Hardware Page

The Hardware page displays information about the hardware components of a ztC Endurance system. The top pane lists the state, activity type, name, and serial number of each compute module, I/O module, storage module, and PSU in the system. The bottom pane displays detailed information about the top-pane component that is currently selected.

When you select tabs in the bottom pane, the information displayed is generally self-explanatory. However, additional information about the Memory, Network, Fibre Channel, and Storage tabs is provided later in this section.

In addition to viewing information about hardware components, you can use the Hardware page to do the following:

Hardware States

The State values show the severity of the component's state. Values are:

  • Informational (): Hardware slot not actively involved in the system.

  • Normal, in sync, or OK state (): Operating normally.

  • Minor, warning, or inconsistent state (): User attention recommended.

  • Moderate state (): Module is simplex; user attention required.

  • Broken, failed, or severe state (): Component not operational; user attention required. Activity text may provide additional information about this state.

Hardware Activity Types

The Activity values show the component's current activity type. Values are:

  • Running (): Component provides an operating environment and is running normally. This value applies only to the active or standby compute module.

  • Connected (): Component is actively connected to the active compute module and is operating normally. This value applies to storage modules, I/O modules, and PSUs.

  • Shutting Down (): Compute module is shutting down. See Shutting Down and Restarting a Compute Module.

  • Shutdown (): Compute module has shut down.

  • Smart Exchange​ (): Active compute module is performing a Smart Exchange​ to the other compute module.

  • Recovering (): Compute module is transitioning.

  • Booting (): Compute module is booting.

  • Failed (): Component has failed and is not operational.

  • Disconnected (): Component is not connected to the active compute module.

  • Off (): Component is powered off.

On the Hardware page, you can learn more about a specific compute module's memory by selecting the compute module and then clicking its Memory tab in the lower pane. The Memory columns have the following meanings:

  • State: Displays the state of the RDIMM. For example, a green checkmark in the State column indicates that the RDIMM's state is good. See Hardware States for more information about the hardware states and their associated icons.

  • Name: Displays the name of the RDIMM (for example, DIMM8).

  • Slot: Displays which of the two RDIMM slots on a channel an RDIMM is physically plugged in to. Because ztC Endurance systems implement only one slot per channel, you can ignore the values in this column.

  • Socket: Displays the processor to which an RDIMM is connected. For example, a value of 1 indicates that the RDIMM is connected to processor 1.

  • Channel: Indicates the number of the channel (that is, a physical set of wires) between the processor and the RDIMMs. Each processor in a ztC Endurance system has 8 RDIMM channels.

  • Capacity: Displays the size of the RDIMM, in gigabytes (for example, 32 GB).

See Memory in ztC Endurance Systems for more information about RDIMMs.

On the Hardware page, you can learn more about a system's Ethernet PCIe adapters.

  • To learn about a specific compute module's embedded Ethernet PCIe adapters, select the compute module and then click its Network tab in the lower pane.

  • To learn about a specific I/O module's Ethernet PCIe adapters, select the I/O module and then click its Network tab in the lower pane.

The Network columns have the following meanings:

  • State: Displays the state of the component. For example, a green checkmark in the State column indicates that the PCIe adapter's state is good. See Hardware States for more information about the hardware states and their associated icons.

  • Location: Displays the location of the component. For example, in a compute module, embedded-A means that the embedded PCIe adapter is located in PCIe slot A. In an I/O module, slot B/2) means that the PCIe adapter is located in I/O module B, slot 2.

  • Name: Displays the name of the component (for example, eno1).

  • Port: Displays which port the component is connected to (for example, 1).

  • PCI ID: Indicates the component's PCIe address identifier on the system (for example, 0000:02:00.0).

  • Speed: Indicates the speed of the component (for example, 10 Gbps).

  • MAC Address: Displays the component's burned-in MAC address (for example, 0c:48:c6:c7:2c:d6), not its virtual MAC address.

On the Hardware page, you can learn more about a system's Fibre Channel (FC) PCIe adapters by selecting the I/O module and then clicking its Fibre Channel tab in the lower pane.

Note: The Fibre Channel tab appears only in systems that contain an FC PCIe adapter.

The Fibre Channel columns have the following meanings:

  • State: Displays the state of the component. For example, a green checkmark in the State column indicates that the FC PCIe adapter's state is good. See Hardware States for more information about the hardware states and their associated icons.

  • Location: Displays the location of the component. For example, slot A/2 means that the FC PCIe adapter is located in I/O module A, slot 2.

  • Name: Displays the name of the component (for example, fchba_cb:00.0).

  • PCI ID: Indicates the component's PCIe address identifier on the system (for example, 0000:cb:00.0).

  • Speed: Indicates the speed of the component (for example, 32 Gbps).

  • WW Node Name: Displays the unique identifier for the component (for example, 20:00:f4:c7:aa:3c:10:80).

  • WW Port Name: Displays the unique identifier for the port on the component (for example, 21:00:f4:c7aa:3c:10:80).

On the Hardware page, you can learn more about a specific storage module's disks by selecting the storage module and then clicking its Storage tab in the lower pane. The Storage columns have the following meanings:

  • State: Displays the state of the disk. For example, a green checkmark in the State column indicates that the disk's state is good. See Hardware States for more information about the hardware states and their associated icons.

  • Location: Displays the location of the disk. For example, slot A/6 indicates that the disk is located in storage module A, slot 6.

  • Name: Displays the name of the disk (for example, 0000_0000_0000_0001_00A0_7523_4006_303A). If the disk slot is empty, Empty is displayed.

    Note: The Name value under the Storage tab displays a unique "name" assigned by Windows, which is referred to as the Serial Number in the rdmadm and Windows terminal interface commands such as get-disk and wmic diskdrive. This name is different from the serial number that appears on the physical disk's sticker.

  • PCI ID: Indicates the disk's PCIe address identifier on the system (for example, 0001:74:00.0).

  • Availability: Indicates if the disk is redundant (that is, paired with another physical disk). If the disk slot is empty, Unused is displayed.

  • Logical ID: Displays the logical ID of the disk (for example, RDM 1). If the disk slot is empty, Unconfigured is displayed.

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