We just started using the StorSimple devices in our environment and I'd like to monitor the virtual appliance to know when the network bandwidth (among other things) is out of control or down. If you have any steps please pass them my way, thanks!
Monitoring appliances is never fun. It all depends on if SNMP is supported by the appliance or not. Sometimes the vendors dont include SNMP services and make it very difficult to install additional services onto appliances. You can also look to see if the appliance supports Syslogs.