The Pure Storage Flash Array integration with OpsRamp enables seamless monitoring of Flash Array devices, providing real-time insights into performance, capacity, and system health. Users can track key metrics like IOPS, throughput, and latency, while receiving alerts for any hardware or system issues.
Prerequisites
- OpsRamp Classic Gateway 17.0.0 and above.
- OpsRamp NextGen Gateway 17.0.0 and above. Note: OpsRamp recommends using the latest Gateway version for full coverage of recent bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
Configure Pure Storage Flash Array Integration
Click here to Configure and Install the Pure Storage Flash Array Integration
- To select your client, navigate to All Clients, and click the Client/Partner dropdown menu.
Note: You may either type your client’s name in the search bar or select your client from the list. - Navigate to Setup > Account. The Account Details screen is displayed.
- Click Integrations. The Installed Integrations screen is displayed with all the installed applications.
Note: If you do not have any installed applications, you will be navigated to the Available Integrations and Apps page with all the available applications along with the newly created application with the version. - Click + ADD on the Installed Integrations page.
Note: Search for the integration either by entering the name of the integration in the search bar or by selecting the category of the integration from the All Categories dropdown list. - Click ADD in the Pure Storage Flash Array application.
- In the Configuration screen, click + ADD. The Add Configuration screen appears.
- Enter the following BASIC INFORMATION:
| Field Name | Description | Field Type | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Enter the name for the configuration. | String | |||||||||||||||||||||
| IP Address/Host Name of Pure Storage Array | Enter the IP address or the host name | Dropdown | |||||||||||||||||||||
| API Port | Enter API Port value. By default, 443 is displayed. | Integer | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Is Secure | Select this checkbox if you want the communication between your system and the specified endpoint to be secured using protocols such as HTTPS (HTTP over SSL/TLS). Default Selection: When selected, it signifies that the connection is encrypted, providing an added layer of security to the data being transmitted. | Checkbox | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pure Storage API Token | secure authentication mechanism used to access and manage resources within a Pure Storage FlashArray through its API.| String | Notification Alert | When selected, you will be notified in case of an application failure such as Connectivity Exception, Authentication Exception. | Checkbox | Alert Configuration | When selected, it enables the setup of threshold-based alerts for monitoring the health and performance of the FlashArray system. | Checkbox | Alert On Root Resource | Appears when Alert Configuration is selected. Select this checkbox to generate event polling alerts on root resource. | Checkbox | Alert Severity | Appears when Alert Configuration is selected. Provides alerts severity and gets integrated out of all possible alerts. | Default Values: Critical, Disabled, OK, Unknown, Warning. Possible Values: Critical, Disabled, OK, Unknown, Warning. String | Alert Severity Mapping | Appears when Alert Configuration is selected. Provides alert severity map configuration. Default values for Alert Severity Mapping configuration are {"Active":{"Critical": "Critical","Disabled": "Critical","OK": "Ok","Unknown": "Warning","Warning": "Warning"},"Cleared": {"Critical": "Ok","Disabled": "Ok","OK": "Ok","Unknown": "Ok","Warning": "Ok"},"Locked": {"Critical": "Critical","Disabled": "Critical","OK": "Ok","Unknown": "Warning","Warning": "Warning"},"None": {"Critical": "Critical","Disabled": "Critical","OK": "Ok","Unknown": "Warning","Warning": "Warning"}}. | String | Alert Cleared Status | Indicates that an alert has been resolved or cleared following the selected alert configuration. | String | API Timeouts | Enter the duration the system waits for a response from the API before considering the request failed due to delays or unresponsiveness. | Checkbox | |
- CUSTOM ATTRIBUTES: Custom attributes are the user-defined data fields or properties that can be added to the preexisting attributes to configure the integration.
| Field Name | Description | Field Type |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Attribute | Select the custom attribute from the dropdown. You can add attributes by clicking the Add icon (+). | Dropdown |
| Value | Select the value from the dropdown. | Dropdown |
Note: The custom attribute that you add here will be assigned to all the resources that are created by the integration. You can add a maximum of five custom attributes (key and value pair).
- In the RESOURCE TYPE section, select:
- ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
- SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.
- In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select recurrence pattern to add one of the following patterns:
- Minutes
- Hourly
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Click ADD.
Now the configuration is saved and displayed on the configurations page after you save it.Note: From the same page, you may Edit and Remove the created configuration.
12. Under the ADVANCED SETTINGS, Select the Bypass Resource Reconciliation option, if you wish to bypass resource reconciliation when encountering the same resources discovered by multiple applications.
Note: If two different applications provide identical discovery attributes, two separate resources will be generated with those respective attributes from the individual discoveries.
13. Click NEXT.
14. (Optional) Click +ADD to create a new collector. You can either use the pre-populated name or give the name to your collector.
15. Select an existing registered profile.
- Click FINISH.
The integration is installed and displayed on the INSTALLED INTEGRATION page. Use the search field to find the installed integration.
Modify Pure Storage Flash Array Integration
Click here to Modify the Configuration
See Modify an Installed Integration or Application article.
Note: Select Pure Storage Flash Array.
Discover Resources in Pure Storage Flash Array Integration
Click here to view the Pure Storage Flash Array details
To discover resources for Pure Storage Flash Array Storage:
- Navigate to Infrastructure > Search > Storage > Pure Storage Flash Array. The Pure Storage Flash Array page is displayed.
- Select the application on the Pure Storage Flash Array page
- The RESOURCE page appears from the right.
- Click the ellipsis (…) on the top right and select View Details.
- Navigate to the Attributes tab to view the discovery details.
View resource metrics
To confirm Pure Storage Flash Array monitoring, review the following:
- Metric graphs: A graph is plotted for each metric that is enabled in the configuration.
- Alerts: Alerts are generated for metrics that are configured as defined for integration.
- Click the Metrics tab to view the metric details for Pure Storage Flash Array.