Equipment Fan - Intersight Test

A Cisco equipment chassis being managed by Cisco Intersight has a number of components like Cisco UCS Fabric Extender, transceiver, Power supply units, Fan modules, Blade Servers etc. It is important to monitor Cisco Intersight and ensure that it is managing the components as per expectation.

This test monitors the status of each fan in the chassis and collects metrics related to status and presence of fans.

Target of the test : Cisco Intersight

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each fan 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 status of fan in the equipment chassis.

 

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 operating status of each fan 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 description, Fan Id, Fan Module Id, Tray Id.

Presence state

Indicates the presence status of fan in equipment chassis.

 

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 fan being managed. However, in the graph of this measure, states will be represented using their corresponding numeric equivalents only.