.x Slackware Kernel 3.10.17
3.0.0.x Slackware Kernel 3.10.17

Installation and creation

Creation

Starting from range 1.0.1.x, an SNMP connection is used, which means that when you update the connector, you will have to create a new element to configure both connections as follows:

SNMP CONNECTION:

Only applicable from version 1.0.1.x onwards.

  • IP address/host: The polling IP of the device, e.g., 10.11.12.13.
  • Port number: The port of the connected device, by default 161.
  • Get community string: The community string in order to read from the device. The default value is public.
  • Set community string: The community string in order to set to the device. The default value is private.

SERIAL CONNECTION:

  • IP address/host: The polling IP of the Linux Platform.
  • IP port: The IP port of the device, by default 22 (SSH).
  • Local IP port: The local IP port, by default 49155.
  • Timeout: Command timeout value, by default 10000 ms.

Configuration SSH

On the General page, click Security to enter the login and password. Then click the Login button to start the communication.

Usage

General Page

This page displays general information related to the Linux Platform, such as device info and CPU usage.

The page contains several page buttons:

  • Details CPU Info: Opens a page with detailed information on the CPU usage.
  • Manual Command: Allows you to manually send commands to the device and check the results.
  • Ping: Allows you to configure the ping definitions.
  • Security: Opens a page where you can configure security. You can also set the terminal width by first setting the Overwrite Terminal Width parameter to enable and then entering the desired value in the Overwritten Terminal Width box. The default terminal width is 132, so when you disable Overwrite Terminal Width, the width is automatically set back to 132. The minimum width that can be set is 80 and the maximum width is 2000.

File Reader Page

A list of the files located in the Storage Location directory is displayed in the Local Data Overview table. Each file is read, and its content is added in the table.

Network Details Page

If network details need to be monitored, click the Add button on this page to add these network details.

Click the UDP Statistics page button to view UDP information, such as UDP Datagrams Rx, UDP Errors Rx and UDP Datagrams Tx.

Click the Interfaces page button to view interface information. Click the Load button to refresh the data.

Other statistics can also be found via the relevant page buttons:

  • TCP Statistics
  • ICMP Statistics
  • IP Statistics
  • IPExt Statistics
  • TCPExt Statistics

Memory Page

This page displays memory information, such as:

  • Kernel threads info
  • Available swap and memory
  • Page reclaims
  • Minor faults
  • Interrupts

Process List Page

This page displays a list of all the processes running on the Linux Platform. With the Clean Up button, you can remove processes that no longer exist.

It is possible to enable process validation on the Process List. This is configured via the Process Validation page button. Validation can only be done on existing processes.

You can select a single process via the Process to Validate drop-down box. The result will be available in the Process Validation Status parameter. If you want to validate multiple processes, you can add multiple processes by right-clicking in the Process Validation table and selecting Add Process in the context menu.

The Process Rules Table contains the processes that need to be monitored, taking into account a rule, user, status, and process name (or a prefix).

Disks Page

This page displays disk information:

  • Disk Usage
  • Disk Md IO
  • Disk Inodes

HP/Dell Page

From version 1.0.1.x onwards, if the Linux platform is installed on an HP/Dell platform, you can enable Poll HP Parameters or Poll Dell Parameters to receive specific HP or Dell data.

The following page buttons allow access to additional HP or Dell info:

  • Fan
  • Power Supply
  • Temperature
  • Memory
  • CPU
  • Disk

Notes

The external data can also be linked to a Sun Solaris or Sun File Reader connector.

DataMiner Connectivity Framework

This connector supports the usage of DCF.

DCF can also be implemented through the DataMiner DCF user interface and through DataMiner third-party protocols (for instance a manager).

Interfaces

Dynamic Interfaces

Physical dynamic interfaces:

  • The physical dynamic interface is created for the parameter Network Interface Table and its interface is inout.
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