Reports for HyperFlex Pods
Cisco UCS Director provides several different kinds of reports that you can use to view the current status of a pod and its components or to see how the pod or its component have performed over time. All of these reports can be manually refreshed for real-time data and exported to PDF, CSV, or XLS format for you to share with others.
The available reports include:
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Summary reports for comparison data and other information about the pod or its components. These reports display in bar, pie, and tabular chart widgets on Summary pages.
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Tabular reports for detailed information about specific components.
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Trend graphs for information about the performance of pod resources over time.
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Stack views for a graphical bar view of the infrastructure in a VM.
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More reports include Top 5 reports and other reports for detailed information about high-performing pod resources. You can customize some of these reports.
Summary Reports
Summary reports enable you to view the status of your HyperFlex pods and to manage inventory lifecycle actions for the pods and their components. Each report displays as a widget on a Summary page at the pod level and the cluster level.
You can customize your Summary pages to hide one or more reports. You can export the content of these reports in PDF, CSV, or XLS format. You can also add some or all of these reports to your Cisco UCS Director dashboard for quick access.
The summary reports for All Pods comparison include the following in graphical and tabular formats:
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Active VM Distribution by Pod
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Total Storage Capacity by Pod (in GB)
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Overview
The summary reports for each HyperFlex pod include the following in graphical and tabular formats:
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Storage Capacity of the Pod (in GB)
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Cluster Nodes in Active vs Maintenance/Failed
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Active VMs vs Inactive VMs
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Summary of the pod components, including software versions and cluster status
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Storage Capacity Summary
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ESXi Host Versions
For more information about summary reports and reporting in Cisco UCS Director, see the Cisco UCS Director Administration Guide.
Tabular Reports
Tabular reports provide the status of the components in a HyperFlex pod. You can export the data from any tabular report in PDF, CSV, or XLS format. If you have scheduled inventory collection, the status is updated regularly. Otherwise, you can click Refresh on the tabular report to get real-time status.
You can access tabular reports from any page after you choose the HyperFlex pod. Reports are available for the following components:
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Clusters
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ESXi Hosts
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Datastores
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VM Templates
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VMs
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Service Requests
For some components, you can click a row in the tabular report and access more detailed information through View Details.
Stack Views for VMs
Stack views provide information about a HyperFlex VM in a graphical format, including the compute, network, and storage configuration and resources available to that VM.
The stack view data includes:
Compute |
Network |
Storage |
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OS |
OS installed on the VM |
OS installed on the VM |
OS installed on the VM |
VM |
VM name |
VM name |
VM name |
Network adapter and port |
Virtual disk |
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Hypervisor |
Hypervisor version, IP address, and cluster |
Hypervisor version, IP address, and cluster |
Hypervisor version, IP address, and cluster |
Port group and VLAN |
Datastore |
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VSwitch |
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Infrastructure |
Server where the VM is located |
HX Storage Cluster where the VM is located |
To access the stack view, choose VMs, choose a VM, and then click Stack View.
Inventory Collection
When you add a HyperFlex pod, Cisco UCS Director discovers and collects the inventory of that pod. You can view the collected inventory and the status of the HyperFlex pod and its components in the summary reports and on the report pages. This status can be updated on a regular schedule through system tasks and manually by component.
Scheduled Refresh of Inventory Collection Through System Tasks
The HyperFlex system tasks enable you to schedule inventory collection for each HyperFlex pod. Depending on your business needs, you can set the same schedule for all HyperFlex pods or you can set a different schedule for some pods. You can specify the number of hours or minutes to automatically run the inventory collection and update the status of the HyperFlex pod.
For more information about scheduling system tasks, see the Cisco UCS Director Administration Guide.
Manual Refresh of Inventory Collection
Even if you have scheduled inventory collection with system tasks, you can manually perform an inventory collection for a HyperFlex pod or its components. For example, you can manually refresh the inventory and status in the following ways:
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Refresh—Updates the data in summary reports and tabular reports. This action is available for a HyperFlex pod and its components, such as clusters, controller nodes, datastores, disks, and VMs.
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Inventory Collection—Performs an inventory collection for a component of a pod. This action is available for individual components, such as a VM, an ESXi host, or an HX Server.