Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager User Guide, Release 1.0(3a)
Managing the System and Components

Table Of Contents

Managing the System and Components

Managing the Switch System

Viewing System Attributes

Viewing Running Processes

Viewing Flash File Information

Managing Inventory Information

Viewing Redundancy Information

Managing Card Attributes

Managing Temperature Sensor Information

Managing Power Supplies


Managing the System and Components


The Fabric Manager allows you to configure and monitor modules on multiple Cisco 9000 switches. The Device Manager allows you to configure and monitor modules on a single Cisco 9000 switch.


Note For information about configuring the chassis and its components using the command-line interface (CLI), refer to the Cisco 9000 Family Configuration Guide.


This chapter describes how to configure the chassis and its components using the Fabric Manager and Device Manager.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Managing the Switch System

Managing Inventory Information

Viewing Redundancy Information

Managing Card Attributes

Managing Temperature Sensor Information

Managing Power Supplies

Managing the Switch System

This section describes how to obtain general information about a switch system. It includes the following topics:

Viewing System Attributes

Viewing Running Processes

Viewing Flash File Information

Viewing System Attributes

To manage system attributes from the Fabric Manager, choose Physical > System > Descr on the menu tree. To manage system attributes from the Device Manager, choose System from the Admin menu. The Fabric Manager dialog box displays system attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from the Device Manager (Figure 9-1) displays system attributes for a single switch.

Figure 9-1 System Dialog Box

Both dialog boxes show the display-only information described in Table 9-1.

Table 9-1 Physical > System—Display-Only Attributes

Display-Only Attribute
Description

Descr

Displays a text description of the switch, which includes the switch model and software release version.

Uptime

Displays (in hundredths of a second) the date and time since the network management portion of the switch was last reinitialized.

Name

Displays the unique world wide name (WWN) of this fabric element.

Location

 

Contact

 

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Table 9-2 describes the configurable system attributes for the chassis.

Table 9-2 Physical > System—Configurable Attributes

Configurable Attribute
Description

Name

Specifies the name assigned to this node, usually the node's fully qualified domain name.

Location

Specifies the physical location of this node, for example, "telephone closet, 3rd floor."

Contact

Specifies the e-mail address of the person responsible for this node.


Viewing Running Processes

To view information about the processes currently running on a switch, choose Running Processes from the Admin menu. You see the dialog box shown in Figure 9-2.

Figure 9-2 Running Processes

This dialog box shows the display-only attributes described in Table 9-3.

Table 9-3 Running Processes—Display-Only Attributes

Display-Only Attribute
Description

ProcessId

A unique numeric identifier assigned to each process by the system when the process is started.

Name

The name of the application that generated the process.

MemAllocated

The number of bytes allocated by the system for the process.

CPU Time (us)

The amount of CPU time used by the process.

Priority

The priority of the process.


Viewing Flash File Information

To view information about the files currently stored in flash memory on the switch, choose Flash Files from the Admin menu. You see the dialog box shown in Figure 9-3.

Figure 9-3 Flash Files

This dialog box shows the display-only attributes described in Table 9-4.

Table 9-4 Flash Files—Display-Only Attributes

Display-Only Attribute
Description

Name

The file name stored in flash memory.

Size

The amount of bytes used by the file in flash memory.


Managing Inventory Information

To manage inventory attributes from the Fabric Manager, choose Physical > Inventory on the menu tree. To manage inventory attributes from the Device Manager, choose Inventory from the Physical menu.

The Fabric Manager dialog box displays system attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from the Device Manager displays system attributes for a single switch. Both dialog boxes show the display-only information described in Table 9-5.

Table 9-5 Physical > Inventory—Read-Only Attributes 

Display-Only Attribute
Description

Switch

Displays the switch ID. This attribute is only displayed from the Fabric Manager.

Name

Displays the name of the chassis.

SerialNum

Displays the serial number of the chassis.

MfgName

Displays the name of the chassis manufacturer.

ModelName

Displays the vendor-specified model name of the chassis.

HardwareRev

Displays the vendor-specified hardware revision for the card.

FirmwareRev

Displays the vendor-specified firmware revision for the card.

SoftwareRev

Displays the vendor-specified software revision for the card.


Table 9-6 describes the configurable inventory attributes for the card.

Table 9-6 Physical > Inventory—Configurable Attributes

Configurable Attribute
Description

Alias

Specifies the alias of the module.

AssetID

Specifies the asset-tracking ID of the module.


Viewing Redundancy Information

To monitor redundancy from the Fabric Manager, choose Physical > Redundancy on the menu tree. To monitor redundancy from the Device Manager, choose Redundancy from the Physical menu.

The Fabric Manager dialog box displays information for multiple switches. The dialog box from the Device Manager displays attributes for a single switch. Both dialog boxes show the display-only information described in Table 9-7.

Table 9-7 Physical > Redundancy—Display-Only Attributes

Display-Only Attribute
Description

Switch

Displays the switch ID. This attribute is only displayed from the Fabric Manager.

SlotID

Displays the slot number of the redundant module.

UnitState

Displays the operational state of the redundant module.

PeerSlotId

Displays the identifier of the connected (redundant) module.

PeerUnitState

Displays the operational state of the connected (redundant) module.

DuplexMode

Displays if duplex mode is enabled (True) or not (False).

ManualSwactInhibit

Displays if the ManualSwactInhibit attribute is enabled (True) or not (False).


Managing Card Attributes

To manage card status attributes from the Fabric Manager, choose Physical > Cards on the menu tree. To manage card status attributes from the Device Manager, choose Cards from the Physical menu.

The dialog box from the Fabric Manager displays card attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from the Device Manager view displays attributes for a single switch. Both dialog boxes show the display-only information described in Table 9-8.

Table 9-8 Physical > Cards —Display-Only Attributes 

Display-Only Attribute
Description

Switch

Displays the switch ID. This attribute is only displayed from the Fabric Manager.

Card

Displays the card ID.

Module—Oper

Displays the card's current operating state.

Module—ResetReason

Displays the reason for the last card reset.

Module—StatusLastChangeTime

Displays the time of the last status change.

Power—Oper

Displays the operating state of the card's power.

Power—Current

Displays the current supplied by the card (positive value) or current required to operate the card (negative value).


Table 9-9 describes the configurable status attributes for the card.

Table 9-9 Physical > Cards —Configurable Attributes

Configurable Attribute
Description

Module—Admin

Enables or disables the card administratively. Valid values are:

enabled—Enables the card.

disabled—Disables the card.

reset—Resets the card.

outOfServiceAdmin—Puts the card out of service.

Power—Admin

Enables or disables the card's power administratively. Valid values are:

on—The card's power is on.

off—The card's power is off.

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Managing Temperature Sensor Information

To monitor sensor temperature attributes from the Fabric Manager, choose Physical > Temperature Sensors on the menu tree. To monitor sensor attributes from the Device Manager, choose Temperature Sensors from the Physical menu.

The dialog box from the Fabric Manager displays sensor temperature attributes for multiple switches. The Sensors dialog box from the Device Manager displays sensor temperature attributes for a single switch. Both dialog boxes show the display-only information described inTable 9-10.

Table 9-10 Physical > Sensors —Display-Only Attributes 

Display-Only Attribute
Description

Switch

Displays the switch ID. This attribute is only displayed from the Fabric Manager.

Name

Displays a text description of the sensor that identifies the manufacturer's name, and version or model of the sensor.

Status

Displays the current operational status of the sensor.

Temp. (Celsius): Value

Displays the current temperature (in Celsius) reported by the sensor.

Temp. (Celsius): Threshold

Displays the temperature threshold for the sensor.

Exceeded

Displays the relation between the sensor value and the threshold value, required to trigger the alarm.

Severity

Displays the severity of this threshold.

LastChecked

Displays the time elapsed since the sensor was last checked.

UpdateRate(s)

Displays the rate at which the sensor reports the temperature.


Table 9-11 shows the configurable sensor attributes.

Table 9-11 Physical > Sensors —Configurable Attributes

Configurable Attribute
Description

EnableNotification

Displays the result of the most recent evaluation of the threshold. To enable notification when a threshold has been exceeded, check the NotificationEnable check box.


Managing Power Supplies

To manage power supply power attributes from the Fabric Manager, choose Physical > Power Supplies on the menu tree. To manage power supply power attributes from the Device Manager, choose Power Supplies from the Physical menu.

The dialog box from the Fabric Manager displays power supply power attributes for multiple switches. The dialog box from the Device Manager displays power supply power attributes for a single switch. Both dialog boxes show the display-only information described in Table 9-12.

Table 9-12 Physical > Power Supplies—Display-Only Attributes 

Display-Only Attribute
Description

Switch

Displays the switch ID. This attribute is only displayed from the Fabric Manager.

OperStatus

Displays the current operating state of the power supply.

Units

Displays the units of primary supply. For example, one 1000W power supply could deliver 100A at 10 VDC. In this case, the value of Units would be 10 VDC.

Current

Displays the current supplied by the power supply (in positive values) or the current required to operate the power supply (in negative values).

TotalAvailableCurrent

Displays the total current available for power supply usage.

When the PowerRedundancyMode is set to redundant, the total current available is that available from the lesser of the two power supplies.

When the PowerRedundancyMode is set to combined, the total current available is the sum of the capacity of all operating power supplies.

TotalDrawnCurrent

Displays the total current drawn by powered-on power supplies.


Table 9-13 describes the configurable power attributes for the power supply.

Table 9-13 Physical > Power Supplies—Configurable Attributes

Configurable Attribute
Description

AdminStatus

Specifies the desired state of the power supply. Valid values are:

on—The power supply is administratively up.

off—The power supply is administratively down.

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RedundancyMode

Specifies the redundancy mode. Valid values are:

notsupported—The power supplies are not redundant.

redundant—The power supplies are redundant.

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