Configuring the eG Agent to Use the NetApp Manageability SDK

The NetApp Manageability SDK (NMSDK) provides resources to develop applications that monitor and manage NetApp storage systems.

Many tests that execute on the NetApp USD run API commands provided by this SDK to extract the performance metrics.

To run these commands, the following pre-requisites need to be fulfilled:

1. An eG remote agent should be installed on a remote Windows/Unix host in the environment. This remote agent should be assigned to the target storage device when managing that device using the eG administrative interface.
2. The eG remote agent should be able to access the target storage device.
3. The NMSDK should be available on the eG remote agent host. To achieve this, follow the steps discussed below:
   • Download the NMSDK from the following URL to any location on the remote agent host:

     http://support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software

   • To download the NMSDK, you will have to create a NOW login; to achieve this, go to the following URL:

     http://support.netapp.com

   • The NMSDK will be downloaded as a zip file named netapp-manageability-sdk-<SDK_version>.zip. Extract the contents of the zip file to any location on the eG remote agent host.
   • Next, copy the netapp-manageability-sdk-<SDK_version>\netapp-manageability-sdk-<SDK_version>\lib\java\classes\manageontap.jar file from the extracted contents to the <EG_AGENT_INSTALL_DIR>\lib directory (on a Windows host; on Unix, this will be the /opt/egurkha/lib directory).
   • Then, start the eG agent.

4. To invoke the API commands, the eG agent has to be configured with the required user privileges.
5. For this purpose, you can either grant the required privileges to an existing user, or create a new user for this purpose. Once such a user is created, make sure that you configure the eG tests with the credentials of such a user.