Check IBM 2498-F48 status

Project Notes

This plugin is to check IBM 2498-F48 switch status and results are shown in Nagios GUI.
It offers six functions to check switch status, power supply, FC port status, switch temperature, and flash memory status.
It support IBM 2498-F48

The script uses SSH to connect to FC switch using username, password, and stores the credential in a property file. Consider using an SSH key in the next release.

The usage of this plugin is in the README

How to install the plugin into nagios:
1. install Python3 and pexpect
2. add line "cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/brocade" to the end of file /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
3. create directory /usr/local/nagios/etc/brocade and /usr/local/nagios/etc/brocade/hosts
4. create a host definition named XXX.cfg and put in /usr/local/nagios/etc/brocade/hosts (the plugin have offered a sample configuration file, 10.10.10.10.cfg)
5. copy files "brocade_commands.cfg" and host_info.properties to /usr/local/nagios/etc/brocade (the host_info.properties stored the host username/password, )
6. restart nagios to load the host