• Configure alert monitoring on NetApp HCI
• Modify and test the management node network, cluster, and system settings
• Run system utilities from the management node
Find more information
• Access the management node
• NetApp Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
• NetApp HCI Resources Page
Configure alert monitoring on NetApp HCI
You can configure settings to monitor alerts on your NetApp HCI system.
NetApp HCI alert monitoring forwards NetApp HCI storage cluster system alerts to vCenter Server, enabling
you to view all alerts for NetApp HCI from the vSphere Web Client interface.
These tools are not configured or used for storage-only clusters, such as SolidFire all-flash
storage. Running the tools for these clusters results in the following 405 error, which is
expected given the configuration: webUIParseError : Invalid response from
server. 405
1.
Open the per-node management node UI (https://[IP address]:442).
2. Click the Alert Monitor tab.
3. Configure the alert monitoring options.
Alert monitoring options
options Description
Run Alert Monitor Tests Runs the monitor system tests to check for the
following:
• NetApp HCI and VMware vCenter connectivity
• Pairing of NetApp HCI and VMware vCenter
through datastore information supplied by the
QoSSIOC service
• Current NetApp HCI alarm and vCenter alarm lists
Collect Alerts Enables or disables the forwarding of NetApp HCI
storage alarms to vCenter. You can select the target
storage cluster from the drop-down list. The default
setting for this option is Enabled.
Collect Best Practice Alerts Enables or disables the forwarding of NetApp HCI
storage Best Practice alerts to vCenter. Best Practice
alerts are faults that are triggered by a sub-optimal
system configuration. The default setting for this
option is Disabled. When disabled, NetApp HCI
storage Best Practice alerts do not appear in vCenter.