Managing Chassis

This chapter includes the following sections:

Chassis Summary

Viewing Chassis Summary

By default when you log on to the Cisco UCS C-Series rack-mount server, the Summary pane of the Chassis is displayed in the Web UI. You can also view the Chassis summary when in another tab or working area, by completing the following steps:

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 2

In the Chassis menu, click Summary.

Step 3

In the Server Properties area of the Chassis Summary pane, review the following information:

Name Description

Product Name field

The model name of the server.

Serial Number field

The serial number for the server.

PID field

The product ID.

UUID field

The UUID assigned to the server.

BIOS version field

The version of the BIOS running on the server.

Description field

A user-defined description for the server.

Asset Tag field

A user-defined tag for the server. By default, the asset tag for a new server displays Unknown.

Step 4

In the Cisco IMC Information area of the Chassis Summary pane, review the following information:

Name Description

Hostname field

A user-defined hostname for the Cisco IMC. By default, the hostname appears in CXXX-YYYYYY format, where XXX is the model number and YYYYYY is the serial number of the server.

IP Address field

The IP address for the Cisco IMC.

MAC Address field

The MAC address assigned to the active network interface to the Cisco IMC.

Firmware Version field

The current Cisco IMC firmware version.

Current Time field

The current date and time according to the Cisco IMC clock.

Note 

Cisco IMC gets the current date and time from the server BIOS when the NTP is disabled. When NTP is enabled, Cisco IMC gets the current time and date from the NTP server. To change this information, reboot the server and press F2 when prompted to access the BIOS configuration menu. Then change the date or time using the options on the main BIOS configuration tab.

Local Time field

The local time of the region according to the chosen time zone.

Timezone field

Allows you to select a time zone by clicking on the Select Timezone option. In the Select Timezone pop-up screen, mouse over the map and click on the location to select your time zone or choose your time zone from the Timezone drop-down menu.

Step 5

In the Chassis Status area of the Chassis Summary pane, review the following information:

Name Description

Power State field

The current power state.

Overall Server Status field

The overall status of the server. This can be one of the following:

  • Memory Test In Progress—The server is performing a self-test of the installed memory. This condition normally occurs during the boot process.

  • Good

  • Moderate Fault

  • Severe Fault

Temperature field

The temperature status. This can be one of the following:

  • Good

  • Fault

  • Severe Fault

You can click the link in this field to view more temperature information.

Overall DIMM Status field

The overall status of the memory modules. This can be one of the following:

  • Good

  • Fault

  • Severe Fault

You can click the link in this field to view detailed status information.

Power Supplies field

The overall status of the power supplies. This can be one of the following:

  • Good

  • Fault

  • Severe Fault

You can click the link in this field to view detailed status information.

Fans field

The overall status of the power supplies. This can be one of the following:

  • Good

  • Fault

  • Severe Fault

You can click the link in this field to view detailed status information.

Locator LED field

Whether the locator LEDs are on or off.

Front Locator LED field

Whether the front panel locator LED on the chassis is on or off.

Note 

This option is available only on some UCS C-Series servers.

Overall Storage Status field

The overall status of all controllers. This can be one of the following:

  • Good

  • Moderate Fault

  • Severe Fault

Step 6

In the Server Utilization area of the Chassis Summary pane, review the following information in a graphical representation:

Name Description

Overall Utilization (%) field

The overall realtime utilization of CPU, memory, and IO (input and output) of the system in percentage.

CPU Utilization (%) field

The CPU or computation utilization of the system on all the available CPUs in percentage.

Memory Utilization (%) field

The memory utilization of the system on all the available memory (DIMM) channels in percentage.

IO Utilization (%) field

The IO resource utilization of the system in percentage.

Chassis Inventory

Viewing Power Supply Properties

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 2

In the Chassis menu, click Inventory.

Step 3

In the Inventory work pane, click the Power Supplies tab and review the following information for each power supply:

Name Description

Device ID column

The identifier for the power supply unit.

Status column

The status of the power supply unit.

Input column

The input into the power supply, in watts.

Output column

The maximum output from the power supply, in watts.

FW Version column

The firmware version for the power supply.

Product ID column

The product identifier for the power supply assigned by the vendor.

Viewing Cisco VIC Adapter Properties

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 2

In the Chassis menu, click Inventory.

Step 3

In the Inventory work pane, click the Cisco VIC Adapters tab and review the following high level information:

Name Description

Slot Number column

The PCI slot in which the adapter is installed.

Serial Number column

The serial number for the adapter.

Product ID column

The product ID for the adapter.

Cisco IMC Enabled column

Whether the adapter is able to manage Cisco IMC. This functionality depends on the type of adapter installed and how it is configured. For details, see the hardware installation guide for the type of server you are using.

Description column

Description of the adapter.

Viewing SAS Expander Properties

Before you begin

The server must be powered on, or the properties will not display.

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 2

In the Chassis menu, click Inventory.

Step 3

In the Inventory work pane, click the SAS Expander tab and review the following information:

Name Description

ID column

The product ID of the expander.

Name column

The name of the expander.

Firmware Version column

The firmware version the expander uses.

Secondary Firmware Version column

The secondary firmware version of the expander.

Hardware Revision column

The hardware version of the expander.

SAS Address column

The SAS address of the expander.

Server Up Link Speed column

Up link speed received with the LSI RAID Controller.

Note 

This is available only on some C-Series servers.

Note 

You can view up to four speed levels for Server 1 and 2 respectively using the Filter icon on the top right hand corner of the SAS Expander table. Select the Tick mark next to the speed filter to view the individual speed in the table.

Enabling 6G or 12G Mixed Mode on a SAS Expander

You can enable or disable a 6 gigabyte or 12 gigabyte mixed mode speed support for a card using this option, which is a toggle button.


Note

This option is available only on some C-Series servers.

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 2

In the Chassis menu, click Inventory.

Step 3

In the Inventory working area, click the SAS Expander tab.

Step 4

In the SAS Expander working area, click Enable 6G-12G Mixed Mode.

Step 5

(Optional) Click Disable 6g-12G Mixed Mode to disable the feature.

Viewing Storage Properties

Before you begin

The server must be powered on, or the properties will not display.

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 2

In the Chassis menu, click Inventory.

Step 3

In the Inventory work pane, click the Storage tab and review the following information:

Name Description

Controller field

PCIe slot in which the controller drive is located.

PCI Slot field

The name of the PCIe slot in which the controller drive is located.

Product Name field

Name of the controller.

Serial Number field

The serial number of the storage controller.

Firmware Package Build field

The active firmware package version number.

Product ID field

Product ID of the controller.

Battery Status field

Status of the battery.

Cache Memory Size field

The size of the cache memory, in megabytes.

Health field

The health of the controller firmware status.

Details field

Link to the details of the controller.

Viewing Network Adapter Properties

Before you begin

The server must be powered on, or the properties will not display.

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 2

In the Chassis menu, click Inventory.

Step 3

In the Inventory work pane, click the Network Adapters tab and review the following information:

Name Description

Slot column

The slot in which the adapter is installed.

Product Name column

The product name for the adapter.

Number of Interfaces column

The number of interfaces for the adapter.

External Ethernet Interfaces

ID—The ID for the external ethernet interface.

MAC Address—The MAC address for the external ethernet interface.

Viewing GPU Inventory

The GPU Inventory option is available only on some C-Series servers.

Before you begin

The server must be powered on, or the properties will not display.

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 2

In the Chassis menu, click Inventory.

Step 3

In the Inventory work pane, click the GPU Inventory tab and review the following information:

Name Description

Slot

Slot in which the GPU is installed.

Product Name

Name of the GPU.

Number of GPUs

Number of GPUs present in the slot.

Viewing PCI Switch Info

Before you begin

The server must be powered on, or the properties will not display.

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 2

In the Chassis menu, click Inventory.

Step 3

In the Inventory work pane, click the PCI Switch Info tab and review the following information:

Name Description

Controller column

PCI Slot in which the controller is present.

Controller Type column

Type of PCI switch present in the slot.

Product Name column

Name of the PCI switch.

Manufacturer column

Manufacture of the PCI switch.

Vendor ID column

The switch ID assigned by the vendor.

Sub Vendor ID column

The secondary switch ID assigned by the vendor.

Device ID column

The device ID assigned by the vendor.

Sub Device ID column

The secondary device ID assigned by the vendor.