Blade Processor Intersight Test

The management of blade server by Cisco Intersight involves the management of entire chassis, most important part of which is blade server processor which is the heart of blade server and entire equipment chassis.This test monitors the processor to collect key metrics like state, operability, no. of cores, threads etc. These metrics provide a very good insight to administrators into the size and capacity of processor being managed.

Target of the test : Cisco Intersight

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each Blade server processor managed by Cisco Intersight

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter

Description

Test period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The IP address of the Host

Port

The port number through which Cisco Intersight communicates.

API Key ID

Specify the ID for API key which is used to authenticate the eg Agent connectivity to Cisco Intersight.

API Key Filepath

Specify the filepath from where eG Agent can read the API Key.

URL

Specify the URL for Cisco Intersight. the default is intersight.com.

Proxy Host

Specify the IP address of the proxy host server.

Proxy Port

Specify the port number of the proxy host server.

Proxy User Name

The user name for the proxy server authentication.

Proxy Password

The password for the proxy server authentication.

Confirm Password

Specify the passowrd again.

Detailed Diagnoses

To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measurements made by the test

Measurement

Description

Measurement Unit

Interpretation

Overall Status

Indicates the current overall status of blade server processor.

 

The Status reported by this measure and their corresponding numeric equivalents are described in the table below:

State Numeric Value
Unknown 0
Operable 1
Inoperable 2
Degraded 3
Powered-off 4
Power-problem 5
Removed 6
Voltage-problem 7
Thermal-problem 8
Performance-problem 9
Accessibility-problem 10
Identity-unestablishable 11
Bios-post-timeout 12
Disabled 13
Fabric-conn-problem 51
Fabric-unsupported-conn 52
Config 81
Equipment-problem 82
Decommissioning 83
Chassis-limit-exceeded 84
Not-supported 100
Discovery 101
Discovery-failed 102
Identify 103
Post-failure 104
Upgrade-problem 105
Peer-comm-problem 106
Auto-upgrade 107

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Status while indicating the overall status of each blade server processor being managed. However, in the graph of this measure, states will be represented using their corresponding numeric equivalents only.

The detailed diagnosis of this measure provides the following details about the processor - Architecture, Model, Vendor, Stepping, Revision, Socket Designation, Processor ID.

Operability status

Indicates the current operability status of blade server processor.

 

The Status reported by this measure and their corresponding numeric equivalents are described in the table below:

State Numeric Value
Unknown 0
Operable 1
Inoperable 2
Degraded 3
Powered-off 4
Power-problem 5
Removed 6
Voltage-problem 7
Thermal-problem 8
Performance-problem 9
Accessibility-problem 10
Identity-unestablishable 11
Bios-post-timeout 12
Disabled 13
Fabric-conn-problem 51
Fabric-unsupported-conn 52
Config 81
Equipment-problem 82
Decommissioning 83
Chassis-limit-exceeded 84
Not-supported 100
Discovery 101
Discovery-failed 102
Identify 103
Post-failure 104
Upgrade-problem 105
Peer-comm-problem 106
Auto-upgrade 107

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Status while indicating the operability status of each blade server being managed. However, in the graph of this measure, states will be represented using their corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Presence state

Indicates the presence status of blade server processor.

 

The State reported by this measure and their corresponding numeric equivalents are described in the table below:

State Numeric Value
Unknown 0
Empty 1
Equipped 10
Missing 11
Mismatched 12
Equipped-not-primary 13
Equipped-identity-unestablishable 20
Mismatch-identity-unestablishable 21
Inaccessible 30
Unauthorized 40
Not-supported 100

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the presence of each processor being managed. However, in the graph of this measure, states will be represented using their corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Thermal state

Indicates the current thermal state of memory unit.

 

The State reported by this measure and their corresponding numeric equivalents are described in the table below:

State Numeric Value
Unknown 0
Ok 1
Upper-non-recoverable 2
Upper-critical 3
Upper-non-critical 4
Lower-non-critical 5
Lower-critical 6
Lower non-recoverable 7
Not-supported 100

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating the thermal state of each processor being managed. However, in the graph of this measure, states will be represented using their corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Cores

Indicates the number of cores present in the Processor.

Number

  

All of these metrics together dictate the procesor capacity.

Cores enabled

Indicates the number of cores enabled in the Processor.

Number

Threads

Indicates the number of processor threads available in the processor.

Number

Maximum processor speed

Indicates the maximum speed at which the processor can operate.

MHz