- Preface
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- Configuring the Fabric Interconnects
- Configuring Ports and Port Channels
- Configuring Communication Services
- Configuring Authentication
- Configuring Organizations
- Configuring Role-Based Access Control
- Managing Firmware
- Configuring DNS Servers
- Configuring System-Related Policies
- Managing Licenses
- Managing Virtual Interfaces
- Index
Monitoring Hardware
This chapter includes the following sections:
- Monitoring a Fabric Interconnect
- Monitoring a Chassis
- Monitoring a Blade Server
- Monitoring a Rack-Mount Server
- Monitoring an I/O Module
- Monitoring Management Interfaces
- Server Disk Drive Monitoring
Monitoring a Fabric Interconnect
Monitoring a Chassis
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To monitor an individual component in a chassis, expand the node for that component. |
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Click one of the following tabs to view the status of the chassis:
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Monitoring a Blade Server
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Step 3 | Click the server that you want to monitor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the Work pane, click one of the following tabs to view the status of the server:
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Step 5 | In the Navigation pane, expand . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the Work pane, right-click one or more of the following components of the adapter to open the navigator and view the status of the component:
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Monitoring a Rack-Mount Server
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Step 3 | Click the server that you want to monitor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the Work pane, click one of the following tabs to view the status of the server:
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Step 5 | In the Navigation pane, expand . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the Work pane, right-click one or more of the following components of the adapter to open the navigator and view the status of the component:
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Monitoring an I/O Module
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab. | ||||||||||||||||
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Step 3 | Click the I/O module that you want to monitor. | ||||||||||||||||
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Click one of the following tabs to view the status of the I/O module:
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Monitoring Management Interfaces
Management Interfaces Monitoring Policy
This policy defines how the mgmt0 Ethernet interface on the fabric interconnect should be monitored. If Cisco UCS detects a management interface failure, a failure report is generated. If the configured number of failure reports is reached, the system assumes that the management interface is unavailable and generates a fault. By default, the management interfaces monitoring policy is disabled.
If the affected management interface belongs to a fabric interconnect which is the managing instance, Cisco UCS confirms that the subordinate fabric interconnect's status is up, that there are no current failure reports logged against it, and then modifies the managing instance for the end-points.
If the affected fabric interconnect is currently the primary inside of a high availability setup, a failover of the management plane is triggered. The data plane is not affected by this failover.
You can set the following properties related to monitoring the management interface:
- Type of mechanism used to monitor the management interface.
- Interval at which the management interface's status is monitored.
- Maximum number of monitoring attempts that can fail before the system assumes that the management is unavailable and generates a fault message.
Configuring the Management Interfaces Monitoring Policy
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Admin tab. | ||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the Admin tab, expand . | ||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Management Interfaces. | ||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the Work pane, click the Management Interfaces Monitoring Policy tab. | ||||||||||||
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Complete the following fields:
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If you chose Mii Status for the monitoring mechanism, complete the following fields in the Media Independent Interface Monitoring area:
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If you chose Ping Arp Targets for the monitoring mechanism, complete the following fields in the ARP Target Monitoring area:
Type 0.0.0.0 to remove the ARP target. |
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If you chose Ping Gateway for the monitoring mechanism, complete the following fields in the Gateway Ping Monitoring area:
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Step 9 | Click Save Changes. |
Server Disk Drive Monitoring
The disk drive monitoring for Cisco UCS provides Cisco UCS Manager with blade-resident disk drive status for supported blade servers in a Cisco UCS domain. Disk drive monitoring provides a unidirectional fault signal from the LSI firmware to Cisco UCS Manager to provide status information.
The following server and firmware components gather, send, and aggregate information about the disk drive status in a server:
- Physical presence sensor—Determines whether the disk drive is inserted in the server drive bay.
- Physical fault sensor—Determines the operability status reported by the LSI storage controller firmware for the disk drive.
- IPMI disk drive fault and presence sensors—Sends the sensor results to Cisco UCS Manager.
- Disk drive fault LED control and associated IPMI sensors—Controls disk drive fault LED states (on/off) and relays the states to Cisco UCS Manager.
- Support for Disk Drive Monitoring
- Prerequisites for Disk Drive Monitoring
- Viewing the Status of a Disk Drive
- Interpreting the Status of a Monitored Disk Drive
Support for Disk Drive Monitoring
Disk drive monitoring only supports certain blade servers and a specific LSI storage controller firmware level.
Supported Cisco UCS Servers
Through Cisco UCS Manager, you can monitor disk drives for the following servers:
Cisco UCS Manager cannot monitor disk drives in any other blade server or rack-mount server.
Storage Controller Firmware Level
The storage controller on a supported server must have LSI 1064E firmware.
Cisco UCS Manager cannot monitor disk drives in servers with a different level of storage controller firmware.
Prerequisites for Disk Drive Monitoring
In addition to the supported servers and storage controller firmware version, you must ensure that the following prerequisites have been met for disk drive monitoring to provide useful status information:
Viewing the Status of a Disk Drive
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab. | ||||||||
Step 2 | On the Equipment tab, expand . | ||||||||
Step 3 | Click the server for which you want to view the status of the disk drive. | ||||||||
Step 4 | In the Work pane, click the Inventory tab. | ||||||||
Step 5 | Click the Storage subtab. | ||||||||
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Click the down arrows to expand the Disks bar and view the following fields in the States section for each disk drive:
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Interpreting the Status of a Monitored Disk Drive
Cisco UCS Manager displays the following properties for each monitored disk drive:
- Operability—The operational state of the disk drive.
- Presence—The presence of the disk drive, and whether it can be detected in the server drive bay, regardless of its operational state.
You need to look at both properties to determine the status of the monitored disk drive. The following table shows the likely interpretations of the property values.
Operability Status | Presence Status | Interpretation |
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Operable |
Equipped |
No fault condition. The disk drive is in the server and can be used. |
Inoperable |
Equipped |
Fault condition. The disk drive is in the server, but one of the following could be causing an operability problem: |
N/A |
Missing |
Fault condition. The server drive bay does not contain a disk drive. |
N/A |
Equipped |
Fault condition. The disk drive is in the server, but one of the following could be causing an operability problem: |
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The Operability field may show the incorrect status for several reasons, such as if the disk is part of a broken RAID set or if the BIOS POST (Power On Self Test) has not completed. |