RELEASE v2.10 Direct Fibre Channel Infrastructure Observability

Your SAN infrastructure.
One clear picture.

Q: Does Infrasights require external management software to operate?

No. Infrasights v2.10 collects data directly from SAN switches via native REST APIs, SNMPv3, and secure SSH polling. External element managers or intermediary data brokers are neither required nor used.

Infrasights gives infrastructure teams a centralized way to monitor and understand their SAN environment, with data collected directly from SAN switches. No intermediary software required. Zero agent footprint.

Explore Platform

Built for enterprise storage, SAN administrators, and data center operations teams.

LIVE TOPOLOGY TELEMETRY (v2.10)

DIRECT SWITCH POLLING (1s CADENCE)

FC Switch

ISL Trunk

Storage/Host

Operational Reality

The SAN Visibility Challenge

Fibre Channel fabrics are mission-critical, yet diagnosing health and congestion often requires manually piecing together fragmented switch CLIs and disconnected screens.

Without Infrasights (Fragmented Ops)

Device-by-Device CLI Inspection: Engineers manually SSH into individual switches to parse porterrshow and show interface counters.
Hidden Buffer Credit Starvation: Slow-drain devices deplete buffer credits quietly, cascading across ISLs before alarms trigger.
Heavy Middleware Overhead: Relying on multi-tier management applications introduces licensing costs, delays, and software complexity.
Knowledge Concentration: SAN troubleshooting depends heavily on a handful of senior specialists who know where to look.

With Infrasights v2.10 (Operational Clarity)

Centralized SAN Visibility: Unified health, status, and port metrics across all fabrics in a single operational dashboard.
Direct Switch Data Collection: Direct API and telemetry ingestion straight from Fibre Channel switches without proprietary intermediaries.
Deterministic Congestion Diagnostics: Immediate tracking of zero-credit transitions, optical dBm degradation, and CRC bit errors.
Accessible SAN Operations: Empower the broader infrastructure and data center team to understand and triage fabric status quickly.

Platform Capabilities

Engineered for Fibre Channel Storage Operations

Infrasights v2.10 focuses on verified, deterministic hardware telemetry collected straight from director and edge switches.

Direct Switch Data Collection

Connects directly to SAN switches via secure REST APIs, SNMP, and SSH. Bypasses intermediate management software, eliminating extra points of failure and licensing overhead.

Zero Intermediary Dependency

Buffer Credit Starvation Tracking

Continuously monitors buffer-to-buffer (B2B) credit timers and zero-credit states. Instantly isolates slow-drain devices before backpressure degrades ISL trunks and stalls tier-0 storage.

Deterministic B2B Monitoring

SFP Physical Layer & Optics Diagnostics

Tracks Digital Optical Monitoring (DOM) metrics including TX/RX optical power (dBm), laser bias current, temperature, and supply voltage to detect degrading transceivers and cables prior to link flap.

DOM Transceiver Metrics

Hardware Error Register Correlation

Aggregates raw hardware counters—CRC errors, bit error rates (BER), encoding-out errors, and Class 3 discards—into prioritized fabric health indicators so you can distinguish dirty fibers from oversubscription.

Fabric Topology & WWPN Zoning Audit

Provides live visualization of active zones, WWPN logins (FLOGI/PLOGI), and multipath fabric paths. Understand exactly which targets and initiators share links and where congestion can spread.

Name Server Integration

Focused Operational Investigation

Streamline investigations with unified search across WWPNs, switch hostnames, port aliases, and fabrics. Move directly from a high-level status indicator to the specific offending port in seconds.

Fast Root-Cause Triage

System Architecture

Direct Switch Data Pipeline

Infrasights implements a direct, secure data flow that collects telemetry straight from your Fibre Channel switches. Click any node below to inspect implementation specifications:

SAN Switches

Core & Edge Directors

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Collection Layer

Direct Polling Engine

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Normalization

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Infrasights DB

Time-Series Store

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Backend APIs

gRPC & REST

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Operations UI

Unified Dashboard

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Storage Team

Faster Triage

1. SAN Switches (Direct Data Origin)

Infrasights communicates directly with enterprise Fibre Channel director and edge switches. Telemetry is collected directly from switch control planes via native REST APIs, SNMPv3, and secure SSH polling without requiring intermediate management proxies or external element managers.

Operator Experience

Infrasights v2.10 Operational Dashboard

Engineered for fast at-a-glance status assessments and drill-down investigation into ports, optics, and buffer credit states.

infrasights://fabric-ops/dashboard.v2.10

DIRECT POLLING ACTIVE

Monitored Fabrics

2 (A / B)

Dual Fabric Redundant

Active FC Switches

100% Direct Polled

Monitored Ports

1,152

32G / 64G Active

Fabric Health Score

99.85%

Zero Drop State

Switch Name	Fabric	Model & Firmware	Direct Polling Protocol	B2B Credit State	Optical Status	Health Index
Core-Director-01A	Fabric A	Core-Director-01 (Gen 7 FC)	REST API (TLS 1.3)	100% Nominal	TX: -1.8 / RX: -2.1 dBm	100%
Core-Director-01B	Fabric B	Core-Director-02 (Enterprise Modular FC)	Direct SSH / SNMPv3	99.9% Nominal	TX: -1.9 / RX: -2.3 dBm	99.8%
Edge-SAN-SW-04A	Fabric A	Edge-SAN-SW-04 (High-Density 32G FC)	REST API (Direct)	84.2% (Slow Drain)	Port 14 RX Low (-6.2 dBm)	88.5%
Edge-SAN-SW-04B	Fabric B	Edge-SAN-SW-05 (Fixed-Port 32G FC)	Direct REST	100% Nominal	TX: -2.0 / RX: -2.2 dBm	100%

Port ID	Alias / WWPN	Speed	TX Optical Power	RX Optical Power	Laser Temp	CRC / Bit Errors	Diagnostic Status
fc1/14 (Core-01A)	NVMe-Target-Port-01	64 Gbps	-1.85 dBm	-2.12 dBm	38.2°C	0 / 0	Normal DOM
fc1/18 (Edge-04A)	DB-Cluster-HBA-02	32 Gbps	-2.10 dBm	-6.42 dBm (Marginal)	44.8°C	14 CRC / hr	Check Patch Cable
fc2/01 (Core-01B)	ISL-Trunk-Link-01	128G Trunk	-1.74 dBm	-1.92 dBm	36.5°C	0 / 0	ISL Healthy

Switch Name	IP Address	Role	Firmware	Total Ports	Active Logins	Direct Polling Latency
Core-Director-01A	10.140.12.11	Fabric A Core Director	Firmware v9.2.1a	256 Ports	184 FLOGI	18 ms
Core-Director-01B	10.140.12.12	Fabric B Core Director	Firmware v9.3(2)	256 Ports	180 FLOGI	22 ms

[ALERT INF-B2B-104]: Zero-Credit State Detected on Edge-SAN-SW-04A, Port 14

• Cause: Initiator WWPN 21:00:00:24:ff:58:12:a4 returned 0 credits for > 15ms intervals.
• Impact: Class 3 frames queued; potential backpressure on ISL trunk 2.
• Deterministic Remediation Guide: Inspect initiator queue depth or replace patch cord on SFP transceiver port 14.

Audience & Teams

Designed for Enterprise Storage & Infrastructure Teams

Infrasights speaks the language of Fibre Channel and aligns with the operational workflows of data center teams.

Technical Evaluator

SAN & Storage Administrators

Understand data collection directly from switches, eliminate manual CLI scraping, and identify faulty SFP optics and buffer credit drops before storage LUNs experience I/O pauses.

Operational Owner

Infrastructure Operations Managers

Gain a unified operational picture across multi-vendor fabrics. Standardize day-to-day SAN monitoring and reduce dependence on a few senior specialists for routine triage.

Business Approver

IT Directors & Infrastructure Heads

Protect mission-critical storage reliability, eliminate costly proprietary management appliances, and establish a clear, secure on-premises deployment posture.

Deployment Engagement

Structured Path from Evaluation to Production

Request an Infrasights v2.10 deployment through our structured enterprise qualification process.

Account Registration

Create your business account to establish secure authenticated communication for your enterprise deployment request.

SAN Scope Questionnaire

Specify switch counts, fabric architecture, fabric count, and preferred collector deployment topology (VMware/KVM).

Technical Review

Our infrastructure engineers review access parameters, read-only credential models, and network boundaries.

Deployment & Onboarding

Deploy the Infrasights collector appliance and start streaming real-time SAN telemetry in under an hour.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Key architectural and operational questions regarding Infrasights v2.10.

Infrasights is a specialized SAN infrastructure monitoring and observability platform designed to help storage and infrastructure teams understand the health, behavior, and congestion of their Fibre Channel environment from a centralized operational view.

No. Infrasights v2.10 collects data directly from SAN switches via native REST APIs, SNMPv3, and secure SSH polling. External element managers or intermediary data brokers are neither required nor used.

Infrasights supports modern enterprise Fibre Channel director and edge switches across all leading multi-vendor platforms. Support includes 16G, 32G, and 64G FC optics, modular blades, and high-speed ISL trunks.

Infrasights is packaged as a lightweight virtual appliance (VMware OVF / KVM) or containerized collector that resides within your management network. It operates read-only and requires zero agent installation on compute hosts or storage arrays.

Only high-level qualification parameters: switch vendor, approximate switch count, fabric topology, and target timeline. We never ask for switch passwords, SNMP community strings, or private infrastructure keys on web forms.

You can submit a deployment request directly through this portal or reach out directly to our enterprise engineering team at admin@infrasights.in.

Your SAN infrastructure. One clear picture.