[c-nsp] Monitoring Nexus 7000 platform

[Justin C. Darby]

We use DCNM for real-time monitoring here (e.g. we use it to 
troubleshoot issues as they arise) - works great for this purpose, 
though in my opinion the configuration interface is a little 
over-complicated compared to just using the CLI, which is a bad sign. :)

The XML interface is very, very well documented. Each revision of NX-OS 
ships with a new XML spec package to describe the interfaces. You can do 
a lot more than just monitor things with the XML interfaces - e.g. 
automate port provisioning tasks in an in-house product/app. We're 
planning to use some of this functionality to integrate switch 
configurations into our inventory system (eventually).

If you hit up the downloads page for NX-OS you should see a zip file of 
XML specifications in there.

Justin

Ryan Hughes wrote:
> >From what I've seen on much of the new DC equipment, Cisco focused more on
> XML than SNMP for the monitoring hook into the Nexus gear. I know many of
> the features you're asking for were bolted on per customer requests but I
> haven't seen any specific templates out there around this. I'd be interested
> in to hear what some of the TME's who pay attention to this have to say.
> DCNM is the platform that Cisco deployment to handle management/monitoring
> for the Nexus but I haven't seen many customers buy it yet ( IIRC - it makes
> excellent use of the XML API's available ).
> Ryan
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Ash Net <ashnet2009 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Yep, we know that already. I'm finding that there isn't a lot of
>> management systems (OV/Concord atleast) that can natively monitor the
>> 7k's since they haven't certified the platform yet.
>>
>> Wondering how people are monitoring elements such as CPU Health, intf
>> utilization, topology change event traps of the 7K Chassis etc. There
>> doesn't appear to be a comprehensive MIB that has all the elements
>> defined.
>>
>> It'd be great to hear from folks who have these boxes deployed and
>> have them in any enterprise monitoring systems.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/13/09, Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Ash Net wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> We have recently deployed N7k's in our DC and want to enable
>>>> monitoring on them.
>>>>         
>>> N7Ks have a dedicated management processor; they also have a
>>> management software system which I believe ships with every N7K.
>>>
>>> They also output operationally useful NetFlow.
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com>
>>>
>>>          Unfortunately, inefficiency scales really well.
>>>
>>>                  -- Kevin Lawton
>>>
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