The blade panel displays the statuses of all the resources inserted into the selected chassis. Those resources are shown in a format representative of their physical configuration (shape and position).
To display the contents of a specific chassis in the blade panel, click on its icon in the chassis panel.
In the upper-part of the blade panel, the selected chassis and its L2 switches are represented by the following icons.
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Chassis |
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| L2 switches |
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For details on the status icons that are displayed for the chassis and its L2 switches, refer to "Table 4.3 Status Icons" of "4.3.1 Status Panel".
The blade panel graphically displays each slot within a chassis. Each server or storage blade is displayed according to its actual position (slot) within the chassis.
Note that an unregistered server is shown in light gray while an empty slot is shown in white.
Figure 4.3 Blade Panel: Resource List
Server Blade
A power button is displayed in the upper-part of each server blade.
This power button is used to represent the power status of each server, as shown below.
Power button | Color | Status | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green (lit) | Power ON | Power ON status. |
| Gray (not lit) | Power OFF | Power OFF status. |
| Green (blinking) | Power ON in progress | Power ON or reboot in progress. |
| Orange (blinking) | Power OFF in progress | Power OFF in progress. |
Information
The power status of a server blade can be easily controlled by clicking on its power button.
For details, refer to "4.4.1 Server Blade".
A physical server icon is displayed on the right side of the server blade power button.
The table below shows the meanings associated with each physical server icon.
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Server |
| Spare server |
| Unregistered server |
| Maintenance mode server |
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For details on the different physical server statuses, refer to "Table 4.3 Status Icons" in "4.3.1 Status Panel".
When a server blade is used as the admin server, the following admin server icon is displayed.
Icon | Status | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Admin server | Indicates the server used as the admin server. |
An OS icon is displayed below the physical server icon.
The table below shows the meaning of each OS icon.
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Windows OS |
| Linux OS |
| VMware host OS |
| Hyper-V host OS |
| Citrix XenServer host OS |
| Linux Xen host OS |
| KVM host OS |
| OVM for x86 host OS |
Information
Clicking on a VM host OS icon displays a detailed list of the VM guests operating on the selected VM host.
For details, refer to "4.3.3.2 VM Guest List".
A user-defined label is displayed with a resource icon below the OS icon.
If no label is set
The OS name is displayed.
If the OS name cannot be acquired (because the OS has not been installed or for other reasons)
The server name (physical server name or VM guest name) is displayed.
The following table shows the resource icons used in BladeViewer and their associated meanings.
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Physical OS |
| VM host |
| VM guest |
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For details on the resource status, refer to "Table 4.3 Status Icons" in "4.3.1 Status Panel".
Information
If a comment has been defined for a server, clicking on its label displays the [Server Properties] dialog.
The [Server Properties] dialog displays the comment and label set for the selected server, as well as its OS name, server name (for a physical OS, the physical server name, for a VM guest, the VM guest name), and IP address.
For details on defining comments, refer to "4.5.1 Listing and Editing of Labels and Comments".
Storage Blade
A power lamp is displayed in the top part of each storage blade.
The table below shows the status and meaning associated with each power lamp.
Power lamp | Color | Status | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green (lit) | Power ON | Power ON status. |
| Gray (not lit) | Power OFF | Power OFF status. |
When a VM host is displayed in the blade panel, clicking the VM host OS icon displays a list of hosted VM guests with their statuses.
Figure 4.4 Blade Panel: VM Guest List
A VM guest icon is shown on the left side of each VM guest displayed in the VM guest list.
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| VM guest |
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For details on the different VM guest statuses, refer to "Table 4.3 Status Icons" in "4.3.1 Status Panel".
A user-defined label is displayed on the upper-right side of the VM guest icon.
If no label is set
The OS name is displayed.
If the OS name cannot be acquired (because the OS has not been installed or for other reasons)
The VM guest name is displayed.
An OS icon is displayed below the label.
For details on the different OS icons, refer to "Table 4.10 OS Icons" in "4.3.3.1 Resource List".
A power button is displayed on the lower-right side of each VM guest.
This power button represents the power status of each VM guest, as shown below.
Power button | Color | Status | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green (lit) | Power ON | Power ON status. |
| Gray (not lit) | Power OFF | Power OFF status. |
| Green (blinking) | Power ON in progress | Power ON or reboot in progress. |
| Orange (blinking) | Power OFF in progress | Power OFF in progress. |
Information
The power status of a VM guest can be easily controlled by clicking on its power button.
Refer to "4.4.2 VM Guest" for details.
