eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by IBMChassPwrModTest

The BladeCenter Chassis comes with two or four hot-swap power modules. The availability and proper functioning of each of the power modules is critical to the uninterrupted operations of the chassis. Frequent erratic voltage fluctuations or failures of the power supply modules can stall the operations for hours, slowing down or completely suspending the delivery of the dependent business services. If such an unpleasant eventuality is to be pre-empted, administrators should proactively detect potential problems with the power supply modules and take remedial action before anything untoward happens. The Chassis Power Module test helps administrators in this regard!

For each power supply module on the target BladeCenter chassis, this test reports the availability and current status. Using this test, administrators can prevent failures of the power supply modules at the earliest and rectify failures before the operation of the target chassis is completely affected.

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each power supply module on the BladeCenter Chassis being monitored.

Descriptor of the test : Power Supply Module

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
moduleExistense Indicates whether this power supply module exists or not.   The values that this measure can report and the numeric values they indicate have been listed in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Yes 1
No 0

Note:

By default, this measure can report the Measure Values mentioned above indicating whether each power supply module exists or not. However, the graph of this measure is indicated using the numeric equivalents.
moduleState Indicates the current status of this power supply module.   The values that this measure can report and the numeric values they indicate have been listed in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Unknown 0
Good 1
Warning 2
Not Available 3
Critical 4

Note:

By default, this measure can report the Measure Values mentioned above while indicating the current status of each power supply module. However, the graph of this measure is indicated using the numeric equivalents.