OceanStor Dorado 6.0.0 Administrator Guide
Interconnecting Storage Devices with a Third-Party NMS
Huawei storage devices support SNMP and SMI-S interfaces that can be used for a third-party network management system (NMS) to manage Huawei storage devices.
Table 5-29 lists the protocol interfaces or plug-ins that can be used for a third-party NMS to interconnect with Huawei storage devices.
Name |
Description |
Reference |
|---|---|---|
SMI-S |
After installing the SMI-S provider on a third-party Windows/Linux server, users can use the SMI-S provider to manage Huawei storage systems. |
eSDK Storage SMI-S Provider Quick Start Guide |
SNMP |
The SNMP protocol is used for a third-party NMS to view information about storage devices, including LUNs, ports, and storage pools. |
|
vCenter |
OceanStor VMware vCenter Plug-in (vCenter plug-in for short) is a storage management plug-in developed based on vSphere Web Services Software Development Kit (SDK) and is used to manage Huawei storage devices through a vSphere client. |
eSDK Storage Quick Guide (vCenter, Plug-in) |
System Center |
OceanStor System Center Operations Manager Plug-in (SCOM plug-in for short) is a Huawei-developed plug-in for Microsoft SCOM and is used to monitor Huawei storage devices. |
eSDK Storage Quick Guide (SCOM, Plug-in) |
REST |
RESTful Applications Programming Interfaces (APIs) are open APIs provided by Huawei OceanStor DeviceManager based on Representational State Transfer (REST). Third-party developers can use RESTful APIs to access the open resources on OceanStor DeviceManager, such as alarms, performance data, and resource allocation information. |
OceanStor Dorado REST Interface Reference |
- Carrier users: log in to Huawei Carrier Product and Service Support (https://support.huawei.com/carrierindex/en/hwe/index.html). Search for and download the required document of the latest version.
- Enterprise users: log in to Huawei Enterprise Product and Service Support (https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/index.html). Search for and download the required document of the latest version.