Resources are monitored in the [Status] tab of the RC console.
The [Status] tab shows the number of servers listed under the statuses "warning", "unknown", "error", or "fatal".
Servers whose status is "warning" or "unknown" are counted under "Warning", and servers whose status is "fatal" or "error" are counted under "Error".
Clicking on "Error" or "Warning", displays the resources under the corresponding status in the [Resource List] tab.
The status of resources can also be monitored from both the resource tree and the [Resource List] tab. When an error occurs, a status icon is added to the icon of the resource concerned.
Double-clicking on a resource icon displays the [Resource Details] tab, which provides detailed information about the corresponding resource.
Icons displayed in the RC console
The following table shows the resource icons used in BladeViewer and their associated meanings.
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Server resource |
| Chassis |
| Server |
| Physical OS |
| VM host |
| VM guest |
| LAN switch |
| Power monitoring device (*1) |
| PDU (*1) |
| UPS (*1) |
| Management software |
*1: Power monitoring devices (PDU or UPS) are not subject to monitoring.
The following table shows the status icons used in Resource Coordinator VE and their associated meanings. It also shows which status icons require corrective actions.
Icon | Status | Meaning | Corrective action |
|---|---|---|---|
None | normal | Normal | No action is necessary |
| warning | Warning | Action must be taken |
unknown | Unknown | Action must be taken | |
| stop | Stop | No action is necessary |
| error | Error | Action must be taken |
fatal | Fault | Action must be taken |
*1: When a LAN switch is in "warning" status, it may mean that the LAN switch has been replaced with another model.
To use the LAN switch as it is, first delete the registered LAN switch, and then register it again.
*2: When a VM guest is in "unknown" status, check the operation status of the VM host on which the VM guest is running.
*3: When a LAN switch is in "unknown" status, check the physical connection between the LAN switch and admin LAN as well as whether or not the LAN switch is responding to commands.
Note
On the SPARC Enterprise T series, as statuses cannot be obtained from ILOM using SNMP, only "normal", "stop" or "unknown" statuses are shown, while "warning", "error", and "fatal" statuses cannot be detected. If an SNMP Trap indicating an error is displayed, check the status of the server on ILOM.
For other servers, hardware statuses cannot be obtained from server management software (ServerView). Therefore, only "normal", "stop" or "unknown" statuses are shown, while "warning", "error", and "fatal" statuses cannot be detected.
For PRIMERGY Partition Model servers, all partitions within the same chassis may temporarily become "unknown" depending on the timing of change in power control status of the partition.
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Spare server |
| Maintenance mode server |
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Windows OS |
| Linux OS |
| Solaris OS |
| VMware host OS |
| Hyper-V host OS |
| Citrix XenServer host OS |
| Linux Xen host OS |
Information
For server virtualization software, the following information is also displayed.
VM management software
VM management software statuses can be one of the following: "normal" or "unknown". If "unknown" is shown, check whether the VM management software is operating properly.
VM host
The status of a VM host is displayed in the same way as for a physical OS.
VM guest
Errors detected from server virtualization software are reflected in VM guest statuses. VM guest statuses can be one of the following: "normal", "warning", "error", "unknown", or "stop".
For details, refer to "A.3 Functional Differences between Products" of the "ServerView Resource Coordinator VE Setup Guide".
For LAN switches, "error" and "fatal" are not displayed. Only "warning", "normal", or "unknown" are displayed.
