Dell EMC Isilon storage systems are discovered using the OneFS API. When a REST API discovery of an IP address finds a storage entity, a Storage Device node representing the Isilon cluster is created. The creation or confirmation of the Storage Device node triggers the appropriate storage discovery pattern. Once discovered, the storage entities are modeled in BMC Discovery.

Supported platforms

• S-Series, X- Series, NL-Series.
• Dell EMC Isilon OneFS operating system version 6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.x., 9.x. 

Prerequisites

1. Requires BMC Discovery v12.0 and higher and the following configuration properties:
2. Create new credentials:
   • For OneFS version prior to 9.2:
     • Create a new RESTful Web API with basic authentication credentials by providing an Isilon/PowerScale user account with a role set to AuditAdmin. By default, the AuditAdmin role has only read-only privileges.
   • For OneFS version 9.2 and higher:
     • Create a new Dell EMC PowerScale REST API credentials by providing an Isilon/PowerScale user account with a role set to AuditAdmin. By default, the AuditAdmin role has only read-only privileges.
3. Update the default setting value of the attribute HTTPS_PORTS to 8080:
   • Log in to the appliance with user credentials and click Administration > Discovery Configuration.
   • Add the value 8080 to the attribute HTTPS_PORTS (ex: HTTPS_PORTS=443,8080).

Vendor-specific Information

No known vendor-specific information.

Discovered storage information

Dell-EMC-Isilon-Storage-Systems-Discovered-Information-OneFS-API-REST

Limitations

Pattern available with BMC Discovery 11.3 and higher only. See BMC Discovery 11.3 Release notes and notices for details.

Documentation links

• Distributed-Storage-Model-Concept-and-Principles
• Dell-EMC-Isilon-SSH-and-REST-API-Patterns-Coexistence