Viewing Server Properties

This chapter includes the following sections:

Viewing Server Utilization

Procedure


Step 1

Log into Cisco IMC interface.

Step 2

In the Navigation pane, click the Chassis menu.

Step 3

In the Chassis menu, click Summary.

The Summary node provides information on Server Properties, Chassis status, Cisco IMC Information, and Server Utilization.

Real-time monitoring of CPU, memory, and I/O utilization in the system is provided interms of Compute Usage Per Second (CUPS) . It is independent of the OS and does not consume CPU resources.

Cisco servers monitors below sensors:

Platform CUPS Sensor - Provides the Computation, Memory, and I/O resource utilization value in the form of a platform CUPS Index.

Core CUPS Sensor - Provides the computation utilization value.

Memory CUPS Sensor - Provides the memory utilization value.

IO CUPS Sensor - Provides the I/O resource utilization value.

Note 

CUPS sensors are hardware level sensors and the values will not match the values from OS based tools.

These utilization values are obtained by querying the data from a set of dedicated, sideband telemetry counters provided by the platform ingredients (CPU and chipset). These counters are called Resource Monitoring Counters (RMCs).

RMCs provide the real-time information pertaining to the three main domains of platform resources – CPU, memory, and I/O. The utilization information for each of these domains is obtained by aggregating the individual counters at a resource instance level.

Step 4

In the Server Utilization area, review the following information:

Name

Description

Overall Utilization (%)

Measured as CUPS Index. This is a composite metric used to provide quick high level assessment of Platform Utilization. The CUPS Index is thus a measure of the compute headroom available on the server. Hence, if the system has a large CUPS Index, then there is limited headroom to place additional workload on that system. As the resource consumption decreases, the system’s CUPS Index decreases. A low CUPS Index indicates that there is a large amount of compute headroom and the server is a prime target for receiving new workloads or having the workload migrated off and the server being put into a lower power state in order to reduce power consumption. Such workload monitoring can then be applied throughout the data center to provide a high-level and holistic view of the datacenter’s workload.

CPU Utilization (%)

CPU RMC provides CPU utilization metrics. These are individual CPU core counters which are aggregated to provide the cumulative utilization of all the cores in the package.

Memory Utilization (%)

Memory RMC provides memory utilization metrics. These are individual counters to measure memory traffic occurring at each memory channel or memory controller instance. These are then aggregated to measure the cumulative memory traffic across all the memory channels in the package.

IO Utilization (%)

IO RMC provides IO utilization metrics. These are individual counters, one per root port in the PCI Express Root Complex to measure PCI Express traffic emanating from or directed to that root port and the segment below. These counters are then aggregated to measure PCI express traffic for all PCI Express segments emanating from the package. The PCI Express Root Port represents a PCI segment and is hence is the single central component that carries the entire traffic generated by that segment.


Viewing CPU 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 pane, click the CPUs tab.

Step 4

Review the following information for each CPU:

Name Description

Socket Name field

The socket in which the CPU is installed.

Vendor field

The vendor for the CPU.

Status field

The status of the CPU.

Family field

The family to which this CPU belongs.

Version field

The version information of the CPU.

Speed field

The CPU speed, in megahertz.

Number of Cores field

The number of cores in the CPU.

Signature field

The signature information for the CPU.

Number of Threads field

The maximum number of threads that the CPU can process concurrently.


Viewing Memory 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 pane, click the Memory tab.

Step 4

In the Memory Summary area, review the following summary information about memory:

Name Description

Memory Speed field

The memory speed, in megahertz.

Failed Memory field

The amount of memory that is currently failing, in megabytes.

Total Memory field

The total amount of memory available on the server if all DIMMs are fully functional.

Ignored Memory field

The amount of memory currently not available for use, in megabytes.

Effective Memory field

The actual amount of memory currently available to the server.

Number of Ignored DIMMs field

The number of DIMMs that the server cannot access.

Redundant Memory field

The amount of memory used for redundant storage.

Number of Failed DIMMs field

The number of DIMMs that have failed and cannot be used.

Memory RAS Possible field

Details about the RAS memory configuration that the server supports.

Memory Configuration field

The current memory configuration. This can be one of the following:

  • Maximum Performance—The system automatically optimizes the memory performance.

  • Mirroring—The server maintains two identical copies of the data in memory. This option effectively halves the available memory on the server, as one half is automatically reserved for mirrored copy.

  • Lockstep—If the DIMM pairs in the server have an identical type, size, and organization and are populated across the SMI channels, you can enable lockstep mode to minimize memory access latency and provide better performance.

DIMM location diagram

Displays the DIMM or memory layout for the current server.

Step 5

In the DIMM Black Listing area, view the overall status of a DIMM and also enable DIMM black listing.

Name Description
Overall DIMM Status field

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

  • Good—The DIMM status is available.

  • Severe Fault— The DIMM status when uncorrectable ECC errors are present.

Enable DIMM Black List checkbox

Check this option to enable DIMM black listing.

Step 6

In the Memory Details table, review the following detailed information about each DIMM:

Tip 

Click a column header to sort the table rows, according to the entries in that column.

Name Description

Name column

The name of the DIMM slot in which the memory module is installed.

Capacity column

The size of the DIMM.

Channel Speed column

The clock speed of the memory channel, in megahertz.

Channel Type column

The type of memory channel.

Memory Type Detail column

The type of memory used in the device.

Bank Locator column

The location of the DIMM within the memory bank.

Manufacturer column

The vendor ID of the manufacturer. This can be one of the following:

  • 0x2C00—Micron Technology, Inc.

  • 0x5105—Qimonda AG i. In.

  • 0x802C—Micron Technology, Inc.

  • 0x80AD—Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

  • 0x80CE—Samsung Electronics, Inc.

  • 0x8551—Qimonda AG i. In.

  • 0xAD00—Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

  • 0xCE00—Samsung Electronics, Inc.

Serial Number column

The serial number of the DIMM.

Asset Tag column

The asset tag associated with the DIMM, if any.

Part Number column

The part number for the DIMM assigned by the vendor.

Visibility column

Whether the DIMM is available to the server.

Operability column

Whether the DIMM is currently operating correctly.

Data Width column

The amount of data the DIMM supports, in bits.


Viewing PCI 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 pane, click the PCI Adapters tab.

Step 4

In the PCI Adapters area, review the following information for the installed PCI adapters:

Name Description

Slot ID column

The slot in which the adapter resides.

Product Name column

The name of the adapter.

Option ROM Status column

Indicates the Option ROM status. This can be one of the following:

  • Loaded—Data is available in the card.

  • Unloaded—Data is not available in the card.

  • Load Error—Card is present and Option ROM is enabled. But Option ROM failed to load due to an error in the card.

Note 

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

Firmware Version column

The firmware versions of the adapters.

Note 

The firmware versions are displayed only for adapters that provide versions through the standard UEFI interface. For example, Intel LOM and Emulex Adapters.

Vendor ID column

The adapter ID assigned by the vendor.

Sub Vendor ID column

The secondary adapter 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.


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 Compute menu.

Step 2

In the Compute menu, select a server.

Step 3

In the work pane, click the Inventory tab.

Step 4

In the Storage tab's Storage area, 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.

Details field

Link to the details of the controller.


Viewing TPM 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 pane, click the TPM tab

Step 4

Review the following information:

Name Description

Version field

The TPM version. This field displays NA if the TPM version details are not available.

Presence field

Presence of the TPM module on the host server.

  • Equipped—The TPM is present on the host server.

  • Empty—The TPM does not exist on the host server.

Model field

The model number of the TPM. This field displays NA if the TPM does not exist on the host server.

Enabled Status field

Whether or not the TPM is enabled.

  • Enabled—The TPM is enabled.

  • Disabled—The TPM is disabled.

  • Unknown—The TPM does not exist on the host server.

Vendor field

The name of the TPM vendor. This field displays NA if the TPM does not exist on the host server.

Active Status field

Activation status of the TPM.

  • Activated—The TPM is activated.

  • Deactivated—The TPM is deactivated.

  • Unknown—The TPM does not exist on the host server.

Note 
In some C-series servers that have installed TPM version 2.0, Active Status is displayed as NA.

Serial field

The serial number of the TPM. This field displays NA if the TPM does not exist on the host server.

Ownership field

The ownership status of TPM.

  • Owned—The TPM is owned.

  • Unowned—The TPM is unowned.

  • Unknown—The TPM does not exist on the host server.

Note 
In some C-series servers that have installed TPM version 2.0, Ownership status is displayed as NA.

Revision field

Revision number of the TPM. This field displays NA if the TPM does not exist on the host server.


Viewing a PID Catalog

Procedure


Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Compute tab.

Step 2

In the Compute working area, click the PID Catalog tab.

Step 3

In the Summary area, review the following summary information about the PID catalog:

Name Description

Upload Status field

The download status of the PID catalog. It can be any of the following:
  • Download in Progress

  • Download Successful

  • Download Error - TFTP File Not Found

  • Download Error - Connection Failed

  • Download Error - Access Denied

  • Download Error - File Not Found

  • Download Error - Download Failed

  • Activation Successful

  • Error - Unknown

  • N/A

Activation Status field

The activation status of the PID catalog.

Current Activated version field

The activated version of the PID catalog.

Step 4

In the CPU table, review the following information about CPU:

Name Description

Socket field

The socket in which the CPU is installed.

Product ID field

The product ID for the CPU.

Model field

The model number of the CPU

Step 5

In the Memory table, review the following information about memory:

Name Description

Name field

The name of the memory slot.

Product ID field

The product ID for the memory slot assigned by the vendor.

Vendor ID field

The ID assigned by the vendor.

Capacity field

The size of the memory.

Speed (MHz) field

The memory speed, in megahertz.

Step 6

In the PCI Adapters table, review the following information about PCI adapter:

Name Description

Slot column

The slot in which the adapter resides.

Product ID column

The product ID for the adapter.

Vendor ID column

The adapter ID assigned by the vendor.

Sub Vendor ID column

The secondary adapter 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.

Step 7

In the HDD table, review the following information about HDD:

Name Description

Disk field

The disk of the hard drive.

Product ID field

The product ID for the hard drive.

Controller field

The system-defined name of the selected Cisco Flexible Flash controller. This name cannot be changed.

Vendor field

The vendor for the hard drive.

Model field

The model of the hard drive.