A statistics collection policy defines how frequently statistics are to
be collected (collection interval) and how frequently the statistics are to be
reported (reporting interval). Reporting intervals are longer than collection
intervals so that multiple statistical data points can be collected during the
reporting interval, which provides
Cisco UCS Manager
with sufficient data to calculate and report minimum, maximum, and average
values.
For NIC statistics, Cisco UCS Manager displays the average, minimum, and
maximum of the change since the last collection of statistics. If the values are
0, there has been no change since the last collection.
Statistics can be collected and reported for the following five
functional areas of the Cisco UCS system:
Adapter—statistics related to the adapters
Chassis—statistics related to the blade chassis
Host—this policy is a placeholder for future support
Port—statistics related to the ports, including server ports, uplink
Ethernet ports, and uplink Fibre Channel ports
Server—statistics related to servers
Note
Cisco UCS Manager
has one default statistics collection policy for each of the five functional
areas. You cannot create additional statistics collection policies and you
cannot delete the existing default policies. You can only modify the default
policies.
Modifying a Statistics Collection Policy
Note
Cisco UCS Manager
has one default statistics collection policy for each of the five functional
areas. You cannot create additional statistics collection policies and you
cannot delete the existing default policies. You can only modify the default
policies.
Procedure
Step 1
In the
Navigation pane, click the
Admin tab.
Step 2
In the
Admin tab, expand
All > Stats
Management > Stats.
Step 3
Right-click the policy that you want to modify and select
Modify Collection Policy.
Step 4
In the
Modify Collection Policy dialog box, complete
the following fields:
Name
Description
Name field
The name of the collection policy.
This name is assigned by Cisco UCS and cannot be changed.
Collection Interval field
The length of time the fabric interconnect should wait
between data recordings. This can be:
30 Seconds
1 Minute
2 Minutes
5 Minutes
Reporting Interval field
The length of time the fabric interconnect should wait
before sending any data collected for the counter to
Cisco UCS Manager GUI.
This can be:
2 Minutes
15 Minutes
30 Minutes
60 Minutes
2 Hours
4 Hours
8 Hours
When this time has elapsed, the fabric interconnect groups
all data collected since the last time it sent information to
Cisco UCS Manager GUI, and it extracts four pieces of information from that
group and sends them to
Cisco UCS Manager GUI:
The most recent statistic collected
The average of this group of statistics
The maximum value within this group
The minimum value within this group
For example, if the collection interval is set to 1 minute
and the reporting interval is 15 minutes, the fabric interconnect collects 15
samples in that 15 minute reporting interval. Instead of sending 15 statistics
to
Cisco UCS Manager GUI, it sends only the most recent recording along with
the average, minimum, and maximum values for the entire group.
States Section
Current Task
field
This field shows the task that is
executing on behalf of this component. For details, see the associated
FSM tab.
Note
If there is no current task, this field is not displayed.
Step 5
Click
OK.
Configuring Statistics Threshold Policies
Statistics Threshold Policy
A statistics threshold policy monitors statistics about certain aspects
of the system and generates an event if the threshold is crossed. You can set
both minimum and maximum thresholds. For example, you can configure the policy
to raise an alarm if the CPU temperature exceeds a certain value, or if a
server is overutilized or underutilized.
These threshold policies do not control the hardware or device-level
thresholds enforced by endpoints, such as the CIMC. Those thresholds are burned
in to the hardware components at manufacture.
Cisco UCS
enables you to configure statistics threshold policies for the following
components:
Servers and server components
Uplink Ethernet ports
Ethernet server ports, chassis, and fabric interconnects
Fibre Channel port
Note
You cannot create or delete a statistics threshold policy for
Ethernet server ports, uplink Ethernet ports, or uplink Fibre Channel ports.
You can only configure the existing default policy.
Creating a Server and Server Component Threshold Policy
Tip
This procedure documents how to create a server and server component
threshold policy on the
Server tab. You can also create and configure
these threshold policies within the appropriate organization in the
Policies node on the
LAN tab,
SAN tab, and under the
Stats Management node of the
Admin tab.
Procedure
Step 1
In the
Navigation pane, click the
Servers tab.
Step 2
On the
Servers tab, expand
Servers > Policies.
Step 3
Expand the node for the organization where you want to create the
policy.
If the system does not include multi-tenancy,
expand the
root node.
Step 4
Right-click
Threshold Policies and choose
Create Threshold Policy.
Step 5
In the
Define Name and Description page of the
Create Threshold Policy wizard, do the
following:
Complete the following fields:
Name
Description
Name
field
The name of the policy.
This name can be between 1 and 16
alphanumeric characters. You cannot use spaces or any special characters, and
you cannot change this name after the object has been saved.
Description field
A description of the policy.
We recommend including information about where and when the policy should be
used.
Enter up to 256 characters. You can use any characters or spaces except ^ (carat), \ (backslash), > (greater than), < (less than), ' (single quote), " (double quote), ` (accent mark).
Click
Next.
Step 6
In the
Threshold Classes page of the
Create Threshold Policy wizard, do the
following:
Click
Add.
In the
Choose Statistics Class dialog box, choose the statistics class for which you want to configure a custom threshold from the
Stat Class drop-down list.
Click
Next.
Step 7
In the
Threshold Definitions page, do the following:
Click
Add.
The
Create Threshold Definition dialog box
opens.
From the
Property Type field,
choose the threshold property that you want to define for the class.
In the
Normal Value field,
enter the desired value for the property type.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Above
Normal Value) fields,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Critical
Major
Minor
Warning
Condition
Info
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Below Normal Value)
fields,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Info
Condition
Warning
Minor
Major
Critical
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
Click
Finish Stage.
Do one of the following:
To define another threshold property for the class, repeat
Step 7.
If you have defined all required properties for the class,
click
Finish Stage.
Step 8
In the
Threshold Classes page of the
Create Threshold Policy wizard, do one the
following:
To configure
another threshold class for the policy, repeat Steps 6 and 7.
If you have
configured all required threshold classes for the policy, click
Finish.
Step 9
Click
OK.
Adding a Threshold Class to an Existing Server and Server Component Threshold
Policy
Tip
This procedure documents how to add a threshold class to a server
and server component threshold policy in the
Server tab. You can also create and configure
these threshold policies within the appropriate organization in the
Policies node on the
LAN tab,
SAN tab, and under the
Stats Management node of the
Admin tab.
Procedure
Step 1
In the
Navigation pane, click the
Servers tab.
Step 2
On the
Servers tab, expand
Servers > Policies > Organization_Name.
Step 3
Expand the
Threshold Policies node.
Step 4
Right-click the policy to which you want to add a threshold
class and choose
Create Threshold Class.
Step 5
In the
Choose Statistics Class page of the
Create Threshold Class wizard, do the
following:
From the
Stat Class drop-down list, choose the statistics class for which you want to configure a custom threshold.
Click
Next.
Step 6
In the
Threshold Definitions page, do the following:
Click
Add.
The
Create Threshold Definition dialog box
opens.
From the
Property Type field,
choose the threshold property that you want to define for the class.
In the
Normal Value field,
enter the desired value for the property type.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Above Normal Value) field,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Critical
Major
Minor
Warning
Condition
Info
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Below Normal Value) field,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Info
Condition
Warning
Minor
Major
Critical
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
Click
Finish Stage.
Do one of the following:
To define another threshold property for the class, repeat
Step 6.
If you have defined all required properties for the class,
click
Finish Stage.
Step 7
In the
Choose Statistics Class page of the
Create Threshold Class wizard, do one the
following:
To configure
another threshold class for the policy, repeat Steps 5 and 6.
If you have
configured all required threshold classes for the policy, click
Finish.
Step 8
Click
OK.
Deleting a Server and Server Component Threshold Policy
Procedure
Step 1
In the
Navigation pane, click the
Servers tab.
Step 2
On the
Servers tab, expand
Servers > Policies > Organization_Name.
Step 3
Expand the
Threshold Policies node.
Step 4
Right-click the policy you want to delete and select
Delete.
Step 5
If
Cisco UCS Manager GUI
displays a confirmation dialog box, click
Yes.
Adding a Threshold Class to the Uplink Ethernet Port Threshold
Policy
Tip
You cannot create an uplink Ethernet port threshold policy. You
can only modify or delete the default policy.
Procedure
Step 1
In the
Navigation pane, click the
LAN tab.
Step 2
On the
LAN tab, expand
LAN > LAN Cloud.
Step 3
Expand the
Threshold Policies node.
Step 4
Right-click Thr-policy-default and choose the
Create Threshold Class.
Step 5
In the
Choose Statistics Class page of the
Create Threshold Class wizard, do the
following:
From the
Stat Class drop-down list, choose the statistics class for which you want to configure a custom threshold.
Click
Next.
Step 6
In the
Threshold Definitions page, do the following:
Click
Add.
The
Create Threshold Definition dialog box
opens.
From the
Property Type field,
choose the threshold property that you want to define for the class.
In the
Normal Value field,
enter the desired value for the property type.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Above Normal Value) field,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Critical
Major
Minor
Warning
Condition
Info
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Below Normal Value) field,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Info
Condition
Warning
Minor
Major
Critical
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
Click
Finish Stage.
Do one of the following:
To define another threshold property for the class, repeat
Step 6.
If you have defined all required properties for the class,
click
Finish Stage.
Step 7
In the
Create Threshold Class page of the
Create Threshold Policy wizard, do one the
following:
To configure
another threshold class for the policy, repeat Steps 5 and 6.
If you have
configured all required threshold classes for the policy, click
Finish.
Adding a Threshold Class to the Ethernet Server Port, Chassis, and
Fabric Interconnect Threshold Policy
Tip
You cannot create an Ethernet server port, chassis, and fabric
interconnect threshold policy. You can only modify or delete the default
policy.
Procedure
Step 1
In the
Navigation pane, click the
LAN tab.
Step 2
In the
LAN tab, expand
LAN > Internal
LAN.
Step 3
Expand the
Threshold Policies node.
Step 4
Right-click Thr-policy-default and choose the
Create Threshold Class.
Step 5
In the
Choose Statistics Class page of the
Create Threshold Class wizard, do the
following:
From the
Stat Class drop-down list, choose the statistics class for which you want to configure a custom threshold.
Click
Next.
Step 6
In the
Threshold Definitions page, do the following:
Click
Add.
The
Create Threshold Definition dialog box
opens.
From the
Property Type field,
choose the threshold property that you want to define for the class.
In the
Normal Value field,
enter the desired value for the property type.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Above Normal Value) field,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Critical
Major
Minor
Warning
Condition
Info
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Below Normal Value) field,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Info
Condition
Warning
Minor
Major
Critical
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
Click
Finish Stage.
Do one of the following:
To define another threshold property for the class, repeat
Step 6.
If you have defined all required properties for the class,
click
Finish Stage.
Step 7
In the
Create Threshold Class page of the
Create Threshold Policy wizard, do one the
following:
To configure
another threshold class for the policy, repeat Steps 5 and 6.
If you have
configured all required threshold classes for the policy, click
Finish.
Adding a Threshold Class to the Fibre Channel Port Threshold
Policy
You cannot create a Fibre Channel port threshold policy. You can
only modify or delete the default policy.
Procedure
Step 1
In the
Navigation pane, click the
SAN tab.
Step 2
On the
SAN tab, expand
SAN > SAN Cloud.
Step 3
Expand the
Threshold Policies node.
Step 4
Right-click
Thr-policy-default and choose the
Create Threshold Class.
Step 5
In the
Choose Statistics Class page of the
Create Threshold Class wizard, do the
following:
From the
Stat Class drop-down list, choose the statistics class for which you want to configure a custom threshold.
Click
Next.
Step 6
In the
Threshold Definitions page, do the following:
Click
Add.
The
Create Threshold Definition dialog box
opens.
From the
Property Type field,
choose the threshold property that you want to define for the class.
In the
Normal Value field,
enter the desired value for the property type.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Above Normal Value) field,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Critical
Major
Minor
Warning
Condition
Info
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
In the
Alarm Triggers (Below Normal Value) field,
check one or more of the following check boxes:
Info
Condition
Warning
Minor
Major
Critical
In the
Up and
Down fields, enter the range of values
that should trigger the alarm.
Click
Finish Stage.
Do one of the following:
To define another threshold property for the class, repeat
Step 6.
If you have defined all required properties for the class,
click
Finish Stage.
Step 7
In the
Create Threshold Class page of the
Create Threshold Policy wizard, do one the
following:
To configure
another threshold class for the policy, repeat Steps 5 and 6.
If you have
configured all required threshold classes for the policy, click
Finish.
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