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Dell APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability: A Detailed Review
Executive summary APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability overview Home page Monitor Manage Optimize Reports Cybersecurity Storage System Details Block Object Details File Object Details Storage Group Details (PowerMax/VMAX systems) Node details PowerStore appliance details Quota details Hyperconverged infrastructure systems details Host details Connectrix and PowerSwitch Details Server details Infrastructure Observability administration Data protection details Appendix A: Enabling Infrastructure Observability at the system
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Connectrix Switches

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Connectrix Switches

  • Connectrix switches use the Observability Collector to collect the data from the switches and send the data back to Observability using Secure Connect Gateway. The collector is a vApp that is downloaded from the Admin > Collectors menu in the Observability user-interface or from support.dell.com. Then, it must be installed locally in the data center.

    After it is deployed, the collector is configured to communicate to the Secure Connect Gateway and the Connectrix switches by accessing the collector administration UI using a web browser:  https://<collector hostname or IP>.

    Communication between the Collector and the switches is done using REST API. The following guidelines can be used to verify and enable the REST API interface for both Brocade and Cisco.

    Brocade

    The following command can be used to verify that the REST API is enabled:

    mgmtapp --show

      REST Interface State: Enabled

      REST Session Count: 3

      REST Throttling Configurations:

         Sample Requests      : 30

         Sample Time (in sec) : 30

         Idle Time (in sec)   : 3

      KeepAlive : Disabled

      KeepAliveTimeout : 15sec

    The following command can be used to enable REST API if it is not enabled:

    mgmtapp --enable rest

    Cisco

    The following commands can be used to ensure that REST API is enabled:

    switch# config t

    switch(config)# feature nxapi

    For detailed information about onboarding Connectrix switches, see: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000157620.