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SRM: Enable an IBM SVC / V9000 / V7000 / V5000 / V3700 array

The article contains information on enabling the IBM CIM Agent so that IBM SVC arrays can be monitored by SRM. For more information, please consult the documentation supplied with your array, or contact your vendor.

First published date

10/11/2018 10:05 PM

Last published date

5/12/2025 4:13 PM

Overview

The article contains information on enabling IBM  SVC V9000 / Storwize V7000 / V5000 / V3700 arrays for monitored by SRM. It should be used in conjunction with the Add your storage array for monitoring with SRM topic in the Success Center documentation or online help.

These arrays are monitored by an onboard SMI-S provider.

For more information, please consult the documentation supplied with your array, or contact your vendor or visit the IBM support site.

Product section

Storage Resource Monitor

Resolution

Warning: IBM has removed support for the SMI-S provider (IBM SVC CIM Agent) for IBM Storage FlashSystem arrays in the IBM Storage Virtual 8.6.1 version operating system. This change also impacts the following models if they support upgrading this firmware version:

  • V9000
  • V7000
  • V5000
  • V3700

The final supported version of IBM Storage Virtualize (SVC/Spectrum Virtualize) is 8.6.0.


IBM SVC 8.6.0.x introduces a separate issue related to performance polling, which can be mitigated by disabling hardware health polling for the impacted storage array.

Credentials required to add an array 

Ensure you have the following information:

  • IP address or hostname for the array
  • Provider username. The default is superuser
  • Provider password. The default is passw0rd
  • Protocol. The default is HTTPS
  • HTTP port. The default is 5988
  • HTTPS port. The default is 5989
  •  Interop namespace.  The default is /interop
  • Array namespace.  The default is /root/ibm

Additional information

Collecting provider log files 

You can generate CIM log files for diagnostic reporting to the IBM Support Center. CIMOM logs are collected from the SVC/V7000 Management Console GUI.

  1. Launch the management console GUI.

  2. Click Troubleshooting > Support > Download Support Package.

  3. Select the type of log you need and click Download.

Setting the highest level of logging on the CIMOM significantly decreases the performance of the CIMOM. After the diagnostics are collected, reset the logging level.