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Measures reported by UCSChassisTest

The Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager is a next-generation data center platform that unites computing, network, storage access, and virtualization services into a cohesive system that reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) and increases business agility. This system integrates a low-latency, lossless 10-Gigabit Ethernet unified network fabric with enterprise-class, x86-architecture servers. It is an integrated, scalable, multi-chassis platform in which all resources participate in a unified management domain.

The Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis is a scalable and flexible blade server chassis for data centers. The chassis can house up to eight half-width Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and can accommodate both half- and full-width blade form factors. Four single-phase, hot-swappable power supplies are accessible from the front of the chassis. These power supplies are 92 percent efficient and can be configured to support nonredundant, N+1 redundant, and grid-redundant configurations. The rear of the chassis contains eight hot-swappable fans, four power connectors (one per power supply), and two I/O bays for Cisco UCS 2104XP I/O modules. A passive midplane provides up to 20 Gbps of I/O bandwidth per server slot and up to 40 Gbps of I/O bandwidth for two slots.

By running periodic health checks on each chassis supported by a Cisco UCS Manager, you can promptly identify the following:

  • The chassis that is currently in an abnormal operational state;

  • The insufficiently licensed chassis;

  • Empty/missing chassis;

  • The chassis that is experiencing serious power failures;

  • The chassis with fans that are in a critical thermal state;

  • The chassis that is handling unusually high input and output power.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
AdminState Indicates the administrative status of each chassis available in the Cisco UCS Manager.   This measure reports the administrative status of the chassis and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value State
1 Acknowledged
2 Re-acknowledged
3 Decommission
4 Remove

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the administrative status of the chassis. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states i.e., 1 to 4.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure provides the Time, ID, PID, Module, Revision, Serial Number, Tray and Vendor attributes for each chassis.
ConfigState Indicates the configuration status of each chassis available in the Cisco UCS Manager.   This measure reports the configuration status of the chassis and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value State
0 Un-initialized
1 Un-acknowledged
2 Unsupported-connectivity
3 Ok
4 Removing

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the configuration status of the chassis. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states i.e., 0 to 4.
LicenseState Indicates the license status of each chassis available in the Cisco UCS Manager.   This measure reports the license status of the chassis and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value State
0 Unknown
1 License-ok
2 License-insufficient

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the license status of the chassis. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states i.e., 0 to 2.
OperState Indicates the overall status of the chassis available in the Cisco UCS Manager.   This measure reports the overall status of the chassis and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value State
0 Unknown
1 Operable
2 Inoperable
3 Degraded
4 Powered-off
5 Power-problem
6 Removed
7 Voltage-problem
8 Thermal-problem
9 Performance-problem
10 Accessibility-problem
11 Identity-unestablishable
12 Bios-post-timeout
13 Disabled
51 Fabric-conn-problem
52 Fabric-unsupported-conn
81 Config
82 Equipment-problem
83 Decommissioning
84 Chassis-limit-exceeded
101 Discovery
102 Discovery-failed
103 Identify
104 Post-failure
105 Upgrade-problem
106 Peer-comm-problem
107 Auto-upgrade

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the overall status of the chassis. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states as mentioned in the table above.
Operability Indicates the operating state of the chassis.   This measure reports the operating state of the chassis and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value State
0 Unknown
1 Operable
2 Inoperable
3 Degraded
4 Powered-off
5 Power-problem
6 Removed
7 Voltage-problem
8 Thermal-problem
9 Performance-problem
10 Accessibility-problem
11 Identity-unestablishable
12 Bios-post-timeout
13 Disabled
51 Fabric-conn-problem
52 Fabric-unsupported-conn
81 Config
82 Equipment-problem
83 Decommissioning
84 Chassis-limit-exceeded
101 Discovery
102 Discovery-failed
103 Identify
104 Post-failure
105 Upgrade-problem
106 Peer-comm-problem
107 Auto-upgrade

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the operating state of the chassis. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states as mentioned in the table above.
PowerState Indicates the power status of the chassis available in the Cisco UCS Manager.   This measure reports the power status of the chassis and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value State
0 Unknown
1 Ok
2 Failed
3 Input-failed
4 Input-degraded
5 Output-failed
6 Output-degraded
7 Redundancy-failed
8 Redundancy-degraded

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the power status of the chassis. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states i.e., 0 to 8.
Presence Indicates the current status of the chassis available in the Cisco UCS Manager.   This measure reports the current status of the chassis and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value State
0 Unknown
1 Empty
10 Equipped
11 Missing
12 Mismatch
13 Equipped-not-primary
20 Equipped-identity-unestablishable
30 Inaccessible
40 Unauthorized

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the current status of the chassis. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states as mentioned in the table above.
ThermalState Indicates the thermal state of the fans provided in each chassis.   This measure reports the thermal state of the fans and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value State
0 Unknown
1 Ok
2 Upper-non-recoverable
3 Upper-critical
4 Upper-non-critical
5 Lower-non-critical
6 Lower-critical
7 Lower non-recoverable

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the thermal state of the chassis. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states as mentioned in the table above.
InputPower Indicates the input power of the chassis. Watts An abnormally high or low power may cause serious damage to the hardware components of the chassis. Therefore, this input power range is preferred to be within normal limits.
OutputPower Indicates the output power of the chassis. Watts Ideally, this output power range is preferred to be within normal limits.