Introduction

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

What is Dell EMC XtremIO?

Dell EMC XtremIO storage arrays use all flash technology and a scale-out design to provide high performance and consistent low latency. XtremIO provides enterprise features for data reduction, high availability, snapshots, and clones.

What Does the Dell EMC: XtremIO PowerPack Monitor?

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

The Dell EMC: XtremIO PowerPack includes:

  • An example credential you can use as a template to create a SOAP/XML credential to connect to the XtremIO storage devices you want to monitor

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for XtremIO storage devices
  • Device Classes for each of the XtremIO storage devices that SL1 monitors
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when XtremIO storage devices meet certain status criteria

Installing the Dell EMC: XtremIO PowerPack

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