Ethernet Port - Intersight Test

Cisco Intersight manages Cisco UCS fabric interconnect which includes the following key Fibre Channel (FC) port types:

Server Ports - Server ports handle data traffic between the fabric interconnect and the adapter cards on the servers. You can only configure server ports on the fixed port module. Expansion modules do not include server ports.

Uplink Ethernet Ports - Uplink Ethernet ports handle ethernet traffic between the UCS fabric interconnect and the next layer of the network. All network-bound Ethernet traffic is pinned to one of these ports. You can configure uplink Ethernet ports on either the fixed module or an expansion module.

Appliance Ports - The Appliance port is intended for connecting Ethernet-based storage arrays (such as those serving iSCSI or NFS services) directly to the Fabric Interconnect. By adding this Appliance port type, you can ensure that any port configured as an Appliance Port will not be selected to receive broadcast/multicast traffic from the Ethernet fabric, as well as providing the ability to configure VLAN support on the port independently of the other Uplink ports.

FCoE Storage Ports - The FCoE Storage Port type provides similar functionality as the Appliance Port type, while extending FCoE protocol support beyond the Fabric Interconnect. Note that this is not intended for an FCoE connection to another FCF (FCoE Forwarder). Only direct connection of FCoE storage devices (such as those produced by NetApp and EMC) are supported. When an Ethernet port is configured as an FCoE Storage Port, traffic is expected to arrive without a VLAN tag. The Ethernet headers will be stripped away and a VSAN tag will be added to the FC frame.

The test monitors the ports and collect key metrics related to overall status of each port, speed and roles of the port. Administrators can get a clear insight if there are any issues with ports and can investigate further.

Target of the test : Cisco Intersight

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each port 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 the ethernet port 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 Ethernet port 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 MAC address, Mode, Transceiver Type, Port Id, Slot Id, Switch Id, Port Channel Id and Peer DN.

Operational Speed

Indicates the operational speed of ether port.

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

State	Numeric Value
20 Gbps	3
25 Gbps	3.5
40 Gbps	4
Auto	10

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned Status while indicating the operational speed of each Ethernet port being managed. However, in the graph of this measure, states will be represented using their corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Port role

Indicates the role assigned to given Ethernet port

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

State	Numeric Value
Unknown	0
Server	1
Network	2
Uplink	3

Note:

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