PRTG Manual: Enterprise Virtual Array Sensor

Performance impact

• This sensor has a high performance impact. We recommend that you use no more than 200 of this sensor on each probe.

HPE P6000 Command View Software

• This sensor requires the HPE P6000 Command View Software on the probe system, or the alternative described in the Knowledge Base: Do I really have to install the whole Command View on the probe to use the EVA sensor?

Credentials

• This sensor requires that you explicitly specify the credentials for the EVA in the sensor settings.

IPv6

• This sensor supports IPv6.

Lookups

• This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.

Hosted probe

You cannot add this sensor to the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance. If you want to use this sensor, add it to a remote probe device.

Scanning Mode

Specify the depth of the meta-scan:

• Basic mode: We recommend that you use this scanning mode. Various modules of your EVA are available for monitoring.
• Detailed mode: PRTG scans for each disk of your EVA. It lists every disk in the module selection.

User Name

Enter the user name for the EVA.

Password

Enter the password for the EVA.

Module

The module that this sensor monitors.

You can edit this setting if, for example, you rename the module or move it to a different folder. This way, PRTG can find the module again and you do not lose the monitoring history.

System

The system of the module that this sensor monitors.

Module Type

The type of the module that this sensor monitors.

Description

The description of the module that this sensor monitors.

Result Handling

Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:

• Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result.

• Store result: Store the last sensor result in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file names are Result of Sensor [ID].txt and Result of Sensor [ID].Data.txt. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites these files with each scanning interval.

In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how this sensor shows different channels:

• Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
• Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
  You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.

Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.