Platform Status and Configuration


This chapter provides information on administering the system and contains the following topics:

Hardware Status

Network Status

Installed Software

System Status

You can view the status of the platform, platform hardware, or the network.

Hardware Status

To view the hardware status, follow this procedure:

Procedure


Step 1 From the Cisco IPT Platform Administration window, navigate to Show>Hardware.

The Platform Hardware status window displays.

Step 2 For descriptions of the fields on the Platform Hardware status window, see Table 3-1.


Table 3-1 Platform Hardware Status Field Descriptions

Field
Description

Hardware Platform

Displays the model identity of the platform server.

CPU Type

Displays the type of processor in the platform server.

Memory

Displays the total amount of memory in MBytes.

Detailed Report

Displays a detailed summary of the platform hardware.


Network Status

To view the network status, follow this procedure:

Procedure


Step 1 From the Cisco IPT Platform Administration window, navigate to Show>Network.

The Network Settings window displays.

Step 2 See Table 3-2 for descriptions of the fields on the Platform Status window.


Table 3-2 Platform Network Status Field Descriptions

Field
Description

Status

Indicates whether the port is Up or Down for Ethernet ports 0 and 1.

DHCP

Indicates whether DHCP is enabled for Ethernet port 0.

IP Address

Shows the IP address of Ethernet port 0.

IP Mask

Shows the IP mask of Ethernet port 0.

MAC Address

Displays the hardware address of the port.

Link Detected

Indicates whether there is an active link.

Auto Negotiation

Indicates whether auto negotiation is active.

Speed

Displays the speed of the connection.

Duplex

Displays the duplex mode.

MTU

Displays the maximum transmission unit.

Queue Length

Displays the length of the queue.

Receive Statistics

Displays information onreceived bytes and packets.

Transmit Statistics

Displays information on transmitted bytes and packets .

Primary DNS

Displays the IP address of the primary domain name server.

Secondary DNS

Displays the IP address of the secondary domain name server.

Domain

Displays the domain of the server.

Gateway

Displays the IP address of the network gateway on Ethernet port 0.


Installed Software

To view the software versions and installed software options, follow this procedure:

Procedure


Step 1 From the Cisco IPT Platform Administration window, navigate to Show>Software.

The Software Packages window displays.

Step 2 For a description of the fields on the Software Packages window, see Table 3-3.


Table 3-3 Software Packages Field Descriptions

Field
Description

Active Version

Displays the software version that is running on the active partition.

Inactive Version

Displays the software version that is running on the inactive partition.


System Status

To view the system status, follow this procedure:

Procedure


Step 1 From the Cisco IPT Platform Administration window, navigate to Show>System.

The System Status window displays.

Step 2 See Table 3-4 for descriptions of the fields on the Platform Status window.


Table 3-4 Platform Status Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Host Name

Displays the name of the Cisco MCS host where Cisco Platform Administration is installed.

Date

Displays the date and time based on the continent and region that were specified during platform installation.

Locale

Displays the language that was chosen during platform installation.

Time Zone

Displays the time zone that was chosen during installation.

CPU

Displays the percentage of CPU capacity that is idle, the percentage that is running system processes, and the percentage that is running user processes.

Memory

Displays the amount of total memory, free memory, and used memory in KBytes.

Active Partition

Displays the amount of total, free, and used disk space on the active disk.

Inactive Partition

Displays the amount of total, free, and used disk space on the inactive disk.

Log Partition

Displays the amount of total, free, and disk space that is used for disk logging.