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Default Parameters for UCSFIConnsEthPTest

This test enables you to run frequent health checks on these ports so that, you can quickly identify non-operational, overloaded, or slow ports. Whenever ethernet traffic slows down, you can use this information to figure out which ethernet port is responsible for it. Moreover, in times of heavy traffic, this information will enable you to decide whether additional ports need to be configured using the expansion module for handling the load.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the UCSFIConnsEthPTest.

  • The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed. 

  • In the UCS USER and UCS PASSWORD text boxes, provide the credentials of the USER, who possesses atleast read-only privilege to access the Cisco UCS Manager.

  • Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  • By default, the Cisco UCS Manager is not SSL-enabled. Accordingly, the SSL flag is set to No by default.

  • By default, in most environments, Cisco UCS Manager listens on port 80 (if not SSL-enabled) or on port 443 (if SSL-enabled) only. This implies that while monitoring Cisco UCS Manager, the eG agent, by default, connects to port 80 or 443, depending upon the SSL-enabled status of Cisco UCS Manager - i.e., if Cisco UCS Manager is not SSL-enabled (i.e., if the SSL flag above is set to No), then the eG agent connects to Cisco UCS Manager using port 80 by default, and if Cisco UCS Manager is SSL-enabled (i.e., if the SSL flag is set to Yes), then the agent-Cisco UCS Manager communication occurs via port 443 by default. Accordingly, the WEBPORT parameter is set to default by default.

    In some environments however, the default ports 80 or 443 might not apply. In such a case, against the WEBPORT parameter, you can specify the exact port at which the Cisco UCS Manager in your environment listens, so that the eG agent communicates with that port for collecting metrics from the Cisco UCS Manager.

  • By default, regardless of the Administrative state of an Ethernet port, this test reports the Overall status of that port. In other words, by default, this test reports the Overall status measure for an Ethernet port, even if the Administrative state of that port is Disabled. This is because, the SHOW OVERALL STATUS flag is set to Yes by default. If this flag is set to No instead, then this test will report the Overall status of only those Ethernet ports that are currently in an Enabled Administrative state.

  • Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the Update button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.