Introduction

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The following sections provide an overview of Dell EMC Isilon and the Dell EMC: Isilon PowerPack:

What is Dell EMC Isilon?

Dell EMC Isilon is a clustered, scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) array. The Dell EMC: Isilon PowerPack uses the Isilon API to discover the storage array and collect health, configuration, performance, and capacity information.

What Does the Dell EMC: IsilonPowerPack Monitor?

To monitor Dell EMC Isilon storage devices with SL1, you must install the Dell EMC: Isilon PowerPack. This PowerPack lets you discover, model, and collect data about Isilon storage devices.

The Dell EMC: Isilon PowerPack includes:

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for Dell EMC Isilon devices

  • Device Classes for each type of Isilon device monitored
  • Example credentials that you can use as templates to create a SOAP/XML credential for connecting to Isilon devices and an SNMP credential for device class alignment

Installing the PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the Dell EMC: Isilon PowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. For more information, see the section on Global Settings.

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing this PowerPack. For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.