PRTG Manual: NetApp NIC v2 Sensor

Credentials for NetApp

• This sensor requires an ONTAP System Manager user account with the role readonly and with access to the HTTP application with Password authentication.

Permissions for the ONTAP REST API

• This sensor requires permissions for the ONTAP REST API.

• This sensor requires the role readonly with the following permissions for the ONTAP REST API:

Access level Read-Only:

• • /api
  • /api/security/audit/destinations

Access level Read/Write:

• • /api/security/authentication/password

Access level None:

• • /api/security

Credentials

• This sensor requires credentials for NetApp.

NetApp versions

• This sensor supports ONTAP as of version 9.10. If you want to use NetApp cDOT as of version 8.3 or ONTAP from version 9.0 to version 9.9, use the NetApp NIC sensor.

IPv6

• This sensor supports IPv6.

Performance impact

• This sensor has a very low performance impact.

Lookups

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

Scanning interval

• The minimum scanning interval of this sensor is 1 minute.

• The recommended scanning interval of this sensor is 1 minute.

Multi-platform probe

• You can add this sensor to a multi-platform probe.

Name

The name of the NIC that this sensor monitors.

Home Node Name

The home node name of the NIC that this sensor monitors.

Type

The type of the NIC that this sensor monitors.

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.

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 name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval.

This option is not available when the sensor runs on the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance.

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

Downtime

In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status

Link Down Count

The number of link status changes from up to down

This channel has a default limit:

• Upper error limit: 0

Receive Errors

The number of errors received

This channel has a default limit:

• Upper error limit: 0

State

The NIC status

• Up status: Up
• Down status: Down
• Unknown status: Channel Value not Set

This channel is the primary channel by default.

Throughput Read

The number of bytes read

Throughput Total

The total number of bytes read and written

Throughput Write

The number of bytes written

Transmit Errors

The number of errors sent

This channel has a default limit:

• Upper error limit: 0