Viewing the status of switches

About this task

The following status icons are used to indicate the overall health of the device. If the certificates do not match, (Untrusted) is appended to the status of each applicable device, for example Warning (Untrusted). If there is a connectivity issue or a connection to the device is not trusted, (Connectivity) is appended to the status of each applicable device, for example Warning (Connectivity).

• () Critical

  • One or more temperature sensors are in the failure range.

  • Fan modules or fans are not working correctly, as follows:

    • RackSwitch G8124-E: One or more fans are running at less than or equal to 100 RPM.

    • RackSwitch G8052: Fewer than three fan modules are in good state. If the fans in that module are running at more than 500 RPM, a fan module is considered good.

    • RackSwitch G8264, G8264CS, G8332, G8272: Fewer than four fan modules are in good state. If the fans in that module are running at more than 500 RPM, a fan module is considered good.

    • RackSwitch G8296: Fewer than three fan mare in good state. If the fans in that module are running at more than 480 RPM, a fan module is considered good.

    • RackSwitch G7028, G7052: Fewer than three fan modules are in good state. If the fans in that module are running at more than 500 RPM, a fan module is considered good.

  • One power supply is off.

• () Warning

  • One or more temperature sensors are in the warning range.

  • A panic dump exists in flash.

• () Pending

• () Informational

• () Normal

  • All temperature sensors are in the normal range.

  • All fan modules or fans are working correctly.

  • Both power supplies are on.

  • No panic dump in flash.

• () Offline

• () Unknown

Procedure

To view the status for a managed switch, complete one or more of the following actions.

• From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Dashboard. The dashboard page is displayed with an overview and status of the all managed switches and other resources.

  
  
  

• From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Hardware > Switches. The Switches page is displayed with a tabular view of all managed switches.

  You can sort the table columns to make it easier to find the switches that you want to manage. In addition, enter text (such as a name or IP address) in the Filter field and click the status icons to list only those switches that meet the selected criteria.

  
  
  
  From this page, you can perform the following actions:

  • View detailed information about the switch (see Viewing the details of a switch).
  • View a Flex switch in graphical rack or chassis view by clicking All Actions > Views > Show in Rack View or All Actions > Views > Show in Chassis View.
  • View a RackSwitch switch in graphical rack view by clicking All Actions > Views > Show in Rack View.
  • Launch the management controller web interface for the switch by clicking the IP address link (see Launching the management controller interface for a switch).
  • Launch the switch SSH console (see Launching a remote SSH session for a switch).
  • Power the switch on and off (see Powering on and off a switch).
  • (RackSwitch switches only) Modify system information by selecting a switch and clicking All Actions > Inventory > Edit Properties.

  • Refresh inventory by selecting a server and clicking All Actions > Inventory > Refresh Inventory.

  • Export detailed information about one or more switches to a single CSV file by selecting the switches and clicking All Actions > Inventory > Export Inventory (see Excluding events).
    Note

    You can export inventory data for a maximum of 60 devices at one time.
    Tip

    When importing a CSV file into Microsoft Excel, Excel treats text values that contain only numbers as numeric values (for example, for UUIDs). Format each cell as text to correct this error.
  • Exclude events that are of no interest to you from all pages on which events are displayed by clicking the Exclude events icon () (see Excluding events).
  • (Flex switches only) Resolve issues that might arise between the XClarity Administrator security certificate and the security certificate of the CMM in the chassis where the switch is installed by selecting a switch and clicking All Actions > Security > Resolve Untrusted Certificates (see Resolving an untrusted server certificate).

  • Add or remove a switch from a static resource group by clicking All Actions > Groups > Add to Group or All Actions > Groups > Remove from Group.