eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by UCSFIConnsTest

Since fabric interconnects provide both network connectivity and management capabilities for the Cisco UCS system, an inoperable or resource-intensive fabric interconnect can shake the communication backbone for the blade servers and the blade server chassis of the system. Likewise, real and potential threats to the health of the interconnect hardware (eg., PSUs, mainboards, fans) can also result in significant latencies in network traffic flow over the interconnects.

With the help of this test, you can keep track of the operational status and resource usage of the fabric interconnects, and also be alerted to sudden spikes in the temperature of the PSUs, mainboards, and fans supported by each interconnect.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Operability Indicates the operating status of the Fabric Interconnects.   This measure reports the operating status of the Fabric Interconnects and their numeric equivalents as shown in the table:

Numeric Value State
0 Unknown
1 Operable
2 Inoperable

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the operating status of the Fabric Interconnects. However, the graph of this measure will be represented using the corresponding numeric equivalents of the states i.e., 0 to 2.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure provides the Time, Name, PID, Revision, Serial Number and Vendor attributes of each Fabric Interconnects.
LoadValue Indicates the CPU utilization of the Fabric Interconnects. Percent A high value is indicative of excessive CPU usage, and is a cause for concern.
AvailMemory Indicates the available memory in the Fabric Interconnects. MB A low value may indicate a memory bottleneck.
CacheMemory Indicates the memory allotted for cache (frequently used main memory locations) in the Fabric Interconnects. MB  
TotalMemory Indicates the total memory of the Fabric Interconnects. MB  
FanCtrlInlet1 Indicates the temperature of fan 1. Celcius A low value is desired for this measure.
FanCtrlInlet2 Indicates the temperature of fan 2. Celcius A low value is desired for this measure.
FanCtrlInlet3 Indicates the temperature of fan 3. Celcius A low value is desired for this measure.
FanCtrlInlet4 Indicates the temperature of fan 4. Celcius A low value is desired for this measure.
MainboardOutlet1 Indicates the temperature of the Fabric Interconnect main board 1. Celcius A low value is desired for this measure.
MainboardOutlet2 Indicates the temperature of the Fabric Interconnect main board 2. Celcius A low value is desired for this measure.
PsuCtrlInlet1 Indicates the temperature of the Fabric Interconnect Power Supply Unit 1. Celcius A low value is desired for this measure.
PsuCtrlInlet2 Indicates the temperature of the Fabric Interconnect Power Supply Unit 2. Celcius A low value is desired for this measure.