eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by IbmDsDrChanStsTest

The IbmDsDrChanStsTest reveals the current status of each drive channel on the storage controller, and also alerts administrators to connection failures between any of the drive channels and the controllers A and B.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Channel_status Indicates the current status of this drive channel.   The values reported by this measure and their numeric equivalents are available in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Optimal 1
Online 2
Degraded 3
Failed 4
Offline 5
Unknown 6

Note:

This measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the current state of this drive channel. However, in the graph of this measure, the state is indicated using only the Numeric Values listed in the above table.

Cntl_A_link_status Indicates the current status of the connection between this drive channel and the controller A link.   The values reported by this measure and their numeric equivalents are available in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Up 0
Failed 1
Down 2
Unknown 3

Note:

This measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the current state of the connection between this drive channel and the controller A link. However, in the graph of this measure, the state is indicated using only the Numeric Values listed in the above table.

Cntl_B_link_status Indicates the current status of the connection between this drive channel and the controller B link.   The values reported by this measure and their numeric equivalents are available in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Up 0
Failed 1
Down 2
Unknown 3

Note:

This measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the current state of the connection between this drive channel and the controller B link. However, in the graph of this measure, the state is indicated using only the Numeric Values listed in the above table.